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Bleak Psychedelia: Michael Gira Of Swans' Favourite Albums
Joseph Burnett , November 13th, 2012 06:56

Michael Gira's mighty Swans play live at London's Koko this Thursday, 15th November. In advance of the show, Joseph Burnett speaks to the man himself about thirteen of his favourite albums, from Miles Davis and Gorecki to Throbbing Gristle and Pink Floyd

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The Stooges - The Stooges

That's another one I listen to constantly. I heard that when it came out. I didn't know anything about them. I was in a bar in Germany, where I was living, very young to be in a bar - I was 14 - and the bartender was a kind of hippie guy who knew music and he'd play that. I didn't hear it again until the punk days, and it always resonated with me because of the song 'We Will Fall'. It's fantastic, what can I say? Iggy's a brilliant lyricist in his own way and the production on that album by John Cale is stellar. It doesn't get any better than that and, again, I don't care about them being the forefathers of anything, I just enjoy the music.