Look up a copy of Kim Gordon's book "Girl in a band" to see how she experienced the break up. She says that the first sign that something was up came from the fact that Thurston has started smoking again and choosing a very specific brand, the same brand the woman who he was seeing, was known to smoke. She got home and saw the cigarette butts in the ashtray and noticed that they were larger in number than Thurston could smoke on his own.
I've admired Thurston Moore's songwriting and guitar playing for a long time, but hearing him downplay and dismiss his own culpability in the breakup is disappointing.
I'm on a roadies social group and from what they all say he was extremely well known for being a self-centred egocentric twat...the complete opposite of Kim and no one understood how the two were actually a couple. Also remember seeing the bass player from Nirvana praising Kim in an interview saying how easy going she was while replying 'no comment' when asked about Thurston.
Check out the trailer for a now old documentary in UA-cam, Autoluminescant about the Australian musician Rowland S Howard. Thurston's there in the mix as he was inspired by Rowland's blistering guitar sounds using only his Jaguar, one FX pedal and a Fender twin reverb.
Funny that he was surprised he'd be blamed for breaking up the band. When you are the person who broke the heart of a woman whom a lot of people have deep affection for...of course you're gonna be the bad guy
@@brunozapaterparreno8760 I thought they were commenting on him quoting Kim about leaving the stage later, deleted my responses, missed this one. Thanks - note someone actually admitting they were wrong on youtube shocker
@@davidtingley9978 The first I heard of SY, I immediately loved the percussion work. It was so crisp and played with passion. The whole band never got enough recognition, and the drummer is defo the least well known of them. I still share their stuff with my friends to some success.
Kim Gordon always played bass in Sonic Youth. I think she played guitar on some side projects with other people, and she might've done some guitar work in the studio here or there. But the line-up through its glory days featured Thurston Moore and Lee Ronaldo on guitars, Gordon on bass, and Steve Shelley on drums. I saw these guys on the Goo tour, and they were great.
@@davidtingley9978 That's what I thought. Kim Gordon also had a band with Lydia Lunch called Harry Crews - I think she played bass on that. The NY crowd all played in side projects with each other, so there's probably other stuff where she played guitar out there.
People are still creating and being creative, it's radio that has changed. No one what's to find the next big thing, they just want the next marketable thing that has the potential to sell. There will always be creative people doing creative things.
I watched one of his videos earlier today where he mentioned multi-instrumentalist Bob Nastanovich from Pavement, but in a photograph highlighted their drummer, Steve West. His titles are littered with spelling and grammatical errors constantly as well. It's too bad, because he's a very good narrator and he chooses interesting topics. He's just...kind of incompetent.
Shocked fans? The moment I found out that Thurston and Kim were a married couple I already knew they're on borrowed time. That they lasted that long is a testament on how they kept it together. The band's life was hanging on how the two's married life was. I can't imagine how much Lee and the drummer had to be involved in their arguments just so they would not explode.
I remember sonic youth breaking up like it was yesterday, and hearing about Thurston and Kim separating and being shocked. I can’t believe that was 9 years ago. I still love the music they put out, but I don’t have rose colored glasses anymore about certain things. I still love Kim and bought her book right when it came out.
I know I wanted to see Nirvana and Sonic Youth collaborate together on stage or make music together....Oh what could have been....So close but no cigar 😥😎☹🤓🎸🥁🎹🎶🎵🎼
The problem with getting the band members instruments wrong, as has been pointed out repeatedly in the comments, is that if that is wrong, why would I assume anything in the video is correct? A simple google search before posting the video would solve the problem. As it is I would never bother with any video you put out after that. I'm gone
agreed. it's TOO EASY to get this right, even if one never heard of them before, which in many videos in this channel seems to be the case. "E! True Hollywood Story"-esque channel, after all...
@@stuffwithsoph8264 it's not a crime, yeah. but then again, on the technical pov, the voice over, the editing, all that stuff is done after the research. what i'm saying is that, in order to put weekly videos, the research is not being well done. in one hand, it allow us to see the reasearcher OR the writer are not really into rock (which is not a crime again) or they are just beginning to dig it. then it sounds funny that someone who just has discovered something decides to do youtube videos on the matter. on the other hand, this is just a gossip channel, so... i'm chill. just not for me.
my friends started a noise-punk band because of them - but nothing good in life lasts forever - try to look back on your past relationships and learn from them - be kind to your exes - your love for them might change - and become the friendship you really need.
I strongly agree, I just wish/hoped people would try a marriage consultant to help fix the problems within their relationship, before going out and getting a new partner which by the way, not only Thurston is a pos for cheating but his side chick as well....Nevertheless you're right they might've had a better friendship going forward.
It was their best record but also the last of their great records. After Daydream Nation their albums just weren’t as revelatory. They had good tunes here and there, but their 90’s output just seems so dated as so much grunge era “alternative” music does. It almost felt like they were trying even harder to stay hip.
Some things... Sonic Youth literally got Nirvana on Geffen. Drummer Steve Shelly was originally in the seminal Hardcore band, The Crucifucks. Kim Gordon is 10 years older than the other members. Sonic Youth’s original drummer Richard Edson was in a bunch of movies. I saw SY over 20 times from 89’ til 2010. They were my Grateful Dead
Sonic Youth was amazing! The separation of Kim and Thurston was sad and messy, but it's nobody's business. Oh, and Kim was the bassist, and Lee, the guitarist.
With hindsight being 20/20, it now seems that this was inevitable. Not for nothing, but just cuz SY is “cooler” than Fleetwood Mac, and yes, maybe it took longer to disintegrate than did FM, but it boils down to the same issue: Human beings have egos and desires, and those egos cannot be denied or tamped down, no matter how much the nineties SEEMED like it was gonna be the “social justice” decade (huge bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam saying and doing things in support of female empowerment, battling ticket brokers, etc etc), and we assumed people like Kim and Thurston were “above” petty jealousies and the normal marriage rigamarole...but they are not.
@@tuckercarlsonsmicropenis1283 That's a good explanation of why it sucked so much to hear about their divorce. Even when you try not to put people on a pedestal, sometimes you do. You don't realize it until something that messy happens.
