Norman Westberg

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Norman Westberg is a New York City guitarist and member of the now-defunct 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 1991's White Light From the Mouth of Infinity (he also played in 1995 for The Great Annihilator). His 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 now-defunct Heroine Sheiks with Shannon Selberg (ex-The Cows) as well as John Fell (ex-China Shop). 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). 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.

v • d • e Swans Members Michael Gira • Jarboe • Norman Westberg • Algis Kizys Studio Releases Swans EP • Filth • Cop • Young God EP • Time is Money (Bastard) EP • Greed • A Screw EP • Holy Money • New Mind EP • Children Of God • Love Will Tear Us Apart • Can't Find My Way Home EP • Saved EP • The Burning World • White Light from the Mouth of Infinity • Love of Life • Celebrity Lifestyle EP • The Great Annihilator • Die Tür Ist Zu • Failure/Animus EP • Soundtracks for the Blind Live and Compilations Public Castration Is a Good Idea • Feel Good Now • Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room • Body to Body, Job to Job • Real Love • Omniscience • Kill the Child • I Am the Sun/My Buried Child • Swans Are Dead • Various Failures • Forever Burned Related Articles The Angels of Light • World of Skin • Young God Records • Ecstatic Peace • Neutral Records • Some Bizzare Records