Michael Gira
Actor · b. 1954 · 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.
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Movie7.4DocumentaryMusicA 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 generation of would be icons and true innovators seeing to represent New York City in the 21st century
Kill Your Idols
2004 · 14 votes
Movie7.9DocumentaryMusicFrom their roots as a brutal, confrontational industrial band, through breakups and chaos, to their odds-defying current status as one of the most accomplished and ambitious bands in the world, one whose concerts are more like ecstatic rituals than nostalgic trips. SWANS has always been a collection of singular performers, but there's been one constant since its formation in 1982--singer, songwriter Michael Gira. 'Where Does a Body End?' is a SWANS documentary with unfettered access to hundreds of hours of Gira/SWANS archives of never-seen-before recordings, videos, and photographs. An unfiltered story of a life in the arts, frequent difficulty spanning decades without a safety net, creating work because Gira says "What else am I going to do?"
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019 · 14 votes
Movie10.0MusicDocumentaryIncluded in some CD releases of the Swans album The Glowing Man. Recorded live in 2015.
Swans: The Glowing Man - Live 2015
2016 · 1 votes
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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.
Kill Your Idols: More.
2006 · 4 votes
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For over 30 years, Martin Bisi has been recording music from his studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn. He has worked with many influential musicians, including Sonic Youth, Swans, Herbie Hancock, Brian Eno and the Dresden Dolls. Now though, he finds himself squeezed in by the approaching gentrification of his neighborhood.
Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
2014 · 2 votes
MovieMusicDocumentaryLive 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, 1987.
Movie6.0MusicDocumentaryA documentary about composer/producer/performer JG Thirlwell and his musical alter-egos, including Foetus, Steroid Maximus and Manorexia. Featuring interviews with Thirlwell, Matt Johnson (The The), Alex Hacke (Neubauten), Michael Gira (Swans), Richard Kern, Lydia Lunch and more.
NYC Foetus
2009 · 1 votes
Movie6.0'Parallel Planes' is a documentary film portraying 12 American avant-garde & punk-rock musicians. It is a journey between genres, an essay on free thinking and an intimate look at how 12 critical players relate to the potential of music.
Parallel Planes
2017 · 2 votes
MovieMusicDocumentaryIncluded in some CD releases of the Swans album. A live performance, recorded in 2013.
MovieMusicDocumentaryMichael Gira performing live and solo in 2022.