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Sonic Youth is an alternative rock band from New York City formed in the 1980s.
Genres: alternative rock, experimental rock, post-punk, noise rock, no wave. Members: Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Bob Bert, Jim Sclavunos, Jim O'Rourke, Richard Edson.
They are influenced by Glenn Branca, the heavy protopunk of The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, MC5, Krautrock of Can, The 13th Floor Elevators, John Cage, and others.
Albums: Sonic Youth, Confusion Is Sex, Bad Moon Rising, EVOL, Sister, Daydream Nation, Goo, Dirty, Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, Washing Machine, A Thousand Leaves,
NYC Ghosts & Flowers, Murray Street, Sonic Nurse, Rather Ripped.
They headlined the Lollapalooza festival that was parodied on The Simpsons.
A new hard cover book by Thurston and Byron Coley Abrams titled "No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980" will be published by Abrams Image Books on June 1st 2008. This is description ofpunk rock, new wave, experimental music, and the avant-garde art movement of the 1970s and 1980s. |