Guitarist and vocalist born at the 25th of July 1958 in Coral Gables (FL, USA), raised in Bethel (CT, USA), lived in New York (NY, USA) for the largest part of his music career and learned playing guitar by
Glenn Branca. He is now living in Rochester (NY, USA).
He's best known as the guitarist and vocalist of
Sonic Youth which he co-founded in 1981. In 1984 he married
Kim Gordon, member of
Sonic Youth.
Besides
Sonic Youth he did/does a lot of other projects and solo work and he runs the
Ecstatic Peace! label.