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=== Former === {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * [[Jonathan Kane]] β drums (1981β1983) * Daniel Galli-Duani β [[saxophone]] (1981β1982) * Bob Pezzola β guitar (1981β1983) * Sue Hanel β guitar (1982) * [[Thurston Moore]] β bass guitar (1982) * [[Dan Braun]] β bass guitar (1982) * Jon Tessler β bass guitar, percussion, tape loops (1982) * Mojo β percussion, [[tape loops]] (1982) * [[Roli Mosimann]] β drums (1982β1984; died 2024) * Harry Crosby β bass guitar (1983β1986; died 2013) * John Hood β drums (1984) * Ivan Nahem β drums (1984β1985) * [[Jarboe]] β keyboards, vocals, [[piano]] (1985β1997, 2012, one off show in 2016) * Ronaldo Gonzalez β drums (1985β1987) * [[Ted Parsons]] β drums (1985β1987, 1991, 1993β1994) * [[Algis Kizys]] β bass guitar (1985β1988, 1991β1995) * Jason Asnes β bass guitar (1988) * [[Virgil Moorefield]] β drums (1988) * Steve McCalister β bass guitar (1989) * [[Vinnie Signorelli]] β drums, percussion (1989β1992) * Clint Steele β guitar (1990β1995, 1997) * Jenny Wade β bass guitar (1990β1991) * [[Anton Fier]] β drums (1990β1991; died 2022) * [[Bill Rieflin]] β drums, additional instruments (1994β1996, guest appearances 2010β2017; died 2020) * Joe Goldring β bass guitar (1995β1996) * [[Vudi]] - guitar, keyboards (1995β1996) * Bill Bronson β bass guitar (1997) * [[Thor Harris]] β drums, percussion, [[vibraphone]], [[hammered dulcimer]], keyboards (2010β2016, 2017, 2019) * [[Paul Wallfisch]] β [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]] (2016β2017, 2019) * Yoyo RΓΆhm β bass guitar, double bass, keyboards, vocals (2019) * [[Ben Frost (musician)|Ben Frost]] β synthesizer, mellotron, guitar (2020-2023, guest appearances since 2012) {{div col end}} ==== Timeline ==== {{#tag:timeline| ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:18 PlotArea = left:100 bottom:100 top:0 right:50 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1981 till:31/08/2025 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:dd/mm/yyyy ScaleMajor = increment:5 start:1982 ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:1982 Colors = id:vox value:red legend:Vocals id:bvox value:pink legend:Backing_vocals id:sax value:gray(0.5) legend:Saxophone id:guitar value:green legend:Guitar id:keyboards value:purple legend:Keyboards id:bass value:blue legend:Bass id:drums value:orange legend:Drums id:perc value:claret legend:Percussion id:tapes value:lavender legend:Tape_loops id:various value:yelloworange legend:Various_instruments id:Lines value:black legend:Studio_album id:Lines2 value:gray(0.65) legend:Other_release id:bars value:gray(0.9) BackgroundColors = bars:bars Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:4 LineData= at:06/04/1982 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Swans (estimated date)--> at:27/05/1983 color:black layer:back <!--Filth--> at:06/06/1984 color:black layer:back <!--Cop (estimated date)--> at:08/08/1984 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Young God (estimated date)--> at:31/01/1986 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Time Is Money--> at:28/02/1986 color:black layer:back <!--Greed--> at:27/03/1986 color:black layer:back <!--Holy Money--> at:02/05/1986 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--A Screw--> at:04/04/1986 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Public Castration Is a Good Idea (estimated date)--> at:08/08/1986 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Real Love (estimated date)--> at:19/10/1987 color:black layer:back <!--Children of God--> at:04/04/1988 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Love Will Tear Us Apart (estimated date)--> at:08/08/1988 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Feel Good Now (estimated date)--> at:06/06/1989 color:black layer:back <!