Phil Puleo Explained

Phil Puleo
Birth Name:	Philip Cary Puleo
Birth Date:	27 September 1963
Instrument:	Drums, percussion, appalachian dulcimer
Occupation:	Musician, visual artist
Years Active:	1987–present
Label:	Young God Records
Current Member Of:	Swans

Phil Puleo (born September 27, 1963) is an American composer, drummer, illustrator and visual artist from New York.^[1] He is known as a founding member of the band Cop Shoot Cop in the 1990s, and for his current involvement in the experimental rock group Swans. He has also collaborated with Swans leader Michael Gira on his Angels of Light musical project. After briefly touring with Swans during the mid-nineties,^[2] Puleo joined the band as a full-time member in 2010.^[3]

Discography

See also: Swans discography.

Cop Shoot Cop

Year	Name	Ref
1989	Headkick Facsimile	^[4]
1989	PieceMan EP	^[5]
1990	Consumer Revolt	^[6]
1991	White Noise	^[7]
1992	Suck City	^[8]
1993	Ask Questions Later	^[9]
1994	Release	^[10]

Red Expendables

|-! style="background:#dde; width:50px;"|Year! style="background:#dde; width:207px;"|Name! style="background:#dde; width:25px;"|Ref|-|1997|| Red Expendables||^[11] |}

Swans

|-! style="background:#dde; width:50px;"|Year! style="background:#dde; width:207px;"|Name! style="background:#dde; width:25px;"|Ref|-|1998|| Swans Are Dead||^[12] |-|2010|| My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky||^[13] |-|2012|| The Seer||^[14] |-|2014|| To Be Kind||^[15] |-|2016|| The Glowing Man|||-|2019|| Leaving Meaning||^[16] |}

Other appearances

|-! style="background:#dde; width:50px;"|Year! style="background:#dde; width:165px;"|Name! style="background:#dde; width:147px;"|Artist! style="background:#dde; width:25px;"|Ref|-|1999|| New Mother|| Angels of Light||^[17] |-|1999|| Halflife|| Phylr||^[18] |-|2007|| We Are Him|| Angels of Light||^[19] |-|2008|| Parplar|| Larkin Grimm||^[20] |}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Phil . Puleo . Phil Puleo . philpuleo.com . 1990–2013 . May 23, 2013.
2. Web site: Mark . Weddle . Swans "Swans Are Dead" Double Live CD . swans.pair.com . 1997 . May 23, 2013.
3. Web site: Tom . Breihan . Swans to Reunite . Pitchfork Media . January 11, 2010 . May 23, 2013.
4. allmusic (((Headkick Facsimile > Credits)))
5. allmusic (((PieceMan > Credits)))
6. allmusic (((Consumer Revolt > Credits)))
7. allmusic (((White Noise 89–92 > Credits)))
8. allmusic (((Suck City > Credits)))
9. allmusic (((Ask Questions Later > Credits)))
10. allmusic (((Release > Credits)))
11. http://www.discogs.com/Red-Expendables-Red-Expendables/release/1022540 Red Expendables
12. allmusic (((Swans Are Dead (Live '95–'97) > Overview)))
13. allmusic (((My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky > Credits)))
14. allmusic (((The Seer > Credits)))
15. Allmusic. "To Be Kind - Swans" Allmusic Retrieved 2014-12-29.
16. https://younggodrecords.com/products/leaving-meaning "leaving meaning"
17. allmusic (((New Mother > Credits)))
18. http://www.discogs.com/Phylr-Halflife/release/241672 Halflife
19. allmusic (((We Are Him > Credits)))
20. allmusic (((Parplar > Credits)))