ArtistInfo

The Angels Of Light

Band, 1998-2009
Rock

The Angels of Light was formed in 1997 by singer / guitarist Michael Gira after he disbanded Swans, the group he'd founded in 1982. The band plays in a distinctly different style for Gira since he left Swans, being mostly acoustic, folkier, musically more melodic and less brutal than his previous efforts, though no less emotionally draining. The Angels of Light include many New York City collaborators, including Dana Schechter of Bee and Flower, Kid Congo Powers of The Cramps, Larry Mullins aka Toby Dammit, Bliss Blood of The Moonlighters, Thor Harris of Shearwater (band), and most recently the Brooklyn band Akron/Family.

Members

	Michael Gira voc, acg *1954 US
	William Rieflin dr *1960 US
	Devendra Banhart voc, g *1981 US
	Eszter Balint vn, voc *1965
	Steve Moses tb
	Birgit Staudt acc, bvoc
	Phil Puleo dr, perc US
	Larry Mullins vib, perc, dr *1966 US
	Daria Klotz voc, b
	Bill Bronson b, eb
	Thor Harris *1965 US
	Siobhan Duffy dr, voc
	Jerome O'Brien cb
	Kristof Hahn eg, stg
	Dana Schechter b, p US
	Paul Cantelon vn, p *1965 US
	David Garland
	Larkin Grimm voc *1981 US
	Ryan Vanderhoof voc US
	Seth Olinsky voc
	Miles Seaton voc, b
	Dana Janssen voc, dr
	Patrick Fondiller man
	Brian Tristan voc, g *1959 US