Sonic Youth

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Trackimage Playbut Trackname Playbut Trackname
Superstar 04:08 Tools
Kool Thing 04:07 Tools
Teen Age Riot 06:59 Tools
Silver Rocket 03:48 Tools
Dirty Boots 05:29 Tools
Incinerate 04:57 Tools
Sugar Kane 00:00 Tools
100% 02:32 Tools
The Sprawl 07:43 Tools
'Cross the Breeze 07:01 Tools
Schizophrenia 04:39 Tools
Candle 05:00 Tools
Total Trash 07:34 Tools
Providence 02:42 Tools
Hey Joni 04:24 Tools
Eric's Trip 03:49 Tools
Kissability 03:39 Tools
Tunic (Song for Karen) 06:22 Tools
Rain King 04:39 Tools
Teen Age Riot (album version) 04:58 Tools
Mary-Christ 03:12 Tools
My Friend Goo 02:24 Tools
Disappearer 05:09 Tools
Drunken Butterfly 00:00 Tools
Bull In The Heather 03:04 Tools
Mote 07:37 Tools
Mildred Pierce 00:00 Tools
Swimsuit Issue 00:00 Tools
Cinderella's Big Score 00:00 Tools
Sunday 04:52 Tools
Reena 03:47 Tools
Wish Fulfillment 03:26 Tools
Shadow of a Doubt 03:37 Tools
Shoot 05:17 Tools
Sacred Trickster 02:11 Tools
Beauty Lies in the Eye 02:20 Tools
Purr 04:22 Tools
Tom Violence 03:06 Tools
Nic Fit 01:00 Tools
Chapel Hill 04:48 Tools
Tuff Gnarl 03:15 Tools
Stereo Sanctity 03:50 Tools
Unmade Bed 03:54 Tools
Youth Against Fascism 03:37 Tools
On the Strip 05:42 Tools
JC 04:04 Tools
Theresa's Sound-World 05:29 Tools
Jams Run Free 03:51 Tools
Anti-Orgasm 06:07 Tools
Do You Believe in Rapture? 03:11 Tools
Stones 00:00 Tools
What a Waste 00:00 Tools
Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit 00:00 Tools
The Diamond Sea 00:00 Tools
Pacific Coast Highway 00:00 Tools
Little Trouble Girl 04:27 Tools
Becuz 00:00 Tools
Pattern Recognition 00:00 Tools
Hot Wire My Heart 00:00 Tools
Rats 00:00 Tools
Pink Steam 00:00 Tools
The Empty Page 00:00 Tools
Turquoise Boy 00:00 Tools
Antenna 06:13 Tools
Green Light 03:47 Tools
Junkie's Promise 04:02 Tools
Titanium Expose 06:35 Tools
Créme Brûlèe 00:00 Tools
The Neutral 00:00 Tools
Lights Out 00:00 Tools
Death To Our Friends 03:21 Tools
Rain on Tin 00:00 Tools
What We Know 03:54 Tools
White Cross 00:00 Tools
Plastic Sun 00:00 Tools
Master-Dik 05:11 Tools
Scooter + Jinx 01:05 Tools
Or 00:00 Tools
In The Kingdom #19 04:07 Tools
I Love You Golden Blue 07:02 Tools
New Hampshire 00:00 Tools
Washing Machine 04:36 Tools
Marilyn Moore 02:55 Tools
Leaky Lifeboat (For Gregory Corso) 03:33 Tools
Star Power 00:00 Tools
Unwind 00:00 Tools
Disconnection Notice 00:00 Tools
Dude Ranch Nurse 00:00 Tools
(I Got A) Catholic Block 00:00 Tools
Calming the Snake 00:00 Tools
Bubblegum 00:00 Tools
Intro 00:00 Tools
No Queen Blues 00:00 Tools
Peace Attack 00:00 Tools
I'm Not There 00:00 Tools
Malibu Gas Station 05:40 Tools
Karen Revisited 00:00 Tools
Pipeline/Kill Time 04:35 Tools
Secret Girl 03:15 Tools
Poison Arrow 00:00 Tools
Cotton Crown 00:00 Tools
Brave Men Run (In My Family) 00:00 Tools
Paper Cup Exit 05:55 Tools
Death Valley '69 05:28 Tools
Panty Lies 00:00 Tools
(She's In A) Bad Mood 00:00 Tools
No Way 00:00 Tools
Teenage Riot 06:59 Tools
I Love Her All The Time 05:21 Tools
Winner's Blues 00:00 Tools
Starfield Road 00:00 Tools
Protect Me You 00:00 Tools
Thunderclap for Bobby Pyn 00:00 Tools
Society Is A Hole 04:51 Tools
Walkin Blue 00:00 Tools
Massage the History 00:00 Tools
Screaming Skull 00:00 Tools
Ghost Bitch 05:40 Tools
Skip Tracer 00:00 Tools
Making The Nature Scene 00:00 Tools
Inhuman 00:00 Tools
Shaking Hell 00:00 Tools
I Dreamed I Dream 07:46 Tools
Skink 00:00 Tools
The World Looks Red 00:00 Tools
Dripping Dream 07:46 Tools
Sympathy for the Strawberry 00:00 Tools
Catholic Block 00:00 Tools
Brother James 00:00 Tools
Trilogy 00:00 Tools
Flower 00:00 Tools
Androgynous Mind 00:00 Tools
I'm Insane 00:00 Tools
Contre Le Sexisme 00:00 Tools
Bone 00:00 Tools
Sleepin' Around 00:00 Tools
Confusion Is Next 00:00 Tools
Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style 04:27 Tools
Hoarfrost 00:00 Tools
Female Mechanic Now On Duty 00:00 Tools
Quest for the Cup 00:00 Tools
Waist 00:00 Tools
Tokyo Eye 00:00 Tools
Doctor's Orders 00:00 Tools
Scooter And Jinx 00:00 Tools
Self-Obsessed and Sexxee 00:00 Tools
Lee Is Free 00:00 Tools
French Tickler 00:00 Tools
Sweet Shine 00:00 Tools
Satan Is Boring 00:00 Tools
Starpower 03:00 Tools
Kill Yr. Idols 00:00 Tools
Karen Koltrane 00:00 Tools
The Sprawl (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Halloween 00:00 Tools
Sleepin Around 00:00 Tools
Hits Of Sunshine (For Allen Ginsberg) 11:05 Tools
The Ineffable Me 00:00 Tools
Titanium Exposé 06:34 Tools
Justice Is Might 00:00 Tools
Kotton Krown 05:07 Tools
Heather Angel 00:00 Tools
Snare, Girl 00:00 Tools
In The Mind Of The Bourgeois Reader 00:00 Tools
Theresa's Sound World 00:00 Tools
Wildflower Soul 00:00 Tools
The Burning Spear 03:26 Tools
Free City Rhymes 00:00 Tools
Nevermind (What Was It Anyway) 00:00 Tools
Eric's Trip (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Expressway to Yr. Skull 00:00 Tools
Early American 00:00 Tools
Hallowe'en 00:00 Tools
Kim Gordon and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream 00:00 Tools
Renegade Princess 05:48 Tools
Total Trash (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
I Don't Want To Push It 00:00 Tools
Echo Canyon 00:00 Tools
Small Flowers Crack Concrete 00:00 Tools
Hey Joni (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Side2Side 00:00 Tools
Helen Lundeberg 00:00 Tools
Expressway To Yr Skull 09:05 Tools
The Good and the Bad 00:00 Tools
NYC Ghosts & Flowers 00:00 Tools
StreamXSonik Subway 00:00 Tools
Trilogy: a) The Wonder 04:14 Tools
She Is Not Alone 00:00 Tools
Trilogy: b) Hyperstation 00:00 Tools
Untitled 00:00 Tools
Trilogy: z) Eliminator Jr. 00:00 Tools
Kissability (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Lightnin' 00:00 Tools
Touch Me I'm Sick 00:00 Tools
Genetic 00:00 Tools
Erics Trip 00:00 Tools
Rain King (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Stalker 00:00 Tools
Pipeline / Kill Time 00:00 Tools
Diamond Sea 00:00 Tools
