Sonic Youth (1981 - )
Hovedgenre:
Rock, Elektronisk
Stiler: Oppført som referanse:
Alternativ, Avant rock, Pop, No Wave, Post-punk, Indierock, Eksperimentell rock, Støyrock, Poprock, Avantgarde, Eksperimentell, Jazz, Elektronisk, Hardrock, Cinematisk, Improvisasjon
Gitaristene Thurston Moore og Lee Ranaldo hadde erfaring fra henholdsvis The Coachmen og The Flucts, og begge hadde vært med på innspillinger som deler av Glenn Brancas mange gitarorkestre. Branca komponerte symfonier for elektriske gitarer (med rytmeseksjon), og deler av dette materialet høres bemerkelsesverdig friskt ut i dag. Kim Gordon kom til New York med kunstskoleutdanning fra San Francisco i bagen, og var utover 80-tallet kunstkritiker i magasinet Artforum parallelt med løpet til SY. Med trommeslager Richard Edson ble Sonic Youth et band, og de gjorde sin først konsert på No Wave-festivalen New York Noise Fest i 1981, der Moore var en av initiativtakerne. Moore, Ranaldo og Gordon var med på Glenn Brancas Symphony No. 3, før SY debuterte med en selvtitulert EP sluppet på Brancas label Neutral Records. Albumdebuten for SY kom i 1983 med Confusion Is Sex, også den på Neutral, og den faller på mange måter inn i No Wave-ideologien.
Tekstmessig utvikler SY seg videre gjennom beskrivelser av groteske mellommenneskelig forhold i forskjellige sosiale kontekster, mer abstrakte og tilslørte bilder, og noen ganger tekster med politisk brodd. Gordons...
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Medlemmer:
- Thurston Moore (1981 - )
- gitar, vokal - Kim Gordon (1981 - )
- bass, vokal - Lee Ranaldo (1981 - )
- gitar, vokal - Steve Shelley (1985 - )
- trommer - Mark Ibold (2009 - )
- bass - Richard Edson (1981 - 1983)
- trommer - Bob Bert (1983 - 1985)
- trommer - Jim O'Rourke (2000 - 2005)
- bass
Konserter
- 12.08.05 - Øyafestivalen, Enga, Oslo
- 07.08.08 - Øyafestivalen, Enga, Oslo
Konsertanmeldelser, nyheter:
Anmeldelser:

The Eternal - Sonic Youth (2009)
CD(Matador)







I'm Not There (Original soundtrack) - Diverse artister (2007)
2CD(Columbia)







All Tomorrow's Parties Recordings 3.1 - Curated by Matt Groening - Diverse artister (2005)
CD(All Tomorrow's Parties)







Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui - Sonic Youth (2005)
CD(Sonic Youth Records)







Hidros 3 - to Patti Smith - Sonic Youth & Mats Gustafsson & Lindha Kallerdahl & David Stackenäs & Lotta Melin & Loren Mazzacane Connors (2004)
CD(Smalltown Supersound)







Sonic Nurse - Sonic Youth (2004)
CD(Geffen)







Murray Street - Sonic Youth (2002)
CD(Geffen)







pstereo: Murray Street - Sonic Youth (2002)
CD(Geffen)







Bande Originale Du Film Demonlover - Sonic Youth (2002)
CD(Labels)







NYC Ghosts & Flowers - Sonic Youth (2000)
CD(Geffen)







Goodbye 20th Century - Sonic Youth (1999)
2CD(Sonic Youth Records)







Slaapkamers met Slagroom - Sonic Youth (1997)
CD(Sonic Youth Records)







Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star - Sonic Youth (1994)
CD(Geffen)







pstereo: Dirty - Sonic Youth (1992)
CD(Geffen)







Goo - Sonic Youth (1990)
CD(Geffen)







Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth (1988)
CD(Blast First / Enigma)







Sister - Sonic Youth (1987)
CD(Blast First / SST)







EVOL - Sonic Youth (1986)
CD(SST / Blast First)







Bad Moon Rising - Sonic Youth (1985)
CD(Blast First / Homestead)






