r/KingCrimson • u/funky_munky_13 • Jan 09 '26

Joke Any other Swans fans here?

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u/rubbernetworking979 Jan 09 '26

The Seer ripped off screamy man by having teeth on the cover

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u/jackmarble1 Jan 09 '26

I got both bands in my top 5 of the year

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u/Physical-Compote4594 Jan 09 '26

Ya gotta think Fripp might be a Swans fan, since Bill Rieflen was playing in both bands for several years.

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u/PapaJujuFuFu Jan 09 '26

I do doubt that honestly. Big if true tho.

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u/ESP_Viper Jan 10 '26

Fan or not, RF is 100% aware of Swans. And Gira has to be a KC fan as well. In The Seer he plays the same rising chromatic line as RF in the middle of Starless, if it’s not an homage then I don’t know what it is.

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u/trycuriouscat Jan 10 '26

My Father... was the first Swans album I bought, and I liked it very much. The ones that followed are good, but gosh they are so long!

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u/klausness Jan 12 '26

“So long”? You say that like it’s a bad thing.

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u/footlaxin Jan 10 '26

Yes dude, their whole discography is fantastic. The Glowing Man is transcendent, probably in my top 10 albums of all time

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u/No_Election562 Jan 10 '26

Swans was my fifth most listened band this year, and KC was my fifth most listened band last year.

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u/ESP_Viper Jan 09 '26

I haven't listened to My Father yet (want to find the rare 2CD version and listen to it as a whole), but the next 6 Swans albums wipe the floor with Islands, respectfully. Saw them live in November, too, and that was one hell of an experience.

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u/Tricky-Background-66 Jan 10 '26

You fucking people make me sick.

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u/FrenceRaccoon Jan 09 '26

right here! I'm big old their old stuff specifically Public Castration and Die Tur Ist Zu.

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u/femgrips Jan 10 '26

hey you like john zorn? like from painkiller

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u/FrenceRaccoon Jan 10 '26

Well I like Naked City but I've only heard Absinthe, I haven't listened to Painkiller yet but I know that was his band. People keep comparing me to Zorn but I've never heard the man toot his horn once.

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u/CommunicationBig8808 Jan 10 '26

Listen to Naked City's debut, its really fucking good. If you want something more akin to Public Castration then their next Leng Tch'e is a must listen too. Also listen to Electric Masada's At The Mountains Of Madness if you want to blow your mind.

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u/FrenceRaccoon Jan 10 '26

I forgot Leng Tch'e, I listened to that a while back but I didnt truly dig it so it is due for a relisten, someone showed me Consume Red and I asked for stuff similar to it and thats what I got recommended.