What is the relationship between SWANS and The Young Gods?
A. “Young Gods are SWISS. Swans played a concert with them in Switzerland either Geneva or Zurich- in the mid eighties. This is the famous show where the Swiss police came ON THE STAGE during our show. I was at the keyboard and one of the policeman’s hands was suddenly on top of mine- removing it from the keys. The audience had a sort of riot and threw bottles on to the stage. I was hit in theforehead by a flying bottle. The show was stopped because the Swiss police said we were too loud. This is the show that BANNED Swans from even playing Switzerland for many years. Roli by the way is also Swiss. Roli got the job of producing their first album. He used recognizable samples from early Swans on that album. He admitted to using those sounds of Norman’s guitar etc. on that album. The band also took their name from the Swans song Young God. The e.p. Raping A Slave/Young God was out at the time. using these sounds and Michael’s title infuriated Michael Gira SOOOOOOOOO MUCHHHHHH that he int