That's All I Know (Right Now) 00:00 Tools
A) the Wonder (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Secret Girls 00:00 Tools
The Dripping Dream 00:00 Tools
Eyeliner 00:00 Tools
Hendrix Necro 00:00 Tools
Razor Blade 00:00 Tools
B) Hyperstation (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Youth Against Facism 00:00 Tools
Madonna, Sean, and Me 00:00 Tools
Freezer Burn / I Wanna Be Your Dog 00:00 Tools
Personality Crisis 03:42 Tools
Shaking Hell (live) 00:00 Tools
Fauxhemians 00:00 Tools
Computer Age 00:00 Tools
The Destroyed Room 00:00 Tools
Blink 00:00 Tools
Fire Engine Dream 00:00 Tools
White Kross 00:00 Tools
Campfire 00:00 Tools
Alice et Simon 00:00 Tools
Electricity 00:00 Tools
Kill Yr Idols 00:00 Tools
Lee #2 00:00 Tools
Wild Flower Soul 00:00 Tools
100 percent 00:00 Tools
Becuz Coda 00:00 Tools
Beautiful Plateau 00:00 Tools
Is It My Body 00:00 Tools
Tuff Boyz 00:00 Tools
Z) Eliminator, Jr. 00:00 Tools
The Wonder 00:00 Tools
Les Anges au piano 00:00 Tools
Loop Cat 00:00 Tools
Chez Yves (Alice et Clara) 00:00 Tools
Ca Plane Pour Moi 03:58 Tools
Queen Anne Chair 00:00 Tools
Hyperstation 00:00 Tools
Thème de Jérémie 00:00 Tools
Trilogy (The Wonder - Hyperstation - Eliminator Jr.) 00:00 Tools
Mariah Carey + Arthur Doyle 04:52 Tools
Do You Believe In Rapture 00:00 Tools
Freezer Burn/I Wanna Be Your Dog 00:00 Tools
The End Of The End Of The Ugly 00:00 Tools
I Love You Mary Jane 00:00 Tools
Eliminator Jr. 00:00 Tools
Against Facism 00:00 Tools
Jean-Baptiste à la fenêtre 00:00 Tools
Titanium Expos 00:00 Tools
Beat on the Brat 00:00 Tools
Trilogy: The Wonder 00:00 Tools
I Know There's An Answer 03:00 Tools
Escapades 00:00 Tools
Eric's Trip (home demo) 00:00 Tools
La Cabane au Zodiac 00:00 Tools
The Diamond Sea - Radio Edit 00:00 Tools
The Bedroom 00:00 Tools
Tamra 00:00 Tools
Jean-Baptiste et Laetitia 00:00 Tools
Thème de Laetitia 00:00 Tools
Eric's Trip (Live) 00:00 Tools
Little Jammy Thing 00:00 Tools
Anagrama 00:00 Tools
Tremens 00:00 Tools
Can Song 00:00 Tools
Au Café 00:00 Tools
Tunic 00:00 Tools
Justic Is Might 00:00 Tools
Full Chrome Logic 00:00 Tools
Cork Mountain Incident 00:00 Tools
Isaac 00:00 Tools
Moustache Riders 00:00 Tools
Thought Bubbles 00:00 Tools
Candle (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Thème de Simon 00:00 Tools
In the Mind of the Bourgeois R 00:00 Tools
Moon In The Bathroom 00:00 Tools
Self Obsessed And Sexxee 00:00 Tools
Kim Gordon & The Arthur Doyle Hand Cream 00:00 Tools
World Looks Red 00:00 Tools
Three-Part Sectional Love Seat 00:00 Tools
The Burning Spear (Album Version) 03:26 Tools
Scooter & Jinx 01:05 Tools
Giggles 00:00 Tools
Coughing Up Tweed 00:00 Tools
Providence (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
The Sprawl (Live) 00:00 Tools
Rim Thrusters 00:00 Tools
Tuck N Dar 00:00 Tools
Improvisation Ajoutée 00:00 Tools
Pre-poured Wood 00:00 Tools
Pocketful Of Sen-sen 00:00 Tools
The Dynamics Of Bulbing 00:00 Tools
Hairpiece Lullaby 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
Smoke Blisters 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
Death Valley '69 (w/ Lydia Lunch) 00:00 Tools
Bachelors In Fur! 00:00 Tools
Into the Groove(y) 00:00 Tools
Freezer burn/I wanna be yr. dog 00:00 Tools
Kissability (Live) 00:00 Tools
Barracuda 00:00 Tools
Thumb 00:00 Tools
Tulip Fire 2 00:00 Tools
Webb Of Mud 1, 2 & 3 00:00 Tools
The Velvet Plug 00:00 Tools
Trilogy: Hyperstation 00:00 Tools
Hey Joni (Live) 00:00 Tools
Smoke Blisters 3 & 4 00:00 Tools
Silver Rocket (Live) 00:00 Tools
New White Kross 00:00 Tools
Rain King (Live) 00:00 Tools
Lite Damage 00:00 Tools
Teen Age Riot (Live) 00:00 Tools
Guido 00:00 Tools
Dreamfinger 00:00 Tools
Goo Interview Flexi 00:00 Tools
Moist Vagina 00:00 Tools
'Cross The Breeze (Live) 00:00 Tools
Dr. Benway's House 00:00 Tools
Poet in the Pit 00:00 Tools
Orange Rolls, Angels Spit 00:00 Tools
Intro / Brave Men Run (In My Family) 00:00 Tools
Mackin' for Doober 00:00 Tools
The Bedroom (Live) 00:00 Tools
Madonna, Sean And Me 00:00 Tools
Theoretical Chaos 00:00 Tools
Candle (Live) 00:00 Tools
Hard Work (Live) 00:00 Tools
Radical Adults Lick Godhead St 00:00 Tools
Kill Your Idols 00:00 Tools
Moonface 00:00 Tools
Trilogy: Eliminator Jr. 00:00 Tools
G-Force 00:00 Tools
She Is Not Alone (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Freezer Burn/I Wanna Be Your D 00:00 Tools
Dans les bois / M. Rabier 00:00 Tools
The Wonder (Live) 00:00 Tools
Mieux: De Corrosion 00:00 Tools
Slow Revolution 00:00 Tools
Hyperstation (Live) 00:00 Tools
Expressway To Yr. Skull (Madonna, Sean And Me) 00:00 Tools
Herinneringen 00:00 Tools
Z) Eliminator Jr. (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Hungara Vivo 00:00 Tools
Where The Red Fern Grows (Live) 00:00 Tools
Providence (Live) 00:00 Tools
Trilogy: a) The Wonder b) Hyperstation z) Eliminator Jr. 00:00 Tools
The Burning Spear (live) 00:00 Tools
Lincoln's Gout 00:00 Tools
Total Trash (Live) 00:00 Tools
Street Sauce 00:00 Tools
Move Away 00:00 Tools
Stil 00:00 Tools
Animals (Mary-Christ) 00:00 Tools
Theme With Noise 00:00 Tools
Pay No Mind 00:00 Tools
Kim Chords 00:00 Tools
DV2 (Kool Thing) 00:00 Tools
Thème d'Alice 00:00 Tools
My New House 00:00 Tools
Safe in Hell 00:00 Tools
Cosmopolitan Girl (Live) 00:00 Tools
Shaking Hell [Live] 00:00 Tools
Six (John Cage) 02:10 Tools
Control Freak 00:00 Tools
Victoria 00:00 Tools
Eliminator Jr. (Live) 00:00 Tools
O.J.'s Glove or What? 00:00 Tools
Totally Trashed (Live) 00:00 Tools
Psycho Mafia 00:00 Tools
Lee #2 - Previously Unreleased 00:00 Tools
Trilogy: a) The Wonder b) Hyperstation c) Eliminator Jr. 00:00 Tools
Slambiant Desire 00:00 Tools
Blowjob (Mildred Pierce) 00:00 Tools
Simpsons Theme 00:00 Tools
Blonde Redhead 03:59 Tools
I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You 01:34 Tools
Death Valley '69 (with Lydia Lunch) 00:00 Tools
Slaapkamers Met Slagroom 00:00 Tools
Kat 'n' Hat 00:00 Tools
Destroyer (Live) 00:00 Tools