--The Burning World (estimated date)--> at:06/06/1990 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room (estimated date)--> at:01/06/1991 color:black layer:back <!--White Light from the Mouth of Infinity--> at:04/11/1991 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Body to Body, Job to Job--> at:24/02/1992 color:black layer:back <!--Love of Life--> at:06/06/1993 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Omniscience (estimated date)--> at:01/01/1995 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Kill the Child (estimated date)--> at:23/01/1995 color:black layer:back <!--The Great Annihilator--> at:06/06/1996 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Die Tur ist zu (estimated date)--> at:22/10/1996 color:black layer:back <!--Soundtracks for the Blind--> at:20/01/1998 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Swans Are Dead--> at:22/03/1999 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Various Failures--> at:01/01/2003 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Forever Burned (estimated date)--> at:23/09/2010 color:black layer:back <!--My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky--> at:29/05/2012 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--We Rose from Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head--> at:28/08/2012 color:black layer:back <!--The Seer--> at:12/09/2013 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Not Here Not Now--> at:12/05/2014 color:black layer:back <!--To Be Kind--> at:25/11/2014 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Oxygen--> at:01/10/2015 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--The Gate--> at:17/06/2016 color:black layer:back <!--The Glowing Man--> at:17/05/2017 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Deliquescence--> at:01/03/2019 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--What Is This?--> at:25/10/2019 color:black layer:back <!--Leaving Meaning--> at:01/02/2022 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Is There Really A Mind?--> at:23/06/2023 color:black layer:back <!--The Beggar--> at:15/11/2024 color:Lines2 layer:back <!--Live Rope--> at:30/05/2025 color:black layer:back <!--Birthing--> BarData = bar:Gira text:"Michael Gira" bar:Jarboe text:"Jarboe" bar:Galli-Duani text:"Daniel Galli-Duani" bar:Pezzola text:"Bob Pezzola" bar:Hanel text:"Sue Hanel" bar:Westberg text:"Norman Westberg" bar:Hahn text:"Christoph Hahn" bar:Steele text:"Clint Steele" bar:Vudi text:"Vudi" bar:Walfisch text:"Paul Walfisch" bar:Frost text:"Ben Frost" bar:Moore text:"Thurston Moore" bar:Braun text:"Dan Braun" bar:Tessler text:"Jon Tessler" bar:Crosby text:"Harry Crosby" bar:Kizys text:"Algis Kizys" bar:Asnes text:"Jason Asnes" bar:McCalister text:"Steve McCalister" bar:Wade text:"Jenny Wade" bar:Goldring text:"Joe Goldring" bar:Bronson text:"Bill Bronson" bar:Pravdica text:"Chris Pravdica" bar:RΓΆhm text:"Yoyo RΓΆhm" bar:Schechter text:"Dana Schechter" bar:Kane text:"Jonathan Kane" bar:Mosimann text:"Roli Mosimann" bar:Hood text:"John Hood" bar:Nahem text:"Ivan Nahem" bar:Gonzalez text:"Ronaldo Gonzalez" bar:Parsons text:"Ted Parsons" bar:Moorfield text:"Virgil Moorfield" bar:Signorelli text:"Vinnie Signorelli" bar:Fier text:"Anton Fier" bar:Mullins text:"Larry Mullins" bar:Rieflin text:"Bill Rieflin" bar:Puleo text:"Phil Puleo" bar:Harris text:"Thor Harris" bar:Mojo text:"Mojo" PlotData= width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4) bar:Gira from:start till:06/06/1997 color:vox bar:Gira from:start till:06/06/1982 color:bass width:3 bar:Gira from:06/06/1982 till:27/05/1983 color:bass width:7 bar:Gira from:06/06/1982 till:03/03/1986 