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 | Paper Cup Exit | Sonic Nurse |
| 2 | Karen Koltrane | A Thousand Leaves |
| 3 | Personality Crisis | Dirty [Bonus Tracks] |
| 4 | Barracuda | Dirty [Bonus Tracks] |
| 5 | Candle | Daydream Nation |
| 6 | Turquoise Boy | Rather Ripped |
| 7 | Free City Rhymes | NYC Ghosts & Flowers |
| 8 | Hoarfrost | A Thousand Leaves |
| 9 | Lightnin' | NYC Ghosts & Flowers |
| 10 | Bone | Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star |
| 11 | Massage The History | The Eternal |
| 12 | The Ineffable Me | A Thousand Leaves |
| 13 | Starpower | Evol |
| 14 | Wildflower Soul | A Thousand Leaves |
| 15 | The Empty Page | Murray Street |
| 16 | Poet in the Pit | Dirty [Bonus Tracks] |
| 17 | Youth Against Fascism | Dirty [Bonus Tracks] |
| 18 | Drunken Butterfly | Dirty |
| 19 | Death Valley '69 | Postpunk Chronicles: Going Underground |
| 20 | Tamra | Dirty [Bonus Tracks] |