Loud And Soft (Live) 00:00 Tools
dr.benway's house 00:00 Tools
Skip Tracer (2) 00:00 Tools
(Untitled) 00:00 Tools
melodikim 00:00 Tools
Hits Of Sunshine (For Allen Gi 00:00 Tools
No Garage 00:00 Tools
Ambient Guitar & Dreamy Theme 00:00 Tools
J'accuse Ted Hughes 00:00 Tools
Silver Panties 00:00 Tools
Electric Noisefield 00:00 Tools
The Bedroom - Live 00:00 Tools
She Is Not Alone (live) 00:00 Tools
Invito Al Cielo 00:00 Tools
Radio-Amatoroj 00:00 Tools
Under the Influence of the Jesus and Mary Chain 00:37 Tools
Totally Trashed 00:00 Tools
Sonic Youth / Teen age riot 04:35 Tools
High Mesa 00:00 Tools
Death Valley '69 (W. Lydia Lun 00:00 Tools
Chinese Jam 00:00 Tools
Light Out 00:00 Tools
Cinderella's Big Score (Live) 00:00 Tools
Dirty Boots (demo) 00:00 Tools
White Kross (Live) 00:00 Tools
Silver Breeze 00:00 Tools
Wolf 00:00 Tools
Where the Red Fern Grows 00:00 Tools
Unknown Theme 00:00 Tools
Bull In The Heather (Battery Park, NYC: July 4th 2008) 00:00 Tools
Agnes B Musique 00:00 Tools
Superdead 00:00 Tools
Teknikal Illprovisation 00:00 Tools
Edges 00:00 Tools
Our Backyard 00:00 Tools
Compilation Blues 03:00 Tools
III 00:00 Tools
Number One (Disappearer) 00:00 Tools
Scalping 00:00 Tools
+- 00:00 Tools
Do You Believe In Rapture? (Psychedelic Mix) 00:00 Tools
Hey Toni 00:00 Tools
Silver Flower 00:00 Tools
Theme 1 Take 4 00:00 Tools
06 Jams Run Free 00:00 Tools
Freezer Burn/ I Wanna Be Your Dog 00:00 Tools
Snare Girl 00:00 Tools
Corky (Cinderella's Big Score) 00:00 Tools
Rowche Rumble 00:00 Tools
edges (christian wolff) 00:00 Tools
Mariah Carey and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream 00:00 Tools
Treatise (Cornelius Cardew) 00:00 Tools
Eric’s Trip [Home Demo] 00:00 Tools
Santa Doesn't Cop Out on Dope 00:00 Tools
Having never written a note for percussion (James Tenney) 00:00 Tools
Chappel Hill 00:00 Tools
07 Rats 00:00 Tools
Pendulum music (Steve Reich) 00:00 Tools
Silver Wax Lips 00:00 Tools
Orange Rolls, Angel's Spits 00:00 Tools
WishFulfillment 00:00 Tools
Bubble Gum 00:00 Tools
Loudmouth 00:00 Tools
[no title] 00:00 Tools
Kim Chords (UK Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
08 Turquoise Boy 00:00 Tools
Bookstore (Mote) 00:00 Tools
09 Lights Out 00:00 Tools
Silver Loop 00:00 Tools
Silver Son 00:00 Tools
10 The Neutral 00:00 Tools
Having Never Written a Note for Percussion 00:00 Tools
03 Do You Believe In Rapture 00:00 Tools
11 Pink Steam 00:00 Tools
Dans les bois \ M. Rabier 00:00 Tools
Kim's Chords - Non-LP version 00:00 Tools
Tunic - 8 Track Demo 00:00 Tools
Dirty Boots (Edit) 00:00 Tools
The Diamond Sea (edit) 00:00 Tools
12 Or 00:00 Tools
Pass the Dutchie 00:00 Tools
Six 00:00 Tools
Silver Mirror 00:00 Tools
Tunic (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Thème d’Alice 00:00 Tools
Burning Spear 03:58 Tools
Silver Shirt 00:00 Tools
Six for New Time 00:00 Tools
3 Part Sectional Love Seat 00:00 Tools
number one (disappearer demo) 00:00 Tools
Death Valley '69 (w. Lydia Lunch) 00:00 Tools
Titanium Expose (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Ringo/He's on Fire/Florida Oil Drums/Westminster Chimes 00:00 Tools
Burdocks (Christian Wolff) 00:00 Tools
Ticket To Ride/Master-Dik (version)/Introducing The Stars 03:14 Tools
Six for new time for Sonic Youth (Pauline Oliveros) 08:06 Tools
Number One (Disappearer) - 8 Track Demo 00:00 Tools
+ - (Takehisa Kosugi) 00:00 Tools
Audience 00:00 Tools
Leaky Lifeboat 00:00 Tools
Eric’s Trip 00:00 Tools
Vibrato/Guitar Lick/Funky Fresh 00:00 Tools
A) The Wonder 00:00 Tools
bookstore (mote demo) 00:00 Tools
My Arena 00:00 Tools
Titanium Expose - 8 Track Demo 00:00 Tools
Piano piece #13 (carpenter's piece) (George Maciunas) 00:00 Tools
Burdocks 00:00 Tools
Dirty Boots - 8 Track Demo 00:00 Tools
Crème brulée 00:00 Tools
In The Kingdom 00:00 Tools
corky (cinderella's big score demo) 00:00 Tools
Expressway to Your Skull 00:00 Tools
Beautiful Plateau - Non-LP version 00:00 Tools
Lee #2 (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Piece Enfantine 00:00 Tools
Side One 00:00 Tools
Four6 (John Cage) 00:00 Tools
Dirty Boots (Live) 00:00 Tools
B) Hyperstation 00:00 Tools
Teen Age Riot 06:59 Tools
Wish Fulfillment (Rehearsal Tapes Version) 00:00 Tools
Kim Gordon and the Arthur Doyle Handcream 00:00 Tools
She's in a Bad Mood 00:00 Tools
Pendulum Music 00:00 Tools
Crème Brulee 00:00 Tools
Candle 05:00 Tools
Star Power (Acoustic 09 Version) 00:00 Tools
I Wanna Be Your Dog 00:00 Tools
Trilogy: The Wonder / Hyperstation / Eliminator Jr. 00:00 Tools
Rouche Rumble 00:00 Tools
Song For Reverse Karaoke 00:00 Tools
Providence 02:42 Tools
04 sleepin' around 00:00 Tools
Pipeline - Kill Time 00:00 Tools
[untitled] 00:00 Tools
Superstar (Carpenters) 04:06 Tools
Pay No Mind (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Corky (Cinderella's Big Score) - 8 Track Demo 00:00 Tools
Eric's Trip - Demo Version 00:00 Tools
Sonic Youth - Junkie's Promise 04:02 Tools
Wish Fufillment 00:00 Tools
My Friend Goo - 8 Track Demo 00:00 Tools
Where the Red Fern Grows (Early Demo) 00:00 Tools
freezer burn / i wanna be your 00:00 Tools
International Spy 00:00 Tools
No Garage (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Bookstore (Mote) - 8 Track Demo 00:00 Tools
Neu Adult 00:00 Tools
DV2 (Kool Thing) - 8 Track Demo 00:00 Tools
Olive's Horn 00:00 Tools
Coca Neon Kamera Sutra 00:00 Tools
Thunderclap 00:00 Tools
’Cross The Breeze 00:00 Tools
Ivan 00:00 Tools
GOLDFRAPP - Lovely Head 00:00 Tools
Hits Of Sunshine (for Alan Ginsberg) 00:00 Tools
DUB SQUAD - Hedgehoppers 00:00 Tools
Animals (Mary-Christ) - 8 Track Demo 00:00 Tools
In The Kingdom # 19 00:00 Tools
Bull in the Heather (LP Version) 00:00 Tools
Voice 00:00 Tools
Pice enfantine (Nicolas Slonimsky) 00:00 Tools
Stuck on Gum 00:00 Tools
Theme de Jeremie 00:00 Tools
the world looks red 00:00 Tools
Créme Brűlče 00:00 Tools
Six (4th Take) 00:00 Tools
Moist Vagina (nirvana) 00:00 Tools
Fried Mushroom 00:00 Tools
Side Two 00:00 Tools
Blowjob (Mildred Pierce) - 8 Track Demo 00:00 Tools
Aerosol 00:00 Tools
I Know There's An Answer (Beach Boys) 00:00 Tools
Burning Farm 00:00 Tools
theresa's soundworld 00:00 Tools
Treatise 03:25 Tools
Forever Young (Alphaville cover) 04:35 Tools
The Diamond Sea - Alt. ending 00:00 Tools
Death Valley '69 (With Lydia Lynch) 00:00 Tools
The Diamond Sea - Album Version / Alternate Ending 00:00 Tools
Kim Gordon and the Arthur Doyl 00:00 Tools
Lemonade 00:00 Tools
Lee #2 - 8 Track Demo 00:00 Tools
The Sprawl - Live 00:00 Tools
I Dreamed I Dream 00:00 Tools
Erics Trip 00:00 Tools
Ticket To Ride (beatles) 00:00 Tools
The Burning Spear 00:00 Tools
Death Valley '69 (feat. Lydia Lunch) 00:00 Tools
Derniere Minute Electrifee 00:00 Tools
Hallowed Be Thy Name 00:00 Tools
Thereas Soundworld 00:00 Tools
She Is Not Alone 00:00 Tools
Today yr. Love Tomorrow the World 00:00 Tools
I’m Insane 00:00 Tools
13 Helen Lundeberg 00:00 Tools
Ambient Guitar and Dreamy Theme 00:00 Tools
Where The Red Fern Grows (Early Studio) 00:00 Tools
Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth 57:32 Tools
Today Yr. Love, Tomorrow the World 00:00 Tools
Tunic (8 Track Demo) 00:00 Tools
We Are the Princesses 00:00 Tools
protect me you 00:00 Tools
Lite Damage - Rehearsal Tapes Version 00:00 Tools
Doctor's Orders (T-Vox Version) 00:00 Tools
Hard Work (Live 2-1 - 1981) 00:00 Tools
Six (3rd Take) 00:00 Tools
The Sweater Song (Weezer) 00:00 Tools
What Do You Want? (Kim) 00:00 Tools
Death Valley ’69 (w. Lydia Lunch) 00:00 Tools
Trilogy, A) The Wonder 00:00 Tools
lee is free 00:00 Tools
Ten Age Riot 00:00 Tools
Take Me Back 00:00 Tools
Blonde Redhead (DNA) 00:00 Tools
Silver Rocket - Live 00:00 Tools
Dirty Boots (8 Track Demo) 00:00 Tools
Le Paysage Zim Zum 00:00 Tools
Brave Men Run 00:00 Tools
Superstar (The Carpenters Cover) 04:06 Tools
Barracuda - Rehearsal Tapes Version 00:00 Tools
Eric's Trip (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Dreamfinger - Rehearsal Tapes Version 00:00 Tools
hallowed be thy name (alice cooper) 00:00 Tools
New White Kross - Rehearsal Tapes Version 00:00 Tools
bee-bee's song 00:00 Tools
Macbeth 00:00 Tools
Crème Brûlée 00:00 Tools
Mary Christ 00:00 Tools
Titanium Expose (8 Track Demo) 00:00 Tools
I Am Right 00:00 Tools
Orange Rolls Angels 00:00 Tools
04 Sleepin Around 00:00 Tools
Trilogy, B) Hyperstation 00:00 Tools
Hits of Sunshine 00:00 Tools
Teen Age Riot - Live 00:00 Tools
Take It to the Hit 00:00 Tools
The Good and the Bad 00:00 Tools
[Untitled Hidden Track] 00:00 Tools
shaking hell (live) 00:00 Tools
Anti Orgasm 00:00 Tools
'Cross The Breeze - Live 00:00 Tools
Sugar Kane (edit) 00:00 Tools
Trilogy, Z) Eliminator Jr. 00:00 Tools
Wish Fulfillment - Rehearsal Tapes Version 00:00 Tools
Pipeline, Kill Time 00:00 Tools
Addicted To Love 00:00 Tools
SOULFLY - Bach to the Primitive 00:00 Tools
Master=Dik 00:00 Tools
Where The Red Fern Grows (Live 2-1 - 1981) 00:00 Tools
A, The Wonder 00:00 Tools
My Friend Goo (8 Track Demo) 00:00 Tools
Piano Piece #13 (Carpenter's Piece) 00:00 Tools
Pacific Coast Hiway 00:00 Tools
iv 00:00 Tools
Guido - Rehearsal Tapes Version 00:00 Tools
The Burning Spear (Live 2-1 - 1981) 00:00 Tools
Razor Blue (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Treatise (Page 183) 00:00 Tools
Freezer Burn - I Wanna Be Your Dog 00:00 Tools
Is It In My Body 00:00 Tools
Loudmouth (Ramones) 00:00 Tools
Karenology 00:00 Tools
Into The Groovey 00:00 Tools
Creme Brulée 00:00 Tools
Eric's Trip - Live 00:00 Tools
Cosmopolitan Girl (Live 2-1 - 1981) 00:00 Tools
Pendulum 00:00 Tools
No. II (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
Hey Joni - Live 00:00 Tools
It's My Body (Alice Cooper) 00:00 Tools
Tom Valence 00:00 Tools
Personality Crisis (New York Dolls) 00:00 Tools
Junkies Promise 00:00 Tools
Moonface - Rehearsal Tapes Version 00:00 Tools
Stalker - Rehearsal Tapes Version 00:00 Tools
Poet In The Pit - Rehearsal Tapes Version 00:00 Tools
platoon ii 00:00 Tools
Four6 00:00 Tools
Lee #2 (8 Track Demo) 00:00 Tools
Piano Piece #13 00:00 Tools
Destroyer (Live 2-1 - 1981) 00:00 Tools
B, Hyperstation 00:00 Tools
European Son 00:00 Tools
Youth Against Fascism - Rehearsal Tapes Version 00:00 Tools
Silver Train (Rolling Stones) 00:00 Tools
Contrabass Sax 00:00 Tools
james run free 00:00 Tools
My Friend Goo (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Theoretical Chaos - Rehearsal Tapes Version 00:00 Tools
Black Candy 00:00 Tools
Titanium Exposé (Demo) 00:00 Tools
The Sprawl [Live] 00:00 Tools
Radio Amatoroj 00:00 Tools
Eric's Trip [Demo] 00:00 Tools
Freezer Burn/ I Wanna Be Your Dog (live '82) 00:00 Tools
V 00:00 Tools
Pièce Enfantine (Nicolas Slonimsky) 00:00 Tools
Vibrato / Guitar Lick / Funky Fresh 00:00 Tools
Mama You've Been on My Mind 00:00 Tools
Loud And Soft (Live 2-1 - 1981) 00:00 Tools
Expressway 00:00 Tools
Dirty Boots - Edit 00:00 Tools
Trilogy: a) The Wonder b) Hype 00:00 Tools
'Cross the Breeze [Live] 00:00 Tools
Pièce Enfantine 00:00 Tools
No. II (Part 2) 00:00 Tools
Paper Cut Exit 00:00 Tools
Pipeline-Kill Time 00:00 Tools
Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot 00:00 Tools
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Sonic Youth was an influential experimental rock band which formed in New York City, New York, United States in 1981 and are currently on an indefinite hiatus. The last lineup consisted of Thurston Moore (vocals, guitar), Kim Gordon (vocals, bass, guitar), Lee Ranaldo (vocals and guitar), Steve Shelley (drums) and Mark Ibold (bass). In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City. Part of the first wave of American noise rock groups, the band carried out their interpretation of the hardcore punk ethos throughout the evolving American underground that focused more on the DIY ethic of the genre rather than its specific sound. As a result, Sonic Youth was pivotal in the rise of the alternative rock movement. Sonic Youth have expressed a wide variety of influences, ranging from the influential protopunk musician Patti Smith to composer John Cage. The band has been praised for having "redefined what rock guitar could do", using a wide variety of unorthodox guitar tunings, and preparing guitars with objects like drumsticks and screwdrivers to alter the instruments' timbre. Formation and early history: 1977-1981 Sonic Youth's history began when guitarist Thurston Moore moved to New York City in early 1976. Interested in punk, Moore joined the Coachmen, a guitar-based quartet, after arriving in the city. Lee Ranaldo, an art student at Binghamton University, became a fan of the Coachmen, and he and Moore were soon friends. Ranaldo was a member of Glenn Branca's electric guitar ensemble, touring throughout the United States and Europe. After the breakup of the Coachmen, Moore began jamming with Stanton Miranda, whose band, CKM, featured local artist Kim Gordon. Moore and Gordon formed a band, appearing under names like Male Bonding and Red Milk before agreeing upon the Arcadians in late 1980. The band played their first show at Noise Fest in June 1981 at New York's White Columns gallery. Branca's ensemble played at the festival. Their performance impressed Moore, who described them as "the most ferocious guitar band that I had ever seen in my life." After Branca's set, Moore asked Ranaldo if he wanted to join the Arcadians. Ranaldo accepted; the band played three songs at the festival later in the week without a drummer. Each band member took turns playing the drums, until they met drummer Richard Edson. Moore soon renamed the band "Sonic Youth". The name came from combining the nickname of MC5's Fred "Sonic" Smith with the trend of reggae artists, such as Big Youth, featuring the word "Youth" in their names. Gordon later recalled that "as soon as Thurston came up with the name Sonic Youth, a certain sound that was more of what we wanted to do came about." Early releases: 1982-1985 Branca signed Sonic Youth as the first act on his record label Neutral Records. In December 1981 the group recorded five songs in a studio in New York's Radio City Music Hall. The material was a released as the Sonic Youth mini-LP that, while largely ignored, was sent to a few key members of the US press that gave it uniformly favorable reviews. After their first record, Edson quit the group for a modestly successful acting career and was replaced by Bob Bert. During their early days as part of the New York music scene, Sonic Youth formed a friendship with noisy New Yorkers Swans. The bands came to share the same rehearsal space, and Sonic Youth embarked on its first tour, a two-week journey through the southern United States starting in November 1982, supporting Swans. During a second tour with Swans of the Midwest the following month, tensions ran high and Moore constantly criticized Bert's drumming, which he felt wasn't "in the pocket". Bert was fired afterwards and replaced by Jim Sclavunos, who played drums on the band's 1983 album Confusion Is Sex. Sonic Youth set up a two-week tour of Europe for the summer of 1983. Sclavunos, however, quit after only a few months. The group asked Bert to rejoin, and he agreed, on the condition that he would not be fired again after the tour's conclusion. Sonic Youth found themselves well-received in Europe, but the New York press largely ignored the local noise rock scene. Eventually, as the press began to take notice of the genre, Sonic Youth was grouped along with bands like Big Black, the Butthole Surfers and Pussy Galore under the "pigfuck" label by Village Voice music critic Robert Christgau. (Christgau saw these bands as sharing an abrasive, noisy and confrontational aesthetic.) Based on this classification, and on a negative live review by Christgau, a feud developed between Moore and the critic, with Moore renaming the song "Kill Yr Idols" to "I Killed Christgau With My Big Fucking Dick" before the two sorted out their differences amicably. During another tour of Europe in 1984, Sonic Youth's disastrous London debut (where the band's equipment malfunctioned and Moore consequently destroyed the equipment onstage in frustration) actually resulted in rave reviews in Sounds and the NME. By the time they returned to New York, they were so popular they played shows practically every week. That same year Moore and Gordon were married and Sonic Youth released Bad Moon Rising, a self-described "Americana" album that served as a reaction to the state of the nation at the time. The album, recorded by Martin Bisi, was built around transitional pieces that Moore and Ranaldo had come up with in order to take up time onstage while the other guitarist was busy tuning his instrument; as a result there are almost no breaks between the songs on the record, which feature walls of feedback and pounding rhythms. Bad Moon Rising featured an appearance by Lydia Lunch on the album's single "Death Valley '69", inspired by the Charles Manson Family murders. In contrast to their abrasive, atonal material of the time, the band considered the song relatively conventional. Due to a falling-out with Branca over disputed royalty payments from their Neutral releases, they were signed to Homestead Records by Gerard Cosloy and by Blast First in the UK (which founder Paul Smith created simply so he could distribute the band's records in Europe). While even the New York press ignored Bad Moon Rising upon its release, now viewing the band as too arty and pretentious, Sonic Youth was becoming quite critically acclaimed in the United Kingdom, where the new album had sold 5,000 copies in just six months. Claiming he was bored with playing Bad Moon Rising live in its entirety for over a year, Bert quit the group and was replaced by Steve Shelley, formerly of the hardcore group Crucifucks. The band was so impressed with Shelley's drumming after seeing him play live they hired him without an audition. Bert has remained on good terms with the group; he and Shelley both appeared in the music video for "Death Valley '69", as Bert performed the drums on the song, but Shelley was the group's drummer when the video was made. SST and Enigma: 1986-1989 Sonic Youth had a long fascination with influential indie label SST Records. Ranaldo said, "It was the first record company we were on that we really would have given anything to be on." Sonic Youth eventually signed to the label in early 1986 and began recording Evol with Martin Bisi in March of that year. Evol itself represented an evolution of sorts for the band: in addition to increasingly melodic material and the impact of new drummer Shelley's playing, the record also dealt with themes of celebrity, particularly with songs like "Expressway To Yr Skull" (called "a classic" by Neil Young) and "Marilyn Moore". Signing to SST catapulted the band on to a national stage, something that did not happen to their peers in the New York underground. The mainstream music press subsequently began to take notice of the band. Robert Palmer of the The New York Times declared that Sonic Youth was "making the most startlingly original guitar-based music since Jimi Hendrix" and even People praised Evol as the "aural equivalent of a toxic waste dump." Evol is also notable for a guest appearance by bass guitarist Mike Watt, a friend whom the band coaxed to come to New York after he was deeply depressed by the death of his bandmate, D. Boon. On 1987's Sister, Sonic Youth continued refining their blend of pop song structures with uncompromising experimentalism. Another loose concept album, Sister is partly inspired by the life and works of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (the "sister" of the title was Dick's fraternal twin, who died shortly after her birth, and whose memory haunted Dick his entire life). Sister sold 60,000 copies and received very positive reviews, becoming the first Sonic Youth album to crack the Top 20 of the Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critics poll. Despite the critical success, the band was becoming increasingly dissatisfied with SST due to concerns about payment and other administrative practices. Sonic Youth decided to release their next record on Enigma Records, which was distributed by Capitol Records and partly owned by EMI. The 1988 double LP Daydream Nation was a critical success that earned Sonic Youth substantial acclaim. The album came in second on the Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll and topped the year-end album lists of the NME, CMJ, and Melody Maker. In 2006, it was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. The lead single from the album, "Teen Age Riot", was the first song from the band to reach significant success, receiving heavy airplay in modern and college rock stations. A number of prominent music periodicals including Rolling Stone hailed Daydream Nation as one of the best albums of the decade and named Sonic Youth as the "Hot Band" in its "Hot" issue. Unfortunately, distribution problems arose and Daydream Nation was often difficult to find in stores. Moore considered Enigma a "cheap-jack Mafioso outfit" and the band began looking for a major label deal. Major label career and alternative icons: 1990-1999 In 1990, Sonic Youth released Goo (their first album for Geffen), which featured the single "Kool Thing" on which Chuck D from rap group Public Enemy guested. "Kool Thing" became the song that many casual music fans associate with the band; it was later featured in the video game Guitar Hero III and was made available as a paid download for the Rock Band video game. The record is considered much more accessible than their previous work. Their 1991 tour with the then relatively unknown Nirvana was captured in the film 1991: The Year Punk Broke. In 1992, the band released Dirty on the DGC label. Their influence as tastemakers continued with their discovery of acclaimed skateboard video director Spike Jonze, who they recruited for the video for "100%", which also featured skateboarder turned actor Jason Lee. This song, along with the Gordon tune "JC" contain lyrical references to the murder of Joe Cole, a friend who worked with the band as a roadie. The album features artwork by Los Angeles-based artist Mike Kelley. In addition, Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise opened on numerous occasions for Sonic Youth in the late 90s. "Dirty" features a guest appearance by Ian McKaye (Minor Threat and Fugazi) playing guitar on the track "Youth Against Fascism". In 1994 the band released Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, their best charting release in the United States, which peaked at #34 on the Billboard 200. The album was filled with low-key melodies and even produced a hit single, "Bull in the Heather". Moore and Gordon's daughter, Coco Hayley Gordon Moore was born earlier in the year, and many of the songs from the album were never played live because there was never a full tour to support the album due to Gordon's pregnancy. The band headlined the 1995 Lollapalooza festival. By that time, alternative rock had gained considerable mainstream attention, and the festival was parodied on The Simpsons 1996 episode "Homerpalooza", which featured voiceovers from the band. They also performed the final credits theme for that episode. Gordon collaborated in Free Kitten, and started a clothing label X-Girl, based in Los Angeles. Ranaldo and Moore have played with many experimental / noise musicians, including William Hooker, Nels Cline, Tom Surgal, Don Dietrich, Christian Marclay and Mission of Burma, among others. Shelley runs the Smells Like Records record label, as well as playing in backing bands for Chan Marshall (Cat Power) and Two Dollar Guitar. From Sonic Youth's earliest days, Gordon had occasionally played guitar with the group. About the time of A Thousand Leaves and Washing Machine she began playing guitar more frequently, resulting in a three-guitar and drums lineup. These songs were something of a shift for the group's sound, and would lead to the introduction of a fifth member a few years later. The Washing Machine album started a major shift in the band, away from their punk roots, that working with longer noise-jam sections and included two tracks that showed the new approach in full force - the title track "Washing Machine", which is just under 10 minutes long, and "The Diamond Sea", which is over 19 minutes long. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, the band began releasing a series of highly experimental records on their own Hoboken, New Jersey-based label SYR. The music was mostly instrumental, and the album and track titles and even the liner notes and credits were in different languages: SYR1 was in French, SYR2 in Dutch, SYR3 in Esperanto, SYR5 in Japanese, SYR6 in Lithuanian, SYR7 in Arpitan, and SYR8 in Danish. SYR3 was the first to feature Jim O'Rourke, who went on to become an official band member. SYR4 was subtitled "Goodbye, 20th Century" and featured works by avant-garde classical composers such as John Cage, Yoko Ono, Steve Reich, and Christian Wolff played by Sonic Youth along with several collaborators from the modern avant-garde music scene, such as Christian Marclay, William Winant, Wharton Tiers, Takehisa Kosugi and others. The album received mixed reviews, but some critics praised the group's efforts at popularizing and reinterpreting the composers' works. Later DGC period: 2000-2006 On July 4, 1999, Sonic Youth's instruments, amps, and gear were stolen in the middle of the night while on tour in Orange, California (see initial post on Usenet). Forced to start from scratch with new instruments, they recorded NYC Ghosts & Flowers and opened for Pearl Jam during the east coast leg of their 2000 tour. In 2001 Sonic Youth collaborated with French avant-garde singer and poet Brigitte Fontaine in Fontaine's album "Kékéland". When the September 11, 2001 attacks occurred, several members of the band were blocks away, Jim at their NYC studio (Echo Canyon on Murray Street), and Ranaldo and his wife Leah nearby at home. After the attacks, they curated the first U.S. outing of the All Tomorrow's Parties music festival in L.A. The festival was originally scheduled for October 2001, but it was delayed until March the following year due to the attacks. In the summer of 2002, Murray Street was released; many critics heralded a "return to form for SY", seemingly revitalized by the addition of Jim O'Rourke, who became a full member during this period, playing bass guitar, guitar, and occasionally synthesizer. This was followed in 2004 by the release of Sonic Nurse, an album similar in sound and approach to its immediate predecessor that also received positive reviews. "Pattern Recognition", a song named after the 2003 William Gibson novel, finds the band once again using Gibson's work for inspiration. The band also showed their pop culture commentary and sense of humor with the track "Mariah Carey and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream", a faster-tempo song sung by Gordon, which spoofed Carey's life, including her short-lived relationship with rapper Eminem, which originally appeared on a 2003 split 7" with Erase Errata (on the album cover, the reference to "Mariah Carey" in the title was replaced by "Kim Gordon" due to potential copyright issues. Sonic Nurse had decent sales, in part due to performances on TV talk shows including Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The band was also slated to perform in 2004's Lollapalooza tour along with acts such as The Pixies and The Flaming Lips, but the concert was canceled due to lackluster ticket sales. When the band toured later that year, they played extensively from their 1980s catalog. On October 6, 2005, Los Angeles CityBeat reported that some of the gear stolen in 1999 was surprisingly recovered and that it might be used for recording of the next album, then tentatively titled Sonic Life. The report also said that Jim O'Rourke might be leaving the band soon; his departure was confirmed by Lee Ranaldo in an interview to Pitchfork Media. In May 2006, the group announced on their website that ex-Pavement member Mark Ibold would play bass for the band on their upcoming tour. Rather Ripped was released in Europe on June 5, 2006 and in the USA on June 13, 2006. Compared to previous Sonic Youth recordings, the album features many short, conventionally structured, melodic songs and fewer feedback-fuelled left field improvisations (the band's avant-garde tendencies nowadays have been largely exorcised through SYR releases and solo outings rather than band albums). Later that summer, Sonic Youth played the 2006 Bonnaroo Festival, as well as Lollapalooza, promoting the album. In December, Rolling Stone made it their number three Album of the Year 2006. The band released The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities in December 2006. It features tracks previously available only on vinyl, limited-release compilations, b-sides to international singles, and some material that had never before been released. This marked the band's final Geffen release. Independent agents and signing to Matador: 2007–present In 2008 the band independently re-released Master-Dik for the first time on CD in March exclusively at their online store. They also released two more editions to the SYR, SYR7: J'Accuse Ted Hughes, and SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth. SYR7 was released on April 22, and SYR8 was released July 28. On June 10, they also released a compilation album on Starbucks Music, called Hits Are for Squares. The first 15 tracks were selected by other celebrities, and track 16, "Slow Revolution", is a new recording by Sonic Youth. Also in June, the band was the subject of an intensively researched biography, Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth written by music journalist David Browne. The book was cited as "compelling" (Salon), "compulsively readable" (Publishers Weekly), and "an expressway to the soul of the influential band" (Vanity Fair). The book featured new interviews with the band as well as nearly 100 friends, family members, and peers. It was published by Da Capo and included over 60 rare photos. On August 30 2008, the band premiered two new songs at the final McCarren Park Pool show. Thurston Moore stated that in November 2008 the band will start recording a new studio album. The band did not continue their contract with Geffen, being discontent at the way Geffen handled their last four or five albums. On September 8, 2008, it was confirmed by Matador's Matablog that Sonic Youth will release its sixteenth album (titled The Eternal) in spring, 2009, on Matador Records. In December 2008 it was also announced that the group had recently collaborated with John Paul Jones (of Led Zeppelin fame) on a piece that served as the soundtrack for a new Merce Cunningham Dance Company piece. This work was performed by the company on April 16-19, 2009, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in celebration of Cunningham's 90th birthday. On February 12, the band revealed the cover art for The Eternal via their website and blog. The album, produced by John Agnello, was released on June 9, 2009. With the release Matador Records also offered an exclusive live LP only available to those who preordered the album. On October 14, 2011, Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore announced that they separated after 27 years of marriage through a statement by Matador. The announcement has raised doubts over the future of Sonic Youth after Matador revealed that plans for the band remained "uncertain," despite the fact the band had previously hinted they would record new material later in the year In a interview on November 28, 2011, Lee Ranaldo said that Sonic Youth are "ending for a while". "I'm feeling optimistic about the future no matter what happens at this point," Ranaldo said. "It was a pretty good tour overall. I mean, there was a little bit of tiptoeing around and some different situations with the travelling – you know, they're not sharing a room any more or anything like that … It remains to be seen at this point what happens. I think they are certainly the last shows for a while and I guess I'd just leave it at that." Ranaldo also suggest there are no plans for Sonic Youth to record new material. "There's tons and tons of archival projects and things like that still going on," he said. "I'm just happy right now to let the future take its course." Musical style and influences: Alternative tunings Sonic Youth's sound relies heavily on the use of alternative tunings. Scordatura on stringed instruments has been used for centuries and alternative guitar tunings had been used for decades in blues music, and to a limited degree in rock music (such as with Lou Reed's Ostrich guitar on The Velvet Underground & Nico), but Sonic Youth began using a variety of tunings more radical than nearly anything in rock music history. The tunings were painstakingly developed by Moore and Ranaldo during the band's rehearsals; Moore once reported that the odd tunings were an attempt to introduce new sounds: "When you're playing in standard tuning all the time ... things sound pretty standard." Rather than re-tune for every song, Sonic Youth generally use a particular guitar for one or two songs, and can take dozens of instruments on tour. This can be the source of much trouble for the band, as some songs rely on specific guitars that have been uniquely prepared. Influences Besides Branca, French avant-gardist Brigitte Fontaine, Patti Smith, Public Image Ltd (PiL) and The Stooges, another influence was 1980s-era hardcore punk; after seeing Minor Threat perform in May 1982, Moore declared them "the greatest live band I have ever seen". While recognizing that their own music was very different from hardcore, Moore and Gordon, especially, were impressed by hardcore's speed and intensity, and by the nationwide network of musicians and fans. "It was great," said Moore, "the whole thing with slam dancing and stage diving, that was far more exciting than pogoing and spitting.... I thought hardcore was very musical and very radical." Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo have expressed on numerous occasions their admiration for the music of Joni Mitchell, such as this quote by Thurston Moore: "Joni Mitchell! I’ve used elements of her songwriting and guitar playing, and no one would ever know about it." Additionally, Joni Mitchell has always used a number of alternative tunings, as does Sonic Youth. The band named a song after her, "Hey Joni." Members of the band have also maintained relationships with other avant-garde artists from other genres and even other media, drawing influence from the work of John Cage and Henry Cowell. For a 1988 Peel Session, Sonic Youth covered three songs by The Fall and "Victoria" by The Kinks, also covered by The Fall. Sonic Youth has featured album art by several well-known avant-garde visual artists, such as Mike Kelley and Gerhard Richter, whose paintings from his "Candles" series was used as artwork on Daydream Nation. Members: Thurston Moore - guitar, bass guitar, vocal; Lee Ranaldo - guitar, vocal; Kim Gordon - bass guitar, guitar, vocal; Mark Ibold - bass guitar; Steve Shelley - drums. Former members: Anne DeMarinis - keyboards; Jim O'Rourke - guitar, bass guitar; Bob Bert - drums; Richard Edson - drums; Jim Sclavunos - drums. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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