2019Winner
Best Performance
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
Norman Westberg
Actor
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1983Nominee
Best Performance
Goodbye 42nd Street
1984Nominee
Best Performance
The Right Side of My Brain
Career Highlights
2025Highlight
Best Performance
Swans: (Rope) The Beggar (Live 2024)
1986Highlight
Best Performance
Swans: A Long Slow Screw.
Video
Swans: (Rope) The Beggar (Live 2024)
Swans: A Long Slow Screw.
Swans: Open'er Festival, Gdynia