Sonic Youth

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 45. Chapters: Sonic Youth albums, Sonic Youth members, Sonic Youth songs, Jim O'Rourke, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Sonic Youth Recordings, Sonic Youth discography, Daydream Nation, Burning Up, Superstar, Addicted to Love, Dirty, Homerpalooza, Goo, Steve Shelley, Bad Moon Rising, Rather Ripped, The Eternal, Within You Without You, Sister, Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, Richard Kern, Evol, Confusion Is Sex, Washing Machine, Sonic Nurse, Murray Street, A Thousand Leaves, NYC Ghosts & Flowers, Teen Age Riot, Anne DeMarinis, SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century, Bull in the Heather, The Whitey Album, Richard Edson, Kool Thing, Touch Me I'm Sick/Halloween, Jim Sclavunos, Trees Outside the Academy, Mark Ibold, Dirty Boots, Bob Bert, Protest Records, Death Valley '69, 100%, Youth Against Fascism, Starpower, Sunday, Sugar Kane, SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth, Little Trouble Girl, The Diamond Sea, Ciccone Youth, Into the Groove(y), SYR5, Drunken Butterfly, Silver Rocket, Flower/Halloween, SYR7: J'Accuse Ted Hughes, Nevermind, Flower/Satan Is Boring, Disappearer, Incinerate, Mariah Carey and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream, Helen Lundeberg/Eyeliner, Rather Ripped Album Sampler, Unmade Bed, Beautiful Plateau, Stick Me Donna Majick Momma. Excerpt: Sonic Youth is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore (vocals and guitar), Kim Gordon (vocals, bass, guitar), Lee Ranaldo (vocals and guitar), Steve Shelley (drums), and Mark Ibold (bass, guitar) In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City. Part of the first wave of American noise rock groups, the band carried out their interpretation of the hardcore punk ethos throughout the evolving American underground that focused more on the DIY ethic of the genre rather than its specific sound. As a result, some consider Sonic Youth as pivotal in the rise of the alternative rock and indie rock movements. The band has experienced success and critical acclaim throughout the last three decades, continuing into the new millennium, including signing to major label DGC in 1990, and headlining the 1995 Lollapalooza festival. Sonic Youth have expressed a wide variety of influences, ranging from the influential protopunk musician Patti Smith to composer John Cage. The band has been praised for having "redefined what rock guitar could do", using a wide variety of unorthodox guitar tunings, and preparing guitars with objects like drum sticks and screwdrivers to alter the instruments' timbre. Sonic Youth's history began when guitarist Thurston Moore moved to New York City in early 1976. Interested in punk, Moore joined the Coachmen, a guitar-based quartet, after arriving in the city. Lee Ranaldo, an art student at Binghamton University, became a fan of the Coachmen, and he and Moore were soon friends. Ranaldo was a member of Glenn Branca's electric guitar ensemble, touring throughout the United States and Europe. After the breakup of the Coachmen, Moore began jamming with Stanton Miranda, whose band, CKM, featured local artist Kim Gordon. Moore and Gordon formed a band, appearing under names like Male Bonding and Red Milk before agreeing upon the Arcadians in late 1