Michael Gira
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American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, author and artist
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1954-02-19
Discography
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- 105,811
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Michael Rolfe Gira (pronounced jeer-AH) (born 1954) is an American musician, author, and artist. He is the main force behind the New York City musical group Swans, active from 1982 to 1997, reformed in 2010. He also fronts The Angels of Light and is founder of Young God Records (YGR website). Gira lived with his parents in a relatively affluent suburb of Los Angeles, California, though they divorced when he was a young teenager. After staying with his alcoholic mother for much of his youth <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- record producer
- Educated at
- Otis College of Art and Design
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- experimental rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Young God Records
- Image
- MichaelGira PortlandOR 2009-03-03 HowardForbes.jpg
- Voice type
- bass-baritone
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- date of birth
- 1954-02-19
- Commons category
- Michael Gira
- member of
- Swans
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Michael Gira, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
