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Sonic Youth

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2009 - The Eternal
2006 - Rather Ripped
2006 - The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities
2004 - Sonic Nurse
2004 - Hidros 3
2004 - Past and Present
2002 - Murray Street
2000 - NYC Ghosts & Flowers
1999 - SYR 4: Goodbye 20th Century
1998 - A Thousand Leaves
1995 - Washing Machine
1994 - Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
1994 - Lost Tracks: Single B-Sides and Non-Album Tracks
1994 - Lost Tracks: Single B-Sides and Non-Album Tracks
1994 - Lost Tracks: Single B-Sides and Non-Album Tracks
1994 - Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
1992 - Dirty
1992 - Happiness Is a Warm Gun...
1990 - Goo
1990 - Moo
1988 - Daydream Nation
1987 - Sister
1986 - EVOL
1985 - Bad Moon Rising
1983 - Confusion Is Sex
1982 - Sonic Youth

Members
5 Mixed

Origin
New York City, New York, USA

Genre
Alternative Rock

Style
Rock/Pop

Mood
Happy

Born

1981

Active
1981 to 2011

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Incinerate	Reena	Youth Against Fascism
Sugar Kane	Sunday	Titanium Exposé
Silver Rocket	Cinderella's Big Score	The Diamond Sea

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Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. Their most recent lineup consisted of Thurston Moore (guitar and vocals), Kim Gordon (bass guitar, vocals, and guitar), Lee Ranaldo (guitar and vocals), Steve Shelley (drums), and Mark Ibold (guitar and 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, some consider Sonic Youth as pivotal in the rise of the alternative rock and indie rock movements. The band experienced success and critical acclaim throughout their existence, continuing into the new millennium, including signing to major label DGC in 1990, and headlining the 1995 Lollapalooza festival.
Sonic Youth expressed a wide variety of influences, ranging from the influential protopunk musician Patti Smith to composer John Cage. The band was praised for having "redefined what rock guitar could do", using a wide variety of unorthodox guitar tunings, and preparing guitars with objects like drum sticks and screwdrivers to alter the instruments' timbre. In 2011, Ranaldo announced that the band was "ending for a while," following Moore and Gordon's separation.


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