Groove.no diskografi
- Sonic Youth - Confusion is Sex (1983)
- Sonic Youth - Sonic Death (1984)
- Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising (1985)
- Sonic Youth - EVOL (1986)
- Sonic Youth - Made In USA (1986)
- Sonic Youth - Hold That Tiger (live) (1987)
- Sonic Youth - Sister (1987)
- Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988)
- Sonic Youth - The Whitey Album (1989)
- Sonic Youth - Goo (1990)
- Sonic Youth - Dirty (1992)
- Sonic Youth - Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star (1994)
- Sonic Youth - Made in USA (1995)
- Sonic Youth - Washing Machine (1995)
- Sonic Youth - Screaming Fields of Sonic Love (1995)
- Sonic Youth - Anagrama (1997)
- Sonic Youth - Slaapkamers met Slagroom (1997)
- Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves (1998)
- Sonic Youth - Goodbye 20th Century (1999)
- Sonic Youth - NYC Ghosts & Flowers (2000)
- Sonic Youth - Murray Street (2002)
- Sonic Youth - Bande Originale Du Film Demonlover (2002)
- Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)
- Sonic Youth & Mats Gustafsson & Lindha Kallerdahl & David Stackenäs & Lotta Melin & Loren Mazzacane Connors - Hidros 3 - to Patti Smith (2004)
- Sonic Youth - Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (2005)
- Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped (2006)
- Samler: Sonic Youth - The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities (2006)
- Sonic Youth - J'accuse Ted Hughes (2008)
- Sonic Youth - The Eternal (2009)
- Sonic Youth - Sonic Youth (1982)
- Sonic Youth - Kill Yr Idols (1983)
- Lydia Lunch & Sonic Youth - Death Valley '69 (1984)
- Sonic Youth - Halloween II (1985)
- Sonic Youth - (Over)Kill Yr Idols (1985)
- Sonic Youth - Flower (1985)
- Sonic Youth - Death Valley '69 (1985)
- Sonic Youth - Into the Groovey (1986)
- Sonic Youth - Starpower (1986)
- Sonic Youth - Master Dik (1987)
- Sonic Youth - Silver Rocket (1988)
- Sonic Youth & The Miracle Workers - Silver Rocket/Slow Death/I Got it Right (1988)
- Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot (1988)
- Sonic Youth & Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick/Halloween (1989)
- Sonic Youth - Providence (1989)
- Sonic Youth - Candle (1989)
- Sonic Youth - Disappearer (1990)
- Sonic Youth & Concrete Blonde - Titanium Exposure (1990)
- Sonic Youth - Kool Thing (1990)
- Sonic Youth - Dirty Boots (1991)
- Sonic Youth - It's My Body (1991)
- Sonic Youth - Personality Crisis (1991)
- Sonic Youth - Su Nioj (1992)
- Sonic Youth - 100% (1992)
- Sonic Youth - Youth Against Fascism (1992)
- Sonic Youth - Shaking Hell (1992)
- Sonic Youth - Drunken Butterfly (1993)
- Sonic Youth - Whores Moaning (1993)
- Sonic Youth & Cell - No II (1993)
- Sonic Youth - Burning Spear (1993)
- Sonic Youth - Sugar Kane (1993)
- Sonic Youth - TV Shit (1993)
- Sonic Youth - Superstar (1994)
- Sonic Youth - TV-Shit (1994)
- Sonic Youth - Bull in the Heather (1994)
- Sonic Youth - Turn It Up! Turn It Up! (1995)
- Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea (1995)
- Sonic Youth - Little Trouble Girl (1996)
- Sonic Youth - Invito al Cielo (1998)
- Sonic Youth - Silver Session (for Jason Knuth) (1998)
- Sonic Youth - Sunday (1998)
- Sonic Youth - Lightnin' (2000)
- Sonic Youth & The Ex & I.C.P. Orchestra - In the Fishtank 9 (2002)
- Sonic Youth - Sweet Emotion (2002)
- Sonic Youth - Kali Yug Express (2002)
Album:
Single/EP:
Deltar på
- Diverse artister - All Tomorrow's Parties Recordings 3.1 - Curated by Matt Groening (2005)
- Diverse artister - I'm Not There (Original soundtrack) (2007)
Album:
Produsent
- Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising (1985)
- Sonic Youth - EVOL (1986)
- Sonic Youth - Sister (1987)
- Sonic Youth - Anagrama (1997)
- Sonic Youth - Slaapkamers met Slagroom (1997)
- Sonic Youth - Invito al Cielo (1998)
- Sonic Youth - Goodbye 20th Century (1999)
- Sonic Youth - The Eternal (2009)
Komponist/låtskriver
- Sonic Youth - Confusion is Sex (1983)
- Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising (1985)
- Sonic Youth - Sister (1987)
- Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff (1988)
- Sonic Youth - Anagrama (1997)
- Sonic Youth - Slaapkamers met Slagroom (1997)
- Sonic Youth - Invito al Cielo (1998)
- Sonic Youth - Goodbye 20th Century (1999)
- Sonic Youth - Bande Originale Du Film Demonlover (2002)
- David Kitt - The Black and Red Notebook (2004)
- Sonic Youth - Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (2005)
- Sonic Youth - The Eternal (2009)
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