Minor Threat/Fugazi guitarist Ian McKaye also appears on the album, on the track ‘Youth Against Fascism.’Įxperimental Jet Set, Trash, and No Star, released in 1994, reached number 34 on the Billboard 200. Spike Jonze directed their music video for 100 percent, which included skateboarder/actor Jason Lee, and continued their influence on a variety of underground cultures. The band’s next album, Dirty, was released in 1992 on Geffen. Sonic Youth released Goo after signing with Geffen Records, which included the track ‘Kool Thing,’ which featured Chuck D from Public Enemy. The album’s breakout song, ‘Teen Age Riot,’ gave the band the greatest radio airplay of their career to that date. On both sides of the Atlantic, the album was a critical hit. After becoming dissatisfied with their label again again, they released Daydream Nation on Enigma Records in 1988. Philip K Dick’s novels are said to have influenced the record. Sister, released in 1987, saw the band continue to blend classic song patterns with a more experimental feel. As the band’s popularity grew in the United States, New York Times writer Robert Palmer declared that they were producing the most “original guitar-based music since Jimi Hendrix. Sonic Youth joined to SST Records in 1986 and began work on their next album, Evol, which featured more melodic material from the band. They signed to Blast First in the UK after falling out with Glenn Branca, a label founded by Paul Smith primarily to release Sonic Youth’s records in the UK. One track on the album, ‘Death Valley ’69’ was inspired by Charles Manson and featured Lydia Lunch. Bad Moon Rising was released later that year. Their tour in 1984 gained them coverage in UK media such as NME and Sounds. Sonic Youth, together with Big Black, the Butthole Surfers, and Pussy Galore, became well-known throughout Europe. They released Confusion Is Sex in 1983, with Jim Sclavunos on drums for a few months before quitting. They are well known for their songs “Superstar” and “Kool Things”.

Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, and Mark Ibold make up the band‘s most recent lineup, which was created in New York City. Sonic Youth is an alternative rock band from the United States that was founded in 1891. NYC Ghosts & Flowers Sonic Youth Biography

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