“I'm just as comfortable performing solo with just my acoustic guitar and vocal as I am with a band. The main thing for me is that the performance remain rooted in the words and voice, that there be no place to hide.” VoiceBandComfortablePerformancesGuitarPerformingRootedSoloVocalAcousticsAcoustic Guitar Author:Michael Gira
“When I first started doing the quieter, more acoustic material in Swans, there was a lot of derision and outright hatred from the audience and press, just as in the early days of Swans when we were rejected outright because of the bludgeoning, single-minded violence of the music.” FirstsAudienceViolenceMaterialsHatredPressesRejectedAcousticsSwansDerision Author:Michael Gira