Effective period / Period of releases: 1981

Members: Michael Gira, Jonathan Kane, Dan Braun, Rick Oller, Josh Braun, Angelo Putignano

Post-punk band from New York City. The band formed in 1979 under the name Circus Morticians. Eventually they shortened it to Circus Mort. The band included future Swans singer Michael Gira on vocals, guitarist Rick Oller, bassist Dan Braun, Josh Braun on keyboards and Angelo Pudignano on drums. Jonathan Kane, also of Swans, would become the third drummer for the group. The group recorded a few demos in 1979 and 1980, but only managed to officially release one EP, a self-titled effort on Labor Records before disbanding in 1981. Some members would follow Michael Gira into the first incarnation of Swans.