Anyobdy here heard the band "The Swans"

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05 Mar 2011, 3:33 pm

I think they are beyond good...go check them out

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05 Mar 2011, 4:03 pm

I'm a huge Swans fan. I was really glad when they got back together, and I hope to be able to see them live sometime.

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05 Mar 2011, 5:05 pm

I also like them a lot. Welcome to the forum, Brak!

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07 Mar 2011, 11:44 am

Yeah same hear...would love to go see em live!
And thank you [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHES9YAGGkU[/youtube]

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10 Mar 2011, 4:44 pm

"holy money" is very early Swans; i saw them right after Burning World came out, which I think was when they piqued (Gira's Skin is their best work, IMO). More recent stuff seems a bit bland by comparison.

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10 Mar 2011, 9:44 pm

i used to have the album "Cop"...it's one of the heaviest sounds i know of, comparable only (perhaps) to Laibach.
certainly most metal bands seem flimsy & insincere once you've heard this stuff.

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12 Mar 2011, 11:07 am

I've been into them since I first heard Greed/Holey Money back in 1987. That era of S.W.A.N.S. was very influential for Godflesh. S.W.A.N.S. moved away from that sound to a more ambient style due to the fact that they didn't like the fact that a lot of Metalheads and "HNYC" people started going to their shows.

I wasn't aware that Gira and Jarboe were performing as S.W.A.N.S. again. (From about 1997 to the early 2000's they were still performing and releasing material togeather.)

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12 Mar 2011, 2:33 pm

Fogman wrote:

Swans have reformed, but Jarboe is not with them now.

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12 Mar 2011, 11:30 pm

I love the Swans. The Great Annihilator is my favorite album. Wish I could have caught some of the live tour.

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