[{"id":211745177751,"handle":"sonic-youth","title":"Sonic Youth","updated_at":"2022-06-08T22:34:21+12:00","body_html":"\u003cp\u003eSonic Youth are a pioneering alternative band from New York City. They were formed in the early 1980s.and released \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFounding members were \u003cstrong\u003eThurston Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e (guitar, vocals), \u003cstrong\u003eKim Gordon\u003c\/strong\u003e (bass, vocals, guitar) and \u003cstrong\u003eLee Ranaldo\u003c\/strong\u003e (guitar, vocals). Steve Shelley (drums) followed a series of short-term drummers in 1985and was part of the core lineup\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonic Youth\u003c\/strong\u003e released fifteen studio albums - \u003cem\u003eConfusion Is Sex\u003c\/em\u003e (1983), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.flyingnun.co.nz\/products\/sonic-youth-bad-moon-rising-reissue\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBad Moon Rising\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (1985), \u003cem\u003eEVOL\u003c\/em\u003e (1986), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.flyingnun.co.nz\/products\/sonic-youth-sister-reissue\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSister\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (1987), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.flyingnun.co.nz\/products\/sonic-youth-daydream-nation-reissue\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaydream Nation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (1988), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.flyingnun.co.nz\/products\/sonic-youth-goo-reissue\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (1990), \u003cem\u003eDirty\u003c\/em\u003e (1992), \u003cem\u003eExperimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star\u003c\/em\u003e (1994), \u003cem\u003eWashing Machine\u003c\/em\u003e (1995), \u003cem\u003eA Thousand Leaves\u003c\/em\u003e (1998), \u003cem\u003eNYC Ghosts \u0026amp; Flowers\u003c\/em\u003e (2000), \u003cem\u003eMurray Street\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), S\u003cem\u003eonic Nurse\u003c\/em\u003e (2004), \u003cem\u003eRather Ripped\u003c\/em\u003e (2006) and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.flyingnun.co.nz\/products\/sonic-youth-the-eternal-reissue\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Eternal\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e(2009)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlying Nun\u003c\/strong\u003e released the album \u003cem\u003eSister\u003c\/em\u003e in 1987. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen available, we stock \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonic Youth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on vinyl LP at the Flying Nun Records shop.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-08-09T21:20:07+12:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Sonic Youth"}],"published_scope":"global","image":{"created_at":"2020-09-22T22:06:14+12:00","alt":"Sonic Youth are band are Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley","width":1000,"height":1000,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0450\/3165\/3527\/collections\/Sonic_Youth_Flying_Nun.jpg?v=1651284908"}}]
One of Sonic Youth's most beloved albums, 1987's Sister incorporated the dissonance of their earlier releases into more traditional song structures. It's an innovative and thrilling work assuredly delivered by a band at the peak of their powers. Sonic Youth formed in 1981 in New York. Founding members Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals), Kim Gordon (bass guitar, vocals, guitar) and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of the band, while Steve Shelley (drums) followed a series of short-term drummers in 1985, and rounded out the core line-up.
In their early career, Sonic Youth were associated with the new 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.
TRACKLIST Schizophrenia Catholic Block Beauty Lies in the Eye Stereo Sanctity Pipeline / Kill Time Tuff Gnarl Pacific Coast Highway Hot Wire My Heart Cotton Crown White Cross
Reissue release date: 8 April 2016 Originally released on 1 June 1987
