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Norman Westberg

Norman Westberg is an American guitarist, born in Detroit in 1958. He joined Swans for their 1983 debut album, Filth, played in the band through much of its first era and in the line-up of 2010 to 2017, and has been back in Swans since 2024.

2 pieces on Earbuddy

On Earbuddy

Band: electric guitar

Review Experimental rock, Post-rock

Swans The Glowing Man

The last album by the line-up Michael Gira formed in 2010 is its most composed: prayers shaped by a medieval text, a lyric from 1982 and two farewell songs.

Elmo Phelge · 4 Nov 2026

Band: guitar

Review Experimental rock, Noise rock

Swans To Be Kind

Swans' third album since the 2010 reunion grew out of 18 months on the road: ten songs, two hours, a 34-minute centrepiece and nothing wasted.

Elmo Phelge · 4 Nov 2026