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Track: Thug
Artist: Swans
Album: Cop / Young God

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Name: Swans
Spotify Genres: noise rock, post-rock, industrial rock, experimental, industrial, post-punk, avant-garde, gothic rock, art rock, drone, drone metal
Followers: 342,462
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Swans is a band from New York City, active from 1982 to 1997, reformed in 2010, founded & led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist [a79651]. Marginally associated with the no wave scene initially, their original sound was slow and extremely heavy, best heard on the live album Public Castration Is a Good Idea. By the time Swans released twin albums Greed and Holy Money the music had sped up. Drum machines and samples were slightly more prominent. Michael Gira was joined vocally by Jarboe which gave the band a broader sonic range. Swans eventually broke up in 1997. In 2010, Michael Gira re-formed the band. A notable change was that post-reunion Swans did not have Jarboe as part of their group, creating tonal differences between post-reunion albums and older albums.

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Release: Swans - Cop
Year: 1984
Genres: Rock
Styles: Industrial, Experimental, Noise Rock

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THE ONLY REAL THING'S MISERY. SUBMISSION MEANS YOU GET
MURDERED. YOU GET REVENGE WHEN YOU WAIT FOR IT. FRUSTRATED
MEANS YOU'RE INSANE. HE'S A DEAD THING UNDER THE SHEET. CAUSING
PAIN. SEX TURNS IMPOTENCE INTO DECAY. UNCONSCIOUS REPRESSION

DEGRADES THE REAL THING. YOU CAN'T KILL A CRIMINAL NEED. YOU'RE

POLLUTED WITH FEAR YOU NEED COMFORT. YOU CAN'T KILL WHAT YOU

DON'T SEE. YOU CANT' THINK WHAT YOU DON'T OWN. YOU CAN'T RUB

WHAT YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE. YOU DON'T GET WHAT YOU REALLY

DESERVE. YOU CAN'T FIGHT IF YOU DON'T FEEL IT. OBEDIENCE PAYS IF

YOU USE IT RIGHT. YOU DEGRADE YOURSELF WHEN YOU HIDE YOUR

FEAR. WHEN YOU EAT YOUR PAIN YOU KEEP YOU NERVE. USE IT RIGHT.

OR DON'T FEEL IT. USE IT RIGHT OR DON'T FEEL IT