Michael Gira

Michael Gira was the founder and lead singer in the New York City rock band, Swans. After the band broke up in 1997 Gira released a solo album under his own name before some group efforts including Angels of Lig

Michael Gira was the founder and lead singer in the New York City rock band, Swans. After the band broke up in 1997 Gira released a solo album under his own name before some group efforts including Angels of Light and The Body Lovers. The former being a acoustic ensemble with Gira acting as singer/songwriter, and the latter an instrumental and experimental electronic project. He has released several albums under his own name including Drainland (1995), The Somniloquist (2000), and a collaboration with Windsor For the Derby's frontman Dan Matz titled What We Did (2001).

Gira's short story collection "The Consumer" was published in 1995 by 2.13.61 publications.