Sonic Youth is an experimental rock group formed in New York City in 1981. The band consists of Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals, bass), Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar), Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals, electric drill) and Steve Shelley (drums). Early in their career, Sonic Youth were associated with the no wave art and music scene in New York City, but they have outlasted most associated bands. Initially inspired by the experimentation of Glenn Branca and The Velvet Underground and the heavy garage rock of The Stooges, they are known for using a variety of unorthodox guitar tunings, and for applying screwdrivers, drumsticks or other preparations to guitars to alter the instruments' timbres. Members of the band have released books of poetry and prose (a beatnik influence is evident in both their writing and lyrics), produced, written and performed in films (such as "1991: The Year Punk Broke", "Perfect Partner", "(this is known as) the blues scale" and "last days"). They have staged shows of visual art, and curated the All Tomorrows Parties music festival. They've even appeared in and performed a version of the theme song for "
Álbumes
| 1 | Hoarfrost | A Thousand Leaves |
| 2 | Karen Koltrane | A Thousand Leaves |
| 3 | Starfield Road | Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star |
| 4 | In the Kingdom #19 | Evol |
| 5 | The Ineffable Me | A Thousand Leaves |
| 6 | Karen revisited | Murray Street |
| 7 | Rain King | Daydream Nation |
| 8 | Guido | Dirty [Bonus Tracks] |
| 9 | Compilation Blues | Dgc Rarities V.1 |
| 10 | Dude Ranch Nurse | Sonic Nurse |
| 11 | Dripping Dream | Sonic Nurse |
| 12 | Wildflower Soul | A Thousand Leaves |
| 13 | Sympathy for the Strawberry | Murray Street |
| 14 | Poison Arrow | The Eternal |
| 15 | Tom Violence | Evol |
| 16 | Free City Rhymes | NYC Ghosts & Flowers |
| 17 | Junkie's Promise | Washing Machine |
| 18 | Sacred Trickster | The Eternal |
| 19 | Sleepin' Around | Rather Ripped |
| 20 | Little Jammy Thing | Dirty [Bonus Tracks] |