Norman Westberg
| Norman Westberg | |
|---|---|
| File:Norman Westberg with Swans 2014.jpg
Westberg performing with Swans in 2014
|
|
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Norman Westburg |
| Origin | New York City, New York, United States |
| Genres | Noise rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Associated acts | Swans, Wiseblood, Jarboe, Foetus, Heroine Sheiks |
| Notable instruments | |
| Fender Telecaster | |
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 1991s White Light From the Mouth of Infinity (he also played in 1995 for The Great Annihilator).[1] Westberg became a full-time Swans member once again when Michael Gira reactivated the group in 2010.[2]
Westberg's playing can also be heard on many Swans side projects, including The Body Haters and solo albums by Jarboe. Westberg was for a short time a member of The Heroine Sheiks with Shannon Selberg (ex-The Cows)[3] as well as John Fell (ex-China Shop). Aside from the present incarnation of Swans, he currently plays in the NYC bands NeVAh (with Vinnie Signorelli & Algis Kizys) and Five Dollar Priest (formerly Size Queens) (with Ron Ward of Speedball Baby & Bob Bert among others).[4] He also appeared (credited as Norman Westburg) in a short film The Right Side of My Brain directed by Richard Kern and starring Lydia Lunch.
On February 25, 2012, Westberg made two limited edition solo releases available at his webstore.[5] Plough is a four-track EP recorded from 2006 to 2009 and features Westberg coupling guitar with banjo and DX drum machine.[6] Limited Edition of 75 features one fifteen-minute-long ambient piece and is packaged in one-of-a-kind imagery, each disk being decorated with a unique MRI from a CD Westberg was given in hospital.[7] Both CD-Rs are packaged in handmade sleeves, Plough with a signed inner and Limited Edition of 75 signed and numbered on the disk itself.
Westberg's most recent recorded appearances are on Swans double live album We Rose From Your Bed with the Sun in Our Head, which was released initially as a handmade CD in a limited edition of 1000 copies issued to raise money for the recording of a new Swans album proper.[8]
In February 2014 Westberg released a third limited edition solo CD entitled 13, which will be reissued through Room40 record label on November 13, 2015.[9]
Discography
Swans
<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1983 | Filth |
| 1984 | Cop |
| 1986 | Greed |
| 1986 | Holy Money |
| 1987 | Children of God |
| 1989 | The Burning World |
| 1991 | White Light from the Mouth of Infinity |
| 1995 | The Great Annihilator |
| 2010 | My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky |
| 2012 | The Seer |
| 2014 | To Be Kind |
Sulfur
<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Delirium Tremens |
The Heroine Sheiks
<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Rape on the Installment Plan |
| 2002 | Siamese Pipe |
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
