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 | Small Flowers Crack Concrete | NYC Ghosts & Flowers |
2 | Lights Out | Rather Ripped |
3 | What We Know | The Eternal |
4 | Peace Attack | Sonic Nurse |
5 | No Way | The Eternal |
6 | The End of the End of the Ugly | Dirty [Bonus Tracks] |
7 | Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style | Murray Street |
8 | Pink Steam | Rather Ripped |
9 | Barracuda | Dirty [Bonus Tracks] |
10 | Panty Lies | Washing Machine |
11 | Total Trash | Daydream Nation |
12 | Doctor's Orders | Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star |
13 | Wish Fulfillment | Dirty [Bonus Tracks] |
14 | Mariah Carey and Arthur Doyle | Sonic Nurse |
15 | Sacred Trickster | The Eternal |
16 | Hits of Sunshine | A Thousand Leaves |
17 | (I got a) Catholic Block | Sister |
18 | Rain King | Daydream Nation |
19 | Winner's Blues | Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star |
20 | Wildflower Soul | A Thousand Leaves |