Michael Gira
Michael Rolfe Gira is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist. He is the main force behind the New York City musical group Swans and fronts Angels of Light. He is also the founder of Young God Records.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.1008 |
| Birthday | 1954-02-19 |
| Place of Birth | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Also Known As | M. Gira, |
2004
Kill Your Idols
7.5/13
A 2004 documentary on thirty years of alternative rock 'n roll in NYC.Documenting the history from the genuine authenticity of No Wave to the current...
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Kill Your Idols
2006
Kill Your Idols: More.
7.8/4
A full-length feature documentary produced in 2006 which serves as a companion piece to and is included on the DVD of the 2004 film KILL YOUR IDOLS.
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Kill Your Idols: More.
1986
Swans: A Long Slow Screw.
8.7/3
Features live footage from the Greed/Holy Money tour in 1986 in London and Nottingham and the A Long Slow Screw video.
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Swans: A Long Slow Screw.
2013
Swans - Primavera Sound 2013 Live
10/1
Swans recorded live in 2013. Track listing: To Be Kind - Just a Little Boy - Coward - She Loves Us - Oxygen - The Seer - Bring The Sun / Toussaint L'O...
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Swans - Primavera Sound 2013 Live
2014
Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
6.5/2
For over 30 years, Martin Bisi has been recording music from his studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn. He has worked with many influential musicians, including...
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Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
2024
Swans: Nox Orae 2023
0/0
Filmed on Saturday, August 26, 2023 during the 13th edition of the NOX ORAE festival in La Tour-de-Peilz (Switzerland).
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Swans: Nox Orae 2023
2014
Swans: To Be Kind - Live 2013
0/0
Included in some CD releases of the Swans album. A live performance, recorded in 2013.
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Swans: To Be Kind - Live 2013
2012
Swans: The Seer - Live
9/2
SWANS recorded live 2010/2011. Track listing: No Words / No Thoughts (18:50) - Avatar (10:36) - The Apostate (19:31) - Beautiful Child (Fragment) (3:4...
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Swans: The Seer - Live
2014
Swans - To Be Kind Live
10/2
SWANS recorded live 2013. Track listing: To Be Kind (20:41) - Just a Little Boy (10:06) - Coward (8:36) - She Loves Us (18:17) - Oxygen (7:17) - The S...
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Swans - To Be Kind Live
2016
Swans: The Glowing Man - Live 2015
10/1
Included in some CD releases of the Swans album The Glowing Man. Recorded live in 2015.
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Swans: The Glowing Man - Live 2015
2009
NYC Foetus
6/1
A documentary about composer/producer/performer JG Thirlwell and his musical alter-egos, including Foetus, Steroid Maximus and Manorexia. Featuring in...
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NYC Foetus
2017
Parallel Planes
6/2
'Parallel Planes' is a documentary film portraying 12 American avant-garde & punk-rock musicians. It is a journey between genres, an essay on free thi...
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Parallel Planes
2019
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
7.9/14
From their roots as a brutal, confrontational industrial band, through breakups and chaos, to their odds-defying current status as one of the most acc...
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Swans: Where Does a Body End?
1987
Kings of Independence
0/0
Live footage with three bands: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Crime And The City Solution, Swans. Recorded at Knopf's Music Hall, Hamburg, August 15th,...
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Kings of Independence
2025
Michael Gira: I Wonder If I’m Singing What You’re Thinking Me to Sing (Live Solo 2022)
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Michael Gira performing live and solo in 2022.
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Michael Gira: I Wonder If I’m Singing What You’re Thinking Me to Sing (Live Solo 2022)
2025
Swans: (Rope) The Beggar (Live 2024)
0/0
Swans final New York show in 2024 included on a limited-edition DVD available with initial CD and vinyl pressings of Birthing.
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Swans: (Rope) The Beggar (Live 2024)
2012
Swans: The Seer Documentary
0/0
On stage, backstage, and at home with Michael Gira and Swans. Short documentary by Pitchfork
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Swans: The Seer Documentary
1997
Swans: Swans Are Dead (Amsterdam)
0/0
This performance is (most of) what was used for the legendary Swans Are Dead live album. This specific version is from a tape of the VPRO broadcast...
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Swans: Swans Are Dead (Amsterdam)
1997
Swans: Live at Variety Playhouse, Atlanta
0/0
Swans live at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, Georgia
January 29th, 1997
Rare pro-shot video of the band's 1997 tour. Not Alone, Hypogirl
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Swans: Live at Variety Playhouse, Atlanta
2017
Swans: Moers Festival 2017
0/0
Festivalhalle Moers, Moers, Germany
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Swans: Moers Festival 2017
2015
Swans: Open'er Festival, Gdynia
0/0
7/3/2015 Poland
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