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Thurston announces summer european shows : http://t.co/neQoKEJN

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May 09

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RT @thesonicyouth: @leeranaldo + band perform live om WNYC's Soundcheck tomorrow (5/10) at 2pm http://t.co/ifHAxhll

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current and upcoming @leeranaldo shows in usa + europe (boston tonight),... and new @DISAPPEARS dates announced http://t.co/ifHAxhll

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Lee+Thurston top Spin Magazine's "100 Best Guitarists" poll: http://t.co/kSij7b4F

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General Info

Genre: Experimental / Indie / Rock
Location New York City, New York, US
Profile Views: 5772218
Last Login: 9/1/2011
Member Since 10/3/2005
Website http://www.sonicyouth.com
Record Label Matador, SYR, goofin', geffen/universal
Type of Label Indie
Bio
Members
Kim Gordon: Bass, Guitar, Vocals.. Thurston Moore: Guitar, Bass, Vocals.. Lee Ranaldo: Guitar, Vocals.. Steve Shelley: Drums.. Mark Ibold: Bass, Guitar
Influences
neu, the stooges, velvet underground, neil young + crazy horse, black sabbath, kevin ayers, the grateful dead, television, can, talking heads, the minutemen, the birthday party,...
Sounds Like
the eternal

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Sonic Youth began way back in 1980 in the downtown disaster unit of NYC. First three records (Sonic Youth, Confusion is Sex, Kill Yr Idols) began in 1981 on the Neutral label started by Glenn Branca. They then signed to Gerard Cosloy’s Homestead imprint releasing Bad Moon Rising and the Flower/Halloween 12” to universal intrigue and acclaim. They switched labels to release records (Sister, Evol) on SST, the Southern California label overseen by Greg Ginn of Black Flag, while Mr. Cosloy went on to join Matador Records with Chris Lombardi. Concurrently they established a relationship with Paul Smith and Blast First Records in the UK co-releasing the Homestead and SST titles and culminating with the massive end of the decade double LP Daydream Nation, since added to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. The band signed to DGC/Geffen in 1990 and began an ascendant affair there releasing Goo and Dirty to much heated excitement until the label became a scattered asylum. They continued to release strange, out-of –step recordings with Geffen throughout the 90s and early 2000s. Young wizard Jim O’Rourke came on board with the band as a multi-instrumentalist/producer collaborating on two of their most progressive LPS to date, Murray Street and Sonic Nurse, as well as the ongoing series of experimental LPs on the bands own SYR imprint. After Jim’s departure, and after releasing Rather Ripped, their final statement on Geffen (and which ranked third in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2006) the band recruited their pal from compatriot 90s band Pavement, Mark Ibold, to play bass. After a solid bout of touring Mark joined the band in the recording of The Eternal. The cover art is a painting by the late, great American folk artist John Fahey. This is where we live forever. Sweet dreams…