color:tapes width:3 bar:Gira from:01/01/1986 till:03/03/1986 color:bass width:7 bar:Gira from:03/03/1986 till:01/01/1988 color:keyboards width:3 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from:01/03/2025 till:end color:bvox width:3 bar:Hahn from:01/01/1989 till:06/06/1992 color:guitar bar:Hahn from:01/01/2010 till:04/11/2017 color:guitar bar:Hahn from:01/01/2012 till:04/11/2017 color:bvox width:3 bar:Hahn from:01/09/2019 till:end color:guitar bar:Hahn from:01/09/2019 till:end color:bvox width:3 bar:Steele from:01/01/1990 till:01/01/1995 color:guitar bar:Steele from:01/01/1997 till:06/06/1997 color:guitar bar:Vudi from:01/01/1995 till:01/01/1996 color:guitar bar:Walfisch from:06/06/2016 till:04/11/2017 color:keyboards bar:Walfisch from:01/09/2019 till:01/01/2020 color:keyboards bar:Frost from:01/01/2020 till:01/01/2023 color:keyboards bar:Frost from:01/01/2020 till:01/01/2023 color:guitar width:3 bar:Moore from:01/01/1982 till:03/03/1982 color:bass bar:Braun from:03/03/1982 till:06/06/1982 color:bass bar:Tessler from:06/06/1982 till:01/01/1983 color:bass bar:Tessler from:06/06/1982 till:01/01/1983 color:perc width:7 bar:Tessler from:06/06/1982 till:01/01/1983 color:tapes 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till:01/01/2020 color:keyboards bar:RΓΆhm from:01/09/2019 till:01/01/2020 color:bvox width:3 bar:Kane from:start till:08/05/1983 color:drums bar:Mosimann from:06/06/1982 till:30/06/1984 color:drums bar:Mosimann from:06/06/1982 till:08/05/1983 color:tapes width:3 bar:Hood from:01/01/1984 till:01/04/1984 color:drums bar:Nahem from:01/09/1984 till:01/09/1985 color:drums bar:Gonzalez from:06/06/1985 till:01/01/1987 color:drums bar:Parsons from:01/09/1985 till:01/01/1988 color:drums bar:Parsons from:09/09/1991 till:12/12/1991 color:drums bar:Parsons from:01/01/1993 till:01/01/1994 color:drums bar:Moorfield from:01/01/1988 till:01/01/1989 color:drums bar:Signorelli from:01/01/1989 till:09/09/1992 color:drums bar:Signorelli from:01/01/1989 till:09/09/1992 color:perc width:3 bar:Fier from:09/09/1990 till:02/02/1991 color:drums bar:Rieflin from:01/01/1994 till:06/06/1996 color:drums bar:Rieflin from:01/01/1994 till:06/06/1996 color:various width:3 bar:Rieflin from:01/01/2010 till:06/06/2016 color:various width:3 bar:Mullins from:04/01/1995 till:01/01/1996 color:drums bar:Mullins from:04/01/1995 till:01/01/1996 color:perc width:3 bar:Puleo from:01/01/1997 till:06/06/1997 color:drums bar:Puleo from:01/01/1997 till:06/06/1997 color:perc width:3 bar:Puleo from:01/01/2010 till:04/11/2017 color:drums bar:Puleo from:01/01/2010 till:01/01/2012 color:perc width:3 bar:Puleo from:01/01/2012 till:04/11/2017 color:perc width:7 bar:Puleo from:01/01/2012 till:04/11/2017 color:bvox width:3 bar:Puleo from:01/09/2019 till:end color:drums bar:Puleo from:01/09/2019 till:end color:perc width:7 bar:Puleo from:01/09/2019 till:end color:bvox width:3 bar:Harris from:01/01/2010 till:06/06/2016 color:perc bar:Harris from:01/01/2010 till:06/06/2016 color:drums width:7 bar:Harris from:01/01/2010 till:06/06/2016 color:various width:3 bar:Harris from:04/10/2017 till:04/11/2017 color:perc bar:Harris from:04/10/2017 till:04/11/2017 color:drums width:7 bar:Harris from:04/10/2017 till:04/11/2017 color:various width:3 bar:Harris from:01/09/2019 till:01/01/2020 color:perc bar:Harris from:01/09/2019 till:01/01/2020 color:drums width:7 bar:Harris from:01/09/2019 till:01/01/2020 color:various width:3 bar:Mullins from:01/09/2019 till:end color:drums bar:Mullins from:01/09/2019 till:end color:keyboards width:7 bar:Mullins from:01/09/2019 till:end color:bvox width:3 bar:Mojo from:06/06/1982 till:01/01/1983 color:perc bar:Mojo from:06/06/1982 till:01/01/1983 color:tapes width:3 }}
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