Sonic-Youth
Real Name:
Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Steve Shelley
Profile:
Sonic Youth, initially comprising of guitarist / vocalists Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo, guitarist / bassist / vocalist Kim Gordon and drummer Richard Edson, were formed in New York City in 1981. A product of the No-Wave music scene of the late 1970s, the group had their roots in abrasive, experimental music, with Moore and Ranaldo having previously worked with the experimental composer Glenn Branca. The band were joined in 1985 by drummer Steve Shelley, and have now recorded 14 albums together, as well as many side and solo projects. Their work has been consistently challenging and innovative, and they are widely regarded as one of the most intriguing and influential bands of their time. This view has been added to by the strength of their record "Sonic Nurse", which also featured the talents of Jim O'Rourke.
Sites:
sonicyouth.com, saucerlike.com, MySpace, luxnet.at/sonic-youth/homepage.html, scaruffi.com/vol4/sonicyou.html, Twitter
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Sonic Youth
| Chronic Youth
| S.Y.
| Sonic Death
| Sonic Youth, The
| Sonic-Youth
| Sonik-Youth
| Sonik-Youth, The
| SY
But it is happening, despite the fact that they're were one of the most abrasive bands around in the 80's and even though they lessened a volume little bit by now, it still holds true to some extent. Of course, its not always hits in case of SY and there are plenty of misses in my humble opinion, but still...
They put "noise" in "noise rock" and did almost inevitable - forced masses to appreciate loud and filthy distorted sound, as opposed to traditional pop/rock wankery.