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"100%" is a song by American rock band Sonic Youth from their seventh studio album Dirty (1992). It was released as the lead single from the album in July 1992, by DGC . Written by Sonic Youth, the song discusses the murder of Joe Cole , a friend of the band who was killed in an armed robbery on December 19, 1991.
Sonic Youth were an American rock band formed in New York City in 1981. Founding members Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar), Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals) and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of the band, while Steve Shelley (drums) followed a series of short-term drummers in 1985, rounding out the core line-up.
Goo is the sixth full-length studio album by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on June 26, 1990, by DGC Records.For this album, the band sought to expand upon its trademark alternating guitar arrangements and the layered sound of their previous album Daydream Nation (1988) with songwriting that was more topical than past works.
In 1981, Sonic Youth signed with Neutral Records, and released its eponymous debut EP Sonic Youth the next year. [1] The band's first full-length album was Confusion is Sex , released in 1983. [ 1 ] Kill Yr Idols was released the same year under the German label Zensor Records. [ 1 ]
Jim O'Rourke (born January 18, 1969) is an American musician, instrumentalist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. [1] He is best known for his numerous solo and collaborative music projects, many of which are instrumental, and has been acclaimed for his music that spans varied genres, including avant-garde styles such as ambient, noise and minimalism, and styles of rock like ...
Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) [7] is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known as a member of the rock band Sonic Youth.He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label.
Kim Althea Gordon was born April 28, 1953, [2] in Rochester, New York, the second child of Althea (d. 2002) and Calvin Wayne Gordon (1915–1998). [3] [4] [5] At the time of her birth, Gordon's father, a native of Kansas, [5] was a professor in the sociology department at the University of Rochester.
1991: The Year Punk Broke, released theatrically in 1992, is a documentary directed by Dave Markey, [1] [2] featuring American alternative rock band Sonic Youth on tour in Europe in 1991. While Sonic Youth is the focus of the documentary, the film also gives attention to Nirvana , Dinosaur Jr. , Babes in Toyland , Gumball and the Ramones . [ 3 ]