Michael Gira

Michael Gira

Born: February 19, 1954
in 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.

Movies for Michael Gira...

Swans: Where Does a Body End?
Title: Swans: Where Does a Body End?
Character: Self
Released: September 19, 2019
Type: Movie
From 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?"
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Parallel Planes
Title: Parallel Planes
Released: October 31, 2017
Type: Movie
'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.
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Swans - The Glowing Man Live
Title: Swans - The Glowing Man Live
Character: Himself
Released: June 17, 2016
Type: Movie
SWANS recorded live in 2015. Track listing: Frankie M. (22:58) - A Little God in My Hands (11:22) - Cloud of Forgetting (26:13) - Just a Little Boy (13:34) - Cloud of Unknowing (11:09) - The Glowing Man (28:30)
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Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
Title: Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
Character: Himself
Released: July 17, 2014
Type: Movie
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.
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Swans - To Be Kind Live
Title: Swans - To Be Kind Live
Released: May 12, 2014
Type: Movie
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 Seer / Toussaint L'Ouverture (45:35)
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Swans - Primavera Sound 2013 Live
Title: Swans - Primavera Sound 2013 Live
Character: (self)
Released: May 25, 2013
Type: Movie
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'Ouverture
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Swans - The Seer Live
Title: Swans - The Seer Live
Character: voice, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, casio, sounds
Released: August 28, 2012
Type: Movie
SWANS recorded live 2010/2011. Track listing: No Words / No Thoughts (18:50) - Avatar (10:36) - The Apostate (19:31) - Beautiful Child (Fragment) (3:43) - Jim (8:16) - Sex God Sex (7:13) - The Seer / I Crawled (32:16)
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NYC Foetus
Title: NYC Foetus
Character: Himself
Released: May 15, 2009
Type: Movie
A 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.
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Kill Your Idols: More.
Title: Kill Your Idols: More.
Character: Himself
Released: August 11, 2006
Type: Movie
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
Title: Kill Your Idols
Character: Himself
Released: April 8, 2004
Type: Movie
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 generation of would be icons and true innovators seeing to represent New York City in the 21st century
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Kings of Independence
Title: Kings of Independence
Character: Self
Released: August 15, 1987
Type: Movie
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, 1987.
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Swans ‎– A Long Slow Screw
Title: Swans ‎– A Long Slow Screw
Released: July 25, 1986
Type: Movie
Live concert film from Swans' Greed/Holy Money 1986 tour.