Swans

A decade ago Swans were a seminal noise band, a contemporary influence on Sonic Youth
and a predecessor to Nine Inch Nails. But Swans' aggressively ugly music – loud, slow and
monotonously grinding – combined with singer M. Gira's queasy lyric stew of sadistic sex
and violence guaranteed a limited audience. Since then they've somehow persevered,
largely unheard, on the fringe's fringe. Even more surprising, given their monoto... More >