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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.
Kim Althea Gordon (born April 28, 1953) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and rapper best known as the bassist, guitarist, and vocalist of alternative rock band Sonic Youth. Born in Rochester, New York , she was raised in Los Angeles , California, where her father was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles .
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.
Even as a member of Sonic Youth, Moore was putting out solo records, his first in 1995 with Psychic Hearts. Since then, he’s released seven more. Since then, he’s released seven more.
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Sonic Youth released Murray Street in the summer of 2002, followed in 2004 by Sonic Nurse. Rather Ripped and The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities were released in 2006, the latter featuring tracks previously available only on vinyl, limited-release compilations, B-sides to international singles, and other previously unreleased material.
In 1985, Sonic Youth toured the U.K. for the second time, live recordings from which appeared the following year on the two-LP bootleg Walls Have Ears.On Feb. 9, the collection will be released ...
Lee Mark Ranaldo (born February 3, 1956) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known as a co-founder of the rock band Sonic Youth.In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Ranaldo at number 33 on its "Greatest Guitarists of All Time" list. [1]