
Person
Norman Westberg
Acting
Biography
Norman Westberg is a guitarist from Detroit best known for his work with 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 on the 1995 album The Great Annihilator). Westberg became a full-time Swans member once again when Michael Gira reactivated the group in 2010.
Known for

Goodbye 42nd Street
Music

The Right Side of My Brain
1984

Swans: Where Does a Body End?
Self

Swans: A Long Slow Screw.
1986

Male
Himself

Swans: The Seer - Live
2012

Kings of Independence
1987

Swans: The Glowing Man - Live 2015
Self

Swans - To Be Kind Live
2014

Swans: Moers Festival 2017
2017
Filmography
- 2025Swans: (Rope) The Beggar (Live 2024)Self
- 2019Swans: Where Does a Body End?Self
- 2017Swans: Moers Festival 2017
- 2016Swans: The Glowing Man - Live 2015Self
- 2015Swans: Open'er Festival, Gdynia
- 2014Swans - To Be Kind Live
- 2014Swans: To Be Kind - Live 2013Self
- 2013Swans - Primavera Sound 2013 Live
- 2012Swans: The Seer Documentary
- 2012Swans: The Seer - Live
- 2012The Hardcore Collection(archive footage)
- 1993MaleHimself
- 1987Kings of Independence
- 1986FingeredMusic
- 1986Swans: A Long Slow Screw.
- 1984The Right Side of My Brain
- 1983Goodbye 42nd StreetMusic
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