Michael Gira

Film & TV

Los Angeles, California, USA

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

• Michael Gira: I Wonder If I’m Singing What You’re Thinking Me to Sing (Live Solo 2022) — Self2025
• Swans: (Rope) The Beggar (Live 2024) — Self2025
• Swans: Nox Orae 20232024
• Swans: Where Does a Body End? — Self2019
• Parallel Planes2017
• Swans: Moers Festival 20172017
• Swans: The Glowing Man - Live 2015 — Self2016
• Swans: Open'er Festival, Gdynia2015
• Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio — Himself2014
• Swans: To Be Kind - Live 2013 — Self2014

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1954-02-19

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

105,811

Total plays

1,393,950

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

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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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