Michael Rolfe Gira (/dʒəˈrɑː/; born February 19, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, author and artist. Now based in New Mexico, he founded...

band formed in 1981 by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. One of the few acts to emerge from the New York City-based no wave scene...

released on May 30, 2025, through Mute and Young God Records. Frontman Michael Gira stated that the album was the last to focus on "all-consuming sound worlds"...

in Berlin, Germany across 2022, with key collaborators of front man Michael Gira, as well as both past and present members of the band. The announcement...

musician Michael Gira after he disbanded Swans, the group he had founded in 1982. The band has marked a distinctly different style for Gira since he left...

released by Young God Records on August 28, 2012. Producer and front man Michael Gira funded the recording of the album with the sales of the live double album...

Cult; Siouxsie Sioux, the lead singer of Siouxsie and the Banshees; Michael Gira, the frontman of Swans; Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Division;...

faithfully restored. All lyrics are written by Michael Gira; all music is composed by Michael Gira Michael Gira – bass/vocals Jonathan Kane – drums Bob Pezzola...

most primal form." All lyrics are written by Michael Gira; all music is composed by Swans Michael Gira – vocals, tapes, production, sleeve design Harry...

group Swans, which was a collaboration between the core Swans members Michael Gira and Jarboe. The project was initially called Skin, with the first two...

a number of different compilations. It was remastered by band leader Michael Gira in 1992 for release on CD along with the Young God EP (1984) appended...

each track, with the exception of "Loop 33". All tracks are written by Michael Gira Credits adapted from liner notes for Body to Body, Job to Job. Raggett...

a little too hard." All lyrics are written by Michael Gira; all music is composed by Swans Michael Gira – vocals, production N. Westerg (Norman Westberg)...

of the New York City experimental rock band Swans in 1985. Jarboe and Michael Gira, the founder of Swans, were the two constant members of the group until...

January 23, 1995, through frontman Michael Gira's own record label, Young God. The album has been described by Gira as a companion album to his solo album...

Drainland is the debut solo studio album by American musician Michael Gira. It was released on June 9, 1995, through Alternative Tentacles. Using spare...

Young God Records is an independent record label formed by Michael Gira in 1990 that specializes in experimental, avant-garde and often non genre-specific...

cracked the top 40 in both countries. To Be Kind was produced by frontman Michael Gira and recorded by John Congleton at Sonic Ranch and at Congleton's studio...

only major-label release. Co-produced by Bill Laswell and band leader Michael Gira, the album features a major stylistic shift from their past releases...

the sonic weather, Gira's spiritual austerity remains unimpaired." All tracks are written by Michael Gira, except "Hums" by Gira, Kristof Hahn, Christopher...

led by composer Michael Gira between 1998 and 1999 following the breakup of Swans in 1997. Both projects served as an outlet for Gira's loop experimentation...

band Swans. The album was released in February 2022 on band leader Michael Gira's Young God Records. Limited to 2,500 copies, Is There Really a Mind?...

Drainland by fellow Swans member Michael Gira. All tracks are written by Jarboe, except "My Buried Child" by Michael Gira Musicians Jarboe – vocals, keyboards...

that direction. So, I pushed the music into unfamiliar territory. — Michael Gira Children of God was reissued along with the World of Skin compilation...

2010; it was their first studio recording in 14 years. Swans founder Michael Gira funded the recording of this album by creating the limited-edition album...

original drawing by Michael Gira dedicated to the customer, the recording of a short, acoustic song praising the customer by Gira, and a "secret gift"...

Norman Westberg plays in a grating fashion. The vocals of Swans frontman Michael Gira are scathing and direct, covering topics of social decay, corruption...

singer Teddy Geiger. Xiu Xiu also covered the song with Swans frontman Michael Gira, a version that was included on Xiu Xiu's 2008 album Women as Lovers...

masterpiece." All tracks are written by Michael Gira, except where indicated 2015 Bonus CD All tracks are written by Michael Gira, except track 9 (Nick Drake),...

head-churning final statement". All tracks are written by Michael Gira, except "I Crawled" by Gira/Norman Westberg/Harry Crosby/Roli Mosimann, and "Lavender"...