Sonic Youth

Formed: 1981 in New York, NY
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Genre: Rock
Styles: Indie Rock, Noise-Rock, Experimental Rock, College Rock, American Underground, Alternative Pop/Rock, Post-Punk
Group Members: Lee Ranaldo, Anne DeMarinis, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Jim O'Rourke, Steve Shelley, Bob Bert, Richard Edson
Biography: Sonic Youth were one of the most unlikely success stories of underground American rock in the '80s. Where contemporaries R.E.M. and Hüsker Dü were fairly conventional in terms of song structure and melody, Sonic Youth began their career by abandoning any pretense of traditional rock & roll conventions. ...Read full biography
Daydream Nation
Released: 1988
Label: Geffen
Critics' Rating:
By refining the song-oriented breakthroughs of Sister and developing their fascination with noise and alternate tunings, Sonic Youth created a masterpiece of post-punk art rock with the double-album Daydream ...Read full review
Sister
Released: 1987
Label: Geffen
Critics' Rating:
EVOL was a major leap forward for Sonic Youth, but Sister is a masterpiece, demonstrating the group's rapidly evolving musicality. More than ever before, Sonic Youth's songs sound like actual songs, and ...Read full review
Photos
Portrait of seminal post-punk band Sonic Youth in Philadelphia in 2005
Sonic Youth, circa late 1980s
Sonic Youth perform at the Tabernacle in Atlanta on June 23, 2000.
Sonic Youth (Lee Ranaldo, Kim Gordon, Steve Shelley and Thurston Moore), 1990
Sonic Youth perform at Lollapalooza in Chicago on Aug. 5, 2006.
Sonic Youth perform at Warehouse Live in Houston on June 22, 2006.
Sonic Youth perform at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, Australia, on July 26, 2006.
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