I got into Sonic Youth during their last couple of years together, saw them a bunch of times around the NYC area (one of the few perks of growing up on Long Island), those were some of the best concerts of my life, I got to meet Lee Ranaldo while interning for Pitchfork in Brooklyn, I still play my beat up jazz master guitar because of them, and even went on to start a band with my girlfriend. Stories like these make me really aware of how delicate bands and relationships are, I take sonic youth's story here as a warning, don't loose hold of who you are and why your doing this, and don't get married ;) Thanks for another great video dude!
Can't figure out what's more disrespectful, Moore cheating on Kim or this video neglecting Kim's role as bass player twice, even with a quote by Kim stating Lee is the guitarist...
Definitely an important band in the alternative rock scene. Sorta the band all the other groups looked at with respect. Daydream Nation is their legacy. Incredible album.
I remember when the news came out that the band broke up, I couldn't believe it, I had been a huge fan since the early 90s as a teen, I still listen to they're music now in my 40s , nothing ever lasts......but hey I've introduced my teen daughter to they're music and she loves it
As I always say, Sonic Youth was one of the few bands that took away the right lesson from Eddie Van Halen -- do something different with that there guitar.
I love this band so much because it was my introduction to other kinds of rock and art in general. It was such a shame that the band ended that way but we'll always have decades of amazing music.
Bassist Lee Ranaldo...listen dude, we love Rock & Roll just as much as you do, but you can't make these kinds of mistakes and expect to be taken seriously. Don't write stories on bands you don't know shit about. We won't stop loving your channel, and we'll love you even more for caring bout what's important: getting your facts right. Much love and thanks for the videos!
I suppose nobody really knows what happens behind closed doors, but I felt gutted for Kim and honestly effed off at Thurlston. Its true marraiges fall apart but theres ways and means of ending them. Kim deserved better.
Honestly I started seeing them live during this period. I thought Kim came off as cold... not realising... as soon as the truth came out it was a real Ahaa. Moment
Saw then live for the 1st time at my 1st concert ever lollapalooza tour 95 Randall's Island NYC I came for cypress Hill I stayed foe sonic youth! Awesome show life changing experience
The Beatle's classic line-up was: Paul McCartney - spittoon, John Lennon - firecrackers, George Formby - ukelele, and Ringo Starr - vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, harmonica, piano, violin - he also wrote all the songs.
Now that Mark E. Smith has passed away, and his legacy is essentially complete, I would love it if you would do a "rock N'Roll True Stories on one of Sonic Youth's biggest influences, THE FALL! There almost isn't a more important, yet overlooked and underrated band, than them. It's time to give the band their due respect. Thanks!
@@tlysergicaciddiethylamide5792 Thurston has indeed said that he listens to The Fall and that he loves them. In a magazine interview, Thurston has even called The Fall's song "L.A." the greatest song about Los Angeles ever made.
I was gonna keep my mouth shut, because I like you and it's been said about a hundred times here: Kim Gordon being the bass player is kind of a big deal. Especially as you show a picture of her on stage , with a bass. Lee Reynaldo with a guitar. Growing up in the 90s , Sonic Youth was massively influential. Part of that influence was Kim Gordon inspiring many chicks to grab a bass. I think you have to backtrack this video or lose your credibility. Your fans are 90s kids. We lived this. Meeting our heroes wasn't even that hard back then because the radio didn't care about us or our bands. Do better research man. Double check your sources, read the album liner notes.
I never knew about their marriage problems because I was never that involved in their personal lives as a fan. So hearing that is wild to me considering I always thought of them having a somewhat, squeaky clean image. They just came off to me as a couple of good-natured band geeks that got into punk rock.
Anyone that was around in the 80's would tell you that tons of instruments from back then, especially from Japan were shunned and considered garbage at the time.. (even though a lot of them were truly great and well made instruments ironically). Of course, everybody has come to their senses by now, so naturally prices are skyrocketing at this point.
Yeah I don't think that guy really understood what he was talking about. Most likely they used cheap guitars guitars because you don't want to take expensive guitars on tour and you don't want to use a power drill on your American strat. They undoubtedly had at least some access to quality guitars for recording. I think he was just trying to lend some mother of invention mystique to the band's unique style.
American made guitars can be TRASH! Also, Prince’s favorite guitar was his cheap Japanese HS Anderson Madcat.... pretty sure he knew a good guitar when he touched one lol (and no it wasn’t a goddamn Hohner!)
Pretty sure he said weird japanese stratocaster copy which could be pretty much any brand, including the actually cheap brands. I didn't hear him say anything about a Fender Japan strat. I love japanese guitars but I know there are a ton that are actual trash.
@@ambientnoiseaddict A good friend of mine blames radiohead for stuff like this being expensive. I'm not sure about his logic but I don't mind blaming them lol
I met them at a restaurant before they broke up and Thurston was happy to take a picture with the staff and I remember Kim looking over like she wanted to kill everyone. Granted they were eating but in hindsight, it almost seems like he did it to spite Kim. don't know though, that's just the vibe.
I still remember the first time I heard SY. Me and my friend Marcos were skipping school and sitting on these steps outside some stores talking. Suddenly he pulls out the 'Dirty' album and shows it to me. I listened to it on his cd player and after that I loved the band. RIP Sonic Youth. 🤟
I first heard them on Ed Templeton's part in the skate video Welcome to Hell by Toy Machine Bloodsucking Skateboard Company. I bought a Goo cassette soon after. I love all their stuff; the Spinhead Sessions and the Destroyed Room B-sides and rarities compilation are personal favorites.
Im from Western MA. Kim and Thurston had a house nearby and their kids went to a local school. SY played many charity gigs over the years in the area and I was blessed to see them many times in small venues..
stee Ahh... the album that they made after Nicks & Buckingham broke up was their prime ( as far as record sales). One should never ignore history, it is to be learned from. My analogy is strong, when a couple is the driving force of a band and they break up the band can either break up as well, or make an album about it.
At 3:24 the bill brings up the Ohio rock band Brainiac. They were brilliant but their career ended suddenly and tragically. They are worth checking out if you find them to be worthy of your research. There is a documentary about them called "Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero" that's worth watching too.
Plus spawning other acts like Enon and Carribou. Was Skeleton Key related somehow too? Brainiac was fantastic - closest thing that reminds me of them now is Le Prince Harry
Sonic Youth was my first favorite band. Still in my top 3 and I remember the day I got Dirty on CD. It was my 13th birthday and my very first CD. After that I bought all their back catalogue. SY was a massive part of my teenage years.
The quotes by Michael Azerrad come from his book "Our Band Could Be Your Life" which profiles 13 punk and indie bands of the 1980's. It's a great book and is highly recommended.
@subcomandante marcos, last time, 4 years ago as a guest of a band wich they helped to get signed by Geffen and they probably will never be inducted because of the number of albums sold. You're not a fan so what am i doing here?
They are recognized by the people who count, I was fortunate enough to catch them in Amherst and shortly after that fortunate enough to catch nirvana at Springfield civic center, our little group has always been and always will until the end, hello hello hello, how low? Etc, not meant to discount what your saying, ive just always enjoyed the idea of our little group, it feels special ya know doesn't it?
At :35, you state that Lee Renaldo was the bassist of Sonic Youth. This is incorrect... he was guitar, Kim was the bassist. As any true fan of Sonic Youth would know.
To all the people complaining: he does these videos for us, and he’s human. If I had made 200-plus videos about rock bands and their histories, I’m sure there would be multiple mistakes. Enjoy the video or go make your own channel!
Man did he nail it when talking about the trials of going through a divorce after a long marriage.. im experiencing this exact thing.. 28yrs together 20yrs married in my 40's,she is too,I think its a mid life crisis thing,but being seperated 1yr to the day
While this is extremely misleading, Lee Ranaldo actually played bass on one Sonic Youth song: 'Protect Me You' from "Confusion is Sex" (1983) and Kim has played guitar on over 50 Sonic Youth songs (check Sonic Youth's website).
Well, in the "yeah, I screwed up but that doesn't mean I got to pay up, does it?". I feel a bit of sympathy for him - not the first person that makes bad relationship decisions and has a massive loss to cope (personal, professional and probably financial). But not owning up to it and pretending "we can still be friends" rubs me the wrong way.
Two of the best shows I ever saw: Sonic Youth & Die Kruezen @ the Roxy, Hollywood, Daydream Nation tour; Sonic Youth, Nirvana & STP (girl band from New York) @ Melody Ballroom, Portland, Goo tour. At the daydream nation tour, thurston & lee were sliding their guitars across the stage, string side down, complete cacophony of beautiful noise. Changed my life.
I feel like that's more true nowadays than it was 15 years ago. I feel like back in the 90s and early to mid 2000s, these bands with the exception of Meat Puppets (I don't recall hearing much about them during the 2000s) did get some well-deserved acclaim. But these days? Definitely. You hardly hear people talk about them...
Let’s clear the air on the “line up” and their influence on main steam rock/grunge. Classic Members are: Kim Gorden/bass and vocals, Thurston Moore/guitar and vocals, Lee Ranaldo/guitar, Steve Shelley/drums. Not to beat you up on this but, you regurgitated information that sounds like you don’t know what you’re taking about. Not only was Sonic Youth very influential on the grunge scene, they were pioneers in the art of sound. Side note: Kim Gorden (and Kira of Black Flag) really blazed the trail of girls on bass and in alternative rock in general (IMO).
Female bassists? Believe it or not, there are many, as people are listing. Melissa Auf Der Maur of Hole & Smashing Pumpkins... Michael Steele of The Bangles... Jackie Fox of The Runaways... and the mother of them all... Suzie Quatro.
@@mattharrison5068 Sonic Nurse was fantastic. Did we listen to the same album? Rather Ripped on the other hand while not terrible, was rather lacklustre overall
I don't want to come back here next month and find out that J. Mascis is a famous drummer. Will I come back for the next video and find out Perry Farrel was the secret shredder we never knew about?
First of all how could someone get the bassist wrong, she's one of the most iconic bass players of all time! Also the idea of cheating on Kim Gordon is too mind boggling for me to comprehend, I'm not one for being starstruck but if I met her I'd struggle to form a coherent sentence.
No matter how awesome is, you can get tired of them after decades. I recall a quote re: "every time you see a beautiful woman you can't have, remember some guy somewhere has gotten sick of her sh*t".
Personally, I never really cared for them, but "100%" got me to buy 'Dirty' Always strange and oddly cool when a band you ain't hip to, to whatever degree, can still write one that you not only consider good, but a longtime favorite in your all-time/any category top... 35-50-ish. I have to give Sonic Youth credit for a song that played a memorable part, in the halcyon years of my late teens and early 20's. Of being a common wastrel and no-goodnik, happily unaware of the horrors that would unfold, once the responsibilities of life came crashing down "cleaving me in twain, like the sword of Damocles!!" To go back to a time when my biggest fears were, getting busted by the cops while carrying a plastic photo-film bottle of Michigan skunk. Not that I was smart enough to worry about the legal aspect, but more about what my Parents would think, if they found out I was a pothead. To have such stupid little things to worry about at 50.
Sonic Youth was overrated, sorry bros🤷🏻♂️good job rock and roll stories. For all the people saying rnr true stories isn't a fan, he has better taste then sonic youth fans. 10 20 30 40 ...buuuuuull in a Heather. 😆 give this a like👍
Lee played guitar, and Kim played bass, sorry that's a goof. It's true that Kim did play guitar sometimes, but usually she traded with Thurston, not her and Lee. Later they hired another bassist so Kim could concentrate on vocals on some songs. Lee never played bass, you correctly, but strangely contradict this with the quote from Gordon's memoir, where she clearly states Lee was on guitar, and the bass player referred to in the quote is this secondary bassist I referred to, Mark Ibold, who actually traded with Gordon on bass and 3rd guitar or they both played bass in parallel.
Ok, cool. Thanks for listing what each member played. I'm doing a paper on Sonic Youth and don't know much about them. I was gonna look 'em up on Wiki, but now I don't have to. So, Lee is the bass player. Got it, thanks. That's the one I wasn't sure about, but I'm good now. Lee Ranaldo plays bass. Thanks.
Thanks so much for doing a video on my favorite band of all time. Also, Lee Ranaldo is not and has never been the bassist in SY. He’s always been a guitarist. Kim alternates between bass and guitar Please do more on SY
Eh. It happens. Humans being as they are. Fucking shame, Sonic Youth where world shattering band, but if Thurston and Kim cant function together, thats nobodies business but them. Art was meant to end, its an organic process where the old thing dies to makes room for the new thing. I'm just happy that sonic youth happened in the first place.
more sonic youth coming!
A-man!
@@christophervan9634 except when he played keys
@@christophervan9634 That's true to the bone, before anything she was bass player, and like Kim Deal, backing vocal or even first vocal.
The PROCLAIMERS!!!!!!
Yes! And please do Pixies, My Bloody Valentine, Dinosaur Jr.!
"bassist Lee Ranaldo..." Nope - Lee played guitar, Kim was on bass.
As was Mark Ibold
Beat me to it lol
Bassist? Nope! Chuck Testa.
Beat us all to it
we all think the same
I came here to see how many comments there are about "guitarist" Kim Gordon and "bassist" Lee Renaldo.
too fucking many
@@BookofLetters ☺😀😁😂
exactly, OP, exactly
Couldn’t have said it better myself OP
Talk about not getting basic info right.
So Sonic Youth broke up because Thurston Moore started thirstin’ more?
Haha, that's cute
I see what you did there! 😂🤣😅
@Adolf Stalin ayyyy
LOVE IT
Thirsting for more you mean
Bassist Lee Reynaldo? I’ve never seen one pic of him with a bass. What did Kim play? Oh, yea, bass.
yea shit like that gets under my skin as well haha...........
I'm laughing at myself. I don't know why that pissed me off so much
Lol plus the pic of him playing a guitar while he calls him a bassist
Pretty hard to take this video or channel seriously with a comment like that.
@@dujoducom give him a break
He produces double the content most UA-cam creators do
He puts up 5 videos a week
There’s bound to be mistakes
I still remember when the news of Kim and Thurston’s splitting broke and every indie rocker on the internet stopped believing in love.
Such a real comment lol
It was around the time my then girlfriend said no to anal, so I stopped believing in love also.
@@seanado5208 hiney love is the best kind of love...
@@joejones9520 LOL!
Never seemed like a good relationship to be honest. The guy is an eternal mid life crises.
Look up a copy of Kim Gordon's book "Girl in a band" to see how she experienced the break up.
She says that the first sign that something was up came from the fact that Thurston has started smoking again and choosing a very specific brand, the same brand the woman who he was seeing, was known to smoke. She got home and saw the cigarette butts in the ashtray and noticed that they were larger in number than Thurston could smoke on his own.
What a moron. She was so out of his league to begin with.
Kim Gordon has crazy iq lol I’d never cross her
Do we know wether she ever 'played away' too?
These things do tend to be complicated ..and spread over a long time period
@@Moodymongul get outta here with this. Why are you trying to make excuses for TM being a total DB.
@@NotMyName78 Any excuses I gave, were only in your mind. Respect differing outlooks on things.
I've admired Thurston Moore's songwriting and guitar playing for a long time, but hearing him downplay and dismiss his own culpability in the breakup is disappointing.
I'm on a roadies social group and from what they all say he was extremely well known for being a self-centred egocentric twat...the complete opposite of Kim and no one understood how the two were actually a couple. Also remember seeing the bass player from Nirvana praising Kim in an interview saying how easy going she was while replying 'no comment' when asked about Thurston.
Is Nirvana’s bass player also named Lee Ranaldo?
@@joonotfins no the vid got you wrong kim is the bass player lee is a guitarist
Check out the trailer for a now old documentary in UA-cam, Autoluminescant about the Australian musician Rowland S Howard. Thurston's there in the mix as he was inspired by Rowland's blistering guitar sounds using only his Jaguar, one FX pedal and a Fender twin reverb.
@@pegasus9536 I think he knows. I believe he meant it as a jab at this video, lol
Funny that he was surprised he'd be blamed for breaking up the band. When you are the person who broke the heart of a woman whom a lot of people have deep affection for...of course you're gonna be the bad guy
Yeah, Lee Ranaldo is most definitely not Sonic Youth’s bassist. That’s kind of an important detail.
@@mattharrison5068 0:35
@@brunozapaterparreno8760 I thought they were commenting on him quoting Kim about leaving the stage later, deleted my responses, missed this one. Thanks - note someone actually admitting they were wrong on youtube shocker
@@mattharrison5068 no problem, you're welcome!
@@mattharrison5068 hahahahah I must admit I'm shocked indeed, one of those "faith in humanity restored" moments
Steve Shelley is the best drummer nobody has heard of
Who’s that?
He totally deserves more recognition than he's gotten. I'm not even sure he gets enough recognition by SY fans.
He is amazing indeed. Such a distinctive style.
@@davidtingley9978 The first I heard of SY, I immediately loved the percussion work. It was so crisp and played with passion. The whole band never got enough recognition, and the drummer is defo the least well known of them. I still share their stuff with my friends to some success.
@wakenbaker-uk Add DJ Bonebreak to that list.
don't wanna be that guy but Kim Gordon was the bassist and vocalist and Lee Ranaldo was a guitarist and vocalist, good video though
Someone had to say it
He calls Ranaldo the bassist and then two minutes later calls him the guitarist.
And Layne Staley was a roadie, Cobain was a guitar tech, and Chris Cornell was a publicist 😂😂😂
Kim did play guitar for a time though.
4:32
Kim Gordon always played bass in Sonic Youth. I think she played guitar on some side projects with other people, and she might've done some guitar work in the studio here or there. But the line-up through its glory days featured Thurston Moore and Lee Ronaldo on guitars, Gordon on bass, and Steve Shelley on drums. I saw these guys on the Goo tour, and they were great.
Later in she occasionally played guitar, as well as bass.
Lee Renaldo never played bass with them.
@@davidtingley9978 That's what I thought. Kim Gordon also had a band with Lydia Lunch called Harry Crews - I think she played bass on that. The NY crowd all played in side projects with each other, so there's probably other stuff where she played guitar out there.
In the later years she switched to guitar and they added Mark Ibold from Pavement on bass
Later Jim orourke and Mark ibold played guitar and bass.
I'm pretty sure she played guitar on swimsuit issue
"Bassist Lee Ranaldo" - How do you have the hubris to make an eight minute video and get it so wrong?
At 4:14, he refers to him again as bassist while there is a picture of him playing guitar.
4:38 he even read a quote that stated he was the guitarist.
and also he was one of the singers
Noticed that too. Not a huge Sonic Youth fan (yet), but even I know that Kim Gordon was the bassist.
Even i was confused and i am not even a fan...can imagine how someone feels who know who is who in this band...lol
I miss Sonic Youth dude. So innovative. That's what I miss about alternative rock, people weren't afraid to create.
Juno movie, Gal Dissed Sonic Youth saying" its just noise" otherwise she had great taste in music, YES a Butch Vig, mention
People are still creating and being creative, it's radio that has changed. No one what's to find the next big thing, they just want the next marketable thing that has the potential to sell. There will always be creative people doing creative things.
people still creating art for arts sake, you just stopped looking
Just say you don’t know how to look for good music.… still plenty of great bands coming out.
Dengue Fever is pretty nice.
As is Nisennenmondai
I've busted this guy at least 3 times being completely wrong.
He should hire a fact checker.
Or just do a notch above cursory research on the topic of a video.
he's reading from all the wrong cue cards scattered around lol
Lee Ranaldo Bassist... wow. He REALLY needs to hire someone to check his "facts", this is so poorly researched.
I watched one of his videos earlier today where he mentioned multi-instrumentalist Bob Nastanovich from Pavement, but in a photograph highlighted their drummer, Steve West.
His titles are littered with spelling and grammatical errors constantly as well. It's too bad, because he's a very good narrator and he chooses interesting topics. He's just...kind of incompetent.
Shoddy AF
I think they have one of the best overall discography of any band, it's just amazing.
@Adam Strickler Why do you think he/she thinks that?
@@HoiPolloi - Yes, I'd like to know, too.
;-)
Adam Strickler Because I have their whole discography and I’ve listened to it?
@@21innocentbystander - That makes total sense. :-)
I'd like to know why Adam Strickler asked that bizarre question.
@@21innocentbystander That's a good reason to think that.
Shocked fans? The moment I found out that Thurston and Kim were a married couple I already knew they're on borrowed time. That they lasted that long is a testament on how they kept it together. The band's life was hanging on how the two's married life was. I can't imagine how much Lee and the drummer had to be involved in their arguments just so they would not explode.
FR, never shack up with someone you work with.
I remember sonic youth breaking up like it was yesterday, and hearing about Thurston and Kim separating and being shocked. I can’t believe that was 9 years ago. I still love the music they put out, but I don’t have rose colored glasses anymore about certain things. I still love Kim and bought her book right when it came out.
It is very sad how it went. Kim rules.
I know I wanted to see Nirvana and Sonic Youth collaborate together on stage or make music together....Oh what could have been....So close but no cigar 😥😎☹🤓🎸🥁🎹🎶🎵🎼
The problem with getting the band members instruments wrong, as has been pointed out repeatedly in the comments, is that if that is wrong, why would I assume anything in the video is correct?
A simple google search before posting the video would solve the problem. As it is I would never bother with any video you put out after that.
I'm gone
This totally sounds like something Tim Pool would say. Hahaha!
Rerr rerr rerr!
agreed. it's TOO EASY to get this right, even if one never heard of them before, which in many videos in this channel seems to be the case.
"E! True Hollywood Story"-esque channel, after all...
You ever consider he just read it wrong or said it backwoards when recording his voice over? God just chill.
@@stuffwithsoph8264 it's not a crime, yeah. but then again, on the technical pov, the voice over, the editing, all that stuff is done after the research. what i'm saying is that, in order to put weekly videos, the research is not being well done. in one hand, it allow us to see the reasearcher OR the writer are not really into rock (which is not a crime again) or they are just beginning to dig it. then it sounds funny that someone who just has discovered something decides to do youtube videos on the matter. on the other hand, this is just a gossip channel, so... i'm chill. just not for me.
my friends started a noise-punk band because of them - but nothing good in life lasts forever - try to look back on your past relationships and learn from them - be kind to your exes - your love for them might change - and become the friendship you really need.
I strongly agree, I just wish/hoped people would try a marriage consultant to help fix the problems within their relationship, before going out and getting a new partner which by the way, not only Thurston is a pos for cheating but his side chick as well....Nevertheless you're right they might've had a better friendship going forward.
Who's here for the bassist comments? 🍿🍿🍿
If so, you won't be disappointed.
Wait, does that mean that comment was trendy somewhere else?
Plot twist: the switch was intentional so people don’t comment about the break up lol
😀
I don't think anyone is paying any attention to the breakup story!
A shame Thurston didn’t take more responsibility for the band (and the marriage’s) break up.
I wouldn’t expect him to lol. He seems pretty stuck up.
Hes a major narc
Cool how people assume he's entirely to blame. Everyone here's an expert on how to be in a life long relationship with a girl in your band I guess.
@@GroupConglomerate did you miss the part about the deception and affair?
Daydream Nation is still one of my favourite albums of all time
One of those rare gems where you don't feel the desire to skip a single track.
It was their best record but also the last of their great records.
After Daydream Nation their albums just weren’t as revelatory. They had good tunes here and there, but their 90’s output just seems so dated as so much grunge era “alternative” music does. It almost felt like they were trying even harder to stay hip.
Some things... Sonic Youth literally got Nirvana on Geffen. Drummer Steve Shelly was originally in the seminal Hardcore band, The Crucifucks. Kim Gordon is 10 years older than the other members. Sonic Youth’s original drummer Richard Edson was in a bunch of movies. I saw SY over 20 times from 89’ til 2010. They were my Grateful Dead
if they ever get back together they'll have to call themselves Sonic Senior Citizens.
Sonic Boomers
Radical Adults
Boooooooo
Sonic Old
Sonic Dotage
Sonic Youth was amazing! The separation of Kim and Thurston was sad and messy, but it's nobody's business. Oh, and Kim was the bassist, and Lee, the guitarist.
Loved them since '85.
With hindsight being 20/20, it now seems that this was inevitable. Not for nothing, but just cuz SY is “cooler” than Fleetwood Mac, and yes, maybe it took longer to disintegrate than did FM, but it boils down to the same issue: Human beings have egos and desires, and those egos cannot be denied or tamped down, no matter how much the nineties SEEMED like it was gonna be the “social justice” decade (huge bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam saying and doing things in support of female empowerment, battling ticket brokers, etc etc), and we assumed people like Kim and Thurston were “above” petty jealousies and the normal marriage rigamarole...but they are not.
@@tuckercarlsonsmicropenis1283 That's a good explanation of why it sucked so much to hear about their divorce. Even when you try not to put people on a pedestal, sometimes you do. You don't realize it until something that messy happens.
I got into Sonic Youth during their last couple of years together, saw them a bunch of times around the NYC area (one of the few perks of growing up on Long Island), those were some of the best concerts of my life, I got to meet Lee Ranaldo while interning for Pitchfork in Brooklyn, I still play my beat up jazz master guitar because of them, and even went on to start a band with my girlfriend. Stories like these make me really aware of how delicate bands and relationships are, I take sonic youth's story here as a warning, don't loose hold of who you are and why your doing this, and don't get married ;) Thanks for another great video dude!
Fail: kim played bass, lee played guitar... You Obviously not a fan
With a name like that you gotta be a Melvins fan.
I like this dude.....but holy crap.....he NEEDS to step up on the research.
@Piernas Locas lol
he's a guns n' roses fan LOL
@@EverSinceMyExorcismwith a name like that you probably like nirvana
Can't figure out what's more disrespectful, Moore cheating on Kim or this video neglecting Kim's role as bass player twice, even with a quote by Kim stating Lee is the guitarist...
It's so cool that Rusty from European Vacation was able to start such a great band after his acting career ended.
Definitely an important band in the alternative rock scene. Sorta the band all the other groups looked at with respect. Daydream Nation is their legacy. Incredible album.
They were as big as the Beatles in 1990
Big as the Beatles? I like SY, but they were not remotely close to being as big as the Beatles.
@@benadams1661You’re joking. Anyway, they peaked in 1988 with Daydream Nation which sold poorly, so I don’t know where you got 1990 from.
I remember when the news came out that the band broke up, I couldn't believe it, I had been a huge fan since the early 90s as a teen, I still listen to they're music now in my 40s , nothing ever lasts......but hey I've introduced my teen daughter to they're music and she loves it
Lee Ransldo wasn’t the bassist - Kim was. Lee is a fantastic experimental guitar player in his own right.
As I always say, Sonic Youth was one of the few bands that took away the right lesson from Eddie Van Halen -- do something different with that there guitar.
I love this band so much because it was my introduction to other kinds of rock and art in general. It was such a shame that the band ended that way but we'll always have decades of amazing music.
Bassist Lee Ranaldo...listen dude, we love Rock & Roll just as much as you do, but you can't make these kinds of mistakes and expect to be taken seriously. Don't write stories on bands you don't know shit about. We won't stop loving your channel, and we'll love you even more for caring bout what's important: getting your facts right. Much love and thanks for the videos!
I suppose nobody really knows what happens behind closed doors, but I felt gutted for Kim and honestly effed off at Thurlston. Its true marraiges fall apart but theres ways and means of ending them. Kim deserved better.
Yeah she's cool
Honestly I started seeing them live during this period.
I thought Kim came off as cold... not realising... as soon as the truth came out it was a real Ahaa. Moment
At least it wasn't the chick from the "Bull In The Heather" video.
That chick was fit
that's Kathleen Hanna from Bikini Kill
@@stevie778 back then that may of been worth losing your marriage for her 🙂
Back in the day everyone said "hey, who is the hot chick that's now in the band?"
"She's not."
"oh... :("
That chick from the Bull In The Heather vid, Bikini Kill and LeTigre is married to Adam Horowitz from Beastie Boys.
Bassist lee ranaldo?!?
Well spotted. You're the first person to pick that up.
I'll never forget seeing them live. One of the loudest shows I've ever seen.
Saw then live for the 1st time at my 1st concert ever lollapalooza tour 95 Randall's Island NYC I came for cypress Hill I stayed foe sonic youth! Awesome show life changing experience
They were the best sounding band I ever saw live. Loud but very clear sound. They were on point and sounded just as or better than their studio songs.
Saw them with Crazy Horse and Social Distortion. One of the best concerts I've ever seen. Absolutely ecstatic from beginning to end.
Kim Gordon - Bass/Vocals
Lee Renaldo - Guitar/Vocals
Steve Shelley - Drums
Thurston Moore - Guitar/Vocals
Mark Ibold - Bass, in the later years.
@@akselbierman6288 had no idea! Thanks for the info!
@Eclanage Preservation Society we try to forget about that.
@@akselbierman6288 Before that
Jim O'Rourke - bass, guitar and synths
The Beatle's classic line-up was: Paul McCartney - spittoon, John Lennon - firecrackers, George Formby - ukelele, and Ringo Starr - vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, harmonica, piano, violin - he also wrote all the songs.
Kim's interview on Marc Maron's podcast details the split in depth.
Dudes....I felt like my parents were divorcing when they broke up. Like, "can't you stay together for us kids? Why Thurston? Kiiiiim!"
Same
Same!
Lee Ranaldo was NOT the bass player! He played guitar. Kim and Jim O Rourke played bass! Get your facts straight if you're gonna do this for a living.
Now that Mark E. Smith has passed away, and his legacy is essentially complete, I would love it if you would do a "rock N'Roll True Stories on one of Sonic Youth's biggest influences, THE FALL! There almost isn't a more important, yet overlooked and underrated band, than them. It's time to give the band their due respect. Thanks!
oui The FaLL
i can’t imagine tm Listening to them, the reSt of the banD yeS
@@tlysergicaciddiethylamide5792 Thurston has indeed said that he listens to The Fall and that he loves them. In a magazine interview, Thurston has even called The Fall's song "L.A." the greatest song about Los Angeles ever made.
I was gonna keep my mouth shut, because I like you and it's been said about a hundred times here:
Kim Gordon being the bass player is kind of a big deal. Especially as you show a picture of her on stage , with a bass. Lee Reynaldo with a guitar.
Growing up in the 90s , Sonic Youth was massively influential. Part of that influence was Kim Gordon inspiring many chicks to grab a bass.
I think you have to backtrack this video or lose your credibility. Your fans are 90s kids. We lived this. Meeting our heroes wasn't even that hard back then because the radio didn't care about us or our bands.
Do better research man. Double check your sources, read the album liner notes.
I never knew about their marriage problems because I was never that involved in their personal lives as a fan. So hearing that is wild to me considering I always thought of them having a somewhat, squeaky clean image. They just came off to me as a couple of good-natured band geeks that got into punk rock.
Japanese Strats are not cheap, I’ve had mine for 20 years, it’s a great guitar.
Anyone that was around in the 80's would tell you that tons of instruments from back then, especially from Japan were shunned and considered garbage at the time.. (even though a lot of them were truly great and well made instruments ironically). Of course, everybody has come to their senses by now, so naturally prices are skyrocketing at this point.
Yeah I don't think that guy really understood what he was talking about. Most likely they used cheap guitars guitars because you don't want to take expensive guitars on tour and you don't want to use a power drill on your American strat. They undoubtedly had at least some access to quality guitars for recording. I think he was just trying to lend some mother of invention mystique to the band's unique style.
American made guitars can be TRASH! Also, Prince’s favorite guitar was his cheap Japanese HS Anderson Madcat.... pretty sure he knew a good guitar when he touched one lol (and no it wasn’t a goddamn Hohner!)
Pretty sure he said weird japanese stratocaster copy which could be pretty much any brand, including the actually cheap brands. I didn't hear him say anything about a Fender Japan strat. I love japanese guitars but I know there are a ton that are actual trash.
@@ambientnoiseaddict A good friend of mine blames radiohead for stuff like this being expensive. I'm not sure about his logic but I don't mind blaming them lol
I met them at a restaurant before they broke up and Thurston was happy to take a picture with the staff and I remember Kim looking over like she wanted to kill everyone. Granted they were eating but in hindsight, it almost seems like he did it to spite Kim. don't know though, that's just the vibe.
Yeah, I got to go backstage during their Goo tour, and Kim was extremely standoffish.
I still remember the first time I heard SY. Me and my friend Marcos were skipping school and sitting on these steps outside some stores talking. Suddenly he pulls out the 'Dirty' album and shows it to me. I listened to it on his cd player and after that I loved the band. RIP Sonic Youth. 🤟
I first heard them on Ed Templeton's part in the skate video Welcome to Hell by Toy Machine Bloodsucking Skateboard Company. I bought a Goo cassette soon after. I love all their stuff; the Spinhead Sessions and the Destroyed Room B-sides and rarities compilation are personal favorites.
Going to pile on about Lee not being the bassist; mainly because he is my favorite guitar player.
Ranaldo is an EXCELLENT guitarist.
Yasssss 1 of my favorite bands. Still deep love for Kim Gordon 🎸
@@sstaners1234 right so ahead of her time!
"Bassist Lee ranaldo"
Pictured with a guitar.
Hmm...
LOL meanwhile Kim's holding a bass in every live picture
Im from Western MA. Kim and Thurston had a house nearby and their kids went to a local school. SY played many charity gigs over the years in the area and I was blessed to see them many times in small venues..
You mean kid, they have one daughter
Kim was the bassist, Steve the drummer, then Thurston and Lee in guitar.
Kim, lee and Thurston sang.
Thurston predominantly being on the mic
Should have taken a page from Fleetwood Mac and written an album of songs about the breakup and sold multi millions.
But Sonic Youth weren't talented so....things are as they are
Christopher Rowe Rather listen to Sonic Youth any day of the week ove Fleetwood Mac! Any single day!
Yeah...no. nobody cares about some 70 yr olds breaking up way after their prime lol
stee Ahh... the album that they made after Nicks & Buckingham broke up was their prime ( as far as record sales). One should never ignore history, it is to be learned from. My analogy is strong, when a couple is the driving force of a band and they break up the band can either break up as well, or make an album about it.
@@boataxe4605 I was talking about SY not Fleetwood mac
At 3:24 the bill brings up the Ohio rock band Brainiac. They were brilliant but their career ended suddenly and tragically. They are worth checking out if you find them to be worthy of your research. There is a documentary about them called "Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero" that's worth watching too.
Plus spawning other acts like Enon and Carribou. Was Skeleton Key related somehow too? Brainiac was fantastic - closest thing that reminds me of them now is Le Prince Harry
Sonic Youth was my first favorite band. Still in my top 3 and I remember the day I got Dirty on CD. It was my 13th birthday and my very first CD. After that I bought all their back catalogue. SY was a massive part of my teenage years.
The quotes by Michael Azerrad come from his book "Our Band Could Be Your Life" which profiles 13 punk and indie bands of the 1980's. It's a great book and is highly recommended.
Yeah, I'm sure living with Kim was just all sunshine and roses.
I mean, she didn't cheat on him. If Moore was unhappy he could've simply divorced her
@@alexredfield1943 like it’s so simple
Not an excuse to cheat on your wife lol
Landin Hatcher simpler than adding an affair to the mix and making an already imminent divorce way messier lol
You will never know so don't say what you don't know. 🤷♂️
Definitely regret not making a Sonic Youth show. Now it's too late...
That Lollapalooza show bill was amazing. A who's-who of the criminally underrated.
Not underrated. Just under-sold. Not acts with multi-platinum LPs.
Thurston once played a show with GG Allin in the mid-1980s. That would have been a riot to see. Lots of feces, lots of blood.
Lots of sexual assaults, shit, and vomit.
J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr also played with GG Allin. Says it was the worst gig he ever did.
@@cactaceous is there any video J played with GG?
@@mildred78 I don’t believe so. He has told the story in many interviews I’ve seen.
I fucking love gg allin
All i care about is their music and they will never have the recognition they deserve.🤷♂️
@subcomandante marcos, last time, 4 years ago as a guest of a band wich they helped to get signed by Geffen and they probably will never be inducted because of the number of albums sold. You're not a fan so what am i doing here?
They are recognized by the people who count, I was fortunate enough to catch them in Amherst and shortly after that fortunate enough to catch nirvana at Springfield civic center, our little group has always been and always will until the end, hello hello hello, how low? Etc, not meant to discount what your saying, ive just always enjoyed the idea of our little group, it feels special ya know doesn't it?
They're pretty well recognized.
@@paranoidplane9799 ... by some people who were young 30 years ago.
@@ipiap I mean i'm 24 and even I recognize Daydream nation is one of the most influential albums of all time.
At :35, you state that Lee Renaldo was the bassist of Sonic Youth. This is incorrect... he was guitar, Kim was the bassist. As any true fan of Sonic Youth would know.
To all the people complaining: he does these videos for us, and he’s human. If I had made 200-plus videos about rock bands and their histories, I’m sure there would be multiple mistakes. Enjoy the video or go make your own channel!
Man did he nail it when talking about the trials of going through a divorce after a long marriage.. im experiencing this exact thing.. 28yrs together 20yrs married in my 40's,she is too,I think its a mid life crisis thing,but being seperated 1yr to the day
Aww hearing what she wrote it sounded like she still loved him :(
Bassist Lee Ranaldo?
While this is extremely misleading, Lee Ranaldo actually played bass on one Sonic Youth song: 'Protect Me You' from "Confusion is Sex" (1983) and Kim has played guitar on over 50 Sonic Youth songs (check Sonic Youth's website).
Thurston Moore wanted Sonic Youth to carry on as it was?.. m8 how would that have worked
Well, in the "yeah, I screwed up but that doesn't mean I got to pay up, does it?".
I feel a bit of sympathy for him - not the first person that makes bad relationship decisions and has a massive loss to cope (personal, professional and probably financial). But not owning up to it and pretending "we can still be friends" rubs me the wrong way.
Two of the best shows I ever saw: Sonic Youth & Die Kruezen @ the Roxy, Hollywood, Daydream Nation tour; Sonic Youth, Nirvana & STP (girl band from New York) @ Melody Ballroom, Portland, Goo tour. At the daydream nation tour, thurston & lee were sliding their guitars across the stage, string side down, complete cacophony of beautiful noise. Changed my life.
The Pixies Sonic Youth and Meat Puppets are so underrated bands that I think need more recognition...
I feel like that's more true nowadays than it was 15 years ago. I feel like back in the 90s and early to mid 2000s, these bands with the exception of Meat Puppets (I don't recall hearing much about them during the 2000s) did get some well-deserved acclaim. But these days? Definitely. You hardly hear people talk about them...
I saw sonic youth at the orpheum in Vancouver in the front row it was epic
Super jealous rn they're my fav band, you're very lucky!
Yeah great live band saw them in Manchester and London England and in around 1990 / 1995 ish
Let’s clear the air on the “line up” and their influence on main steam rock/grunge.
Classic Members are: Kim Gorden/bass and vocals, Thurston Moore/guitar and vocals, Lee Ranaldo/guitar, Steve Shelley/drums.
Not to beat you up on this but, you regurgitated information that sounds like you don’t know what you’re taking about. Not only was Sonic Youth very influential on the grunge scene, they were pioneers in the art of sound.
Side note: Kim Gorden (and Kira of Black Flag) really blazed the trail of girls on bass and in alternative rock in general (IMO).
what about Kim deal and Tina Weymouth
Female bassists? Believe it or not, there are many, as people are listing. Melissa Auf Der Maur of Hole & Smashing Pumpkins... Michael Steele of The Bangles... Jackie Fox of The Runaways... and the mother of them all... Suzie Quatro.
I remember Superstar was played on the radio ever 30 mins back in summer '94.
Was just listening to the eternal yesterday thinking "what a note to break up on" such a good album they need to reunite 😭
So glad they didn't end with that rubbish sonic nurse album. Stain.
@@mattharrison5068 boo, disagreed, sonic nurse had some bangers on it
@@tomahawk7546 glad someone liked it. Sounds like a sub par parody of themselves to me. Weak tuneless and phoned in.
@@mattharrison5068 Sonic Nurse was fantastic. Did we listen to the same album? Rather Ripped on the other hand while not terrible, was rather lacklustre overall
Ten years later and I'm still sad that Sonic Youth broke up
I don't want to come back here next month and find out that J. Mascis is a famous drummer. Will I come back for the next video and find out Perry Farrel was the secret shredder we never knew about?
J Mascis actually IS a drummer. He played drums on a lot of the DJR studio stuff
Kim Gordon got a bad ass industrial album out of it though
First of all how could someone get the bassist wrong, she's one of the most iconic bass players of all time! Also the idea of cheating on Kim Gordon is too mind boggling for me to comprehend, I'm not one for being starstruck but if I met her I'd struggle to form a coherent sentence.
No matter how awesome is, you can get tired of them after decades. I recall a quote re: "every time you see a beautiful woman you can't have, remember some guy somewhere has gotten sick of her sh*t".
@@concatinate just leave then, don't cheat & lie & be a piece of sh*t
He was Thurston moore but then he was Thirstin moore and he wanted to be Thrustin moore so eventually he was just Cheetin Moore.
BS: Experimenting with different tuning was done before and poking sticks and cutting up speakers was also done by Link Wray decades before them.
So sad... I'm glad I was there in the last tour.
Lee Ronaldo is not the bassist, then you later contradict yourself by calling him their guitarist.
Kim Gordon was Sonic Youth's bassist.
Personally, I never really cared for them, but "100%" got me to buy 'Dirty' Always strange and oddly cool when a band you ain't hip to, to whatever degree, can still write one that you not only consider good, but a longtime favorite in your all-time/any category top... 35-50-ish. I have to give Sonic Youth credit for a song that played a memorable part, in the halcyon years of my late teens and early 20's. Of being a common wastrel and no-goodnik, happily unaware of the horrors that would unfold, once the responsibilities of life came crashing down "cleaving me in twain, like the sword of Damocles!!"
To go back to a time when my biggest fears were, getting busted by the cops while carrying a plastic photo-film bottle of Michigan skunk. Not that I was smart enough to worry about the legal aspect, but more about what my Parents would think, if they found out I was a pothead. To have such stupid little things to worry about at 50.
Love this little history you put here ❤
Dirty (1992) is, what I think one of the best Sonic Youth albums. I still listen to this album on a weekly base in my car. Happy days!
Sonic Youth was overrated, sorry bros🤷🏻♂️good job rock and roll stories. For all the people saying rnr true stories isn't a fan, he has better taste then sonic youth fans. 10 20 30 40 ...buuuuuull in a Heather. 😆 give this a like👍
Lