![]() ![]() How could I not want to dive head first into a band with that strong a legend and mystique? I found the Amnesia/Love Of Life 12” in a second hand record store in Sheffield – it wasn’t what I expected but it had hooks, it had energy, it had words that carried a rare power. Sonic Youth’s Screaming Fields Of Sonic Love compilation had an inlay card covered in old gig posters with the name SWANS prominently displayed other bands (Metallica, Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails…) would mention SWANS in interview books describing the history of music in the aftermath of punk would reference how important SWANS had been. For me, I found a lot of meaning in music. I also think there’s nothing more powerful than teenhood when a person is still choosing who they intend to be and what they might invest meaning in. ![]() Nick Soulsby: I believe music is generational: each generation finds its own sound, the music that lets them standalone regardless of what big brothers and sisters (let alone parents) are listening to. John Wisniewski: What got you interested in the Swans, Nick? ![]()
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