“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
“Swans are majestic, beautiful looking creatures. With really ugly temperaments.” BeautifulCreaturesUglyTemperamentSwansMajestic Author:Michael Gira
“I wanted to challenge myself and move into something new. I felt that using the name Swans and the sonic attitude that that engenders was what I needed to move forward musically, and it's led to lots of new things.” WantedMovingNamesFeltChallengesAttitudeNeededMoving ForwardSomething NewNew ThingsSwans Author:Michael Gira
