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Norman Westberg

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Norman Westberg

Norman Westberg is a guitarist from Detroit best known for his work with Swans. Present through almost the entirety of the band's existence, Westberg was brought on for Swans' debut album Filth (1983) and appeared on every album through 1991's White Light from the Mouth of Infinity (he also played on the 1995 album The Great Annihilator). Westberg became a full-time Swans member once again when Mi…

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Swans: A Long Slow Screw.Swans: A Long Slow Screw. · 1986
Swans: A Long Slow Screw.
★ 8.71986
MovieMusicDocumentary
Features live footage from the Greed/Holy Money tour in 1986 in London and Nottingham and the A Long Slow Screw video.
The Right Side of My BrainThe Right Side of My Brain · 1984
The Right Side of My Brain
★ 4.81984
MovieDrama
Lydia Lunch and Richard Kern's first collaborative effort, The Right Side of My Brain, is a glimpse into the world of unsatiable female lust, narrated by Lydia Lunch. The film was initially dismissed and dismayed by critics such as J. Hoberman, but the criticism of The Right Side of My Brain received only pushed the two to go one step further with Fingered (1986).
Goodbye 42nd StreetGoodbye 42nd Street · 1983
Goodbye 42nd Street
★ 7.01983
Movie
Shots of walking down 42nd Street showing storefronts including everything from Texas Fried Chicken to 25¢ porn arcades.
Swans: The Seer DocumentarySwans: The Seer Documentary · 2012
Swans: The Seer Documentary
2012
MovieDocumentaryMusic
On stage, backstage, and at home with Michael Gira and Swans. Short documentary by Pitchfork
Kings of IndependenceKings of Independence · 1987
Kings of Independence
1987
MovieMusicDocumentary
Live footage with three bands: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Crime And The City Solution, Swans. Recorded at Knopf's Music Hall, Hamburg, August 15th, 1987.
Swans: The Seer - LiveSwans: The Seer - Live · 2012
Swans: The Seer - Live
★ 9.02012
MovieMusic
SWANS recorded live 2010/2011. Track listing: No Words / No Thoughts (18:50) - Avatar (10:36) - The Apostate (19:31) - Beautiful Child (Fragment) (3:43) - Jim (8:16) - Sex God Sex (7:13) - The Seer / I Crawled (32:16)
Swans - To Be Kind LiveSwans - To Be Kind Live · 2014
Swans - To Be Kind Live
★ 10.02014
MovieMusic
SWANS recorded live 2013. Track listing: To Be Kind (20:41) - Just a Little Boy (10:06) - Coward (8:36) - She Loves Us (18:17) - Oxygen (7:17) - The Seer / Toussaint L'Ouverture (45:35)
Swans: Open'er Festival, GdyniaSwans: Open'er Festival, Gdynia · 2015
Swans: Open'er Festival, Gdynia
2015
MovieMusic
7/3/2015 Poland

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