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Sonic Youth
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Is this New York’s most innovative band?
The story of Sonic Youth and Neil Young: “I felt good that we could actually shock people”
“We were suddenly confronting the mainstream…”
Kim Gordon’s favourite Neil Young song: “An amazing, eye-opening experience”
“We were all big longtime fans of his.”
“The most compelling music”: David Bowie on the two most important bands of the 1980s
Always a fan of the avant-garde.
The band Kurt Cobain always wanted to match: “One of the most popular alternative rock bands”
The heart of what it means to be alternative.
“So beautiful”: The band Neil Young called the sound of modern rock
Bending the strings into new areas.
How Kim Gordon defied Sonic Youth’s label by creating anti-misogyny anthem ‘Swimsuit Issue’
“Sexism is so ingrained in it.”