Funny Michael Gira´s message to Brutal Assault 2017

Brutal Assault 2017

[@georgeverveniotis6483]

That smile is fantastic

[@Part-TimeYouTubeCommenter]

Gira is a Senior Chad.

[@SatieSatie]

​@@Part-TimeKZbinCommenterSenior Chad 😂 Perfect description

[@zm1055]

Wonderful man and a wonderful band God bless you Gira and rock on

[@isaiahromero9861]

I thought Michael Gira was going to get brutally assaulted in this video

[@anonymouzzz4307]

that's not possible, if anything, he would be the one assaulting

[@kingamity1985]

In a comedy slapstick manner somehow

[@wanneske1969]

@@anonymouzzz4307 He was assaulted in jail as a 16 year old

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

@@wanneske1969 He also sexually assaulted Larkhin Grimm

[@wanneske1969]

@@VuotoPneumaNN there was no evidence of that.

[@localdishwasher]

0:05 teeth like God's shoeshine

[@zackzallie8735]

Modest Mouse reference :D

[@KillaB777]

FROM THE TOP OF THE OCEAN

[@DeclanTheCrow]

tbh who would've thought you could see Aversions Crown, Morbid Angel, and Swans on the same day (i think it was all in one day, anyway)

[@kiviaktuszony]

Morbid Angel were replaced with Carcass but still :D

[@HateDisease]

@@kiviaktuszony you like carcass?

[@arnowillekes7979]

On their first tour of the Netherlands they basically empties most venues with their Cop-era onslaught, most metal bands at the time were comical compared 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@tuskedbeast]

That was an absolute riot

[@user-ch4et9gw4k]

such a sweet man!

[@thundertower]

pretty cool guy irl. He is critical if he needs to be, Dont film in front of him when hes performing and hell let you know it.

[@LittleWeevil]

whats the context behind this?

[@aleksaperetic6696]

Theyre at a metal festival , which is quite uncharacteristic for Swans as theyre considered more art rock, or whatever you wanna name them. They do perform very loud and extreme music but its not quite metal. So as a joke did the devil horns for all the metal fans in the audience as a nice little gesture.

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Back in early Swans, Gira kicked and didn’t care for the headbangers at shows. Which was weird because they were heavier and much more sonically punishing than most metal bands.

[@nicknickson3650]

when Swans performed at Hellfest years ago they were heavier than basically every other band there. Most of the audience didn't know Swans but were blown away by how good they were.

[@thenotesinbetween7983]

Writhing

[@konstantinjarkov]

can someone give context to this please?

[@SatieSatie]

In the 80's, Michael would resort to violence when he saw someone in the crowd headbanging. In this clip, you can see that he has changed as a person as Swans were playing at a metal festival and they're not considered metal. Michael is making a lighthearted joke about it, I think.

[@konstantinjarkov]

@@SatieSatie thanks!

[@recyclebin4298]

​@@SatieSatie"resort to violence" bro what 😭😭😭😭

[@SatieSatie]

@@recyclebin4298 He wasn't exactly known to be the cuddliest or the easiest person to be around lol. He's definitely become more kind and more mellow with age and seems to be ashamed of his past behavior now.

[@st0ic734]

@@recyclebin4298 I’ve heard stories of him spitting on people or slamming people’s faces into the stage when he saw them headbanging back in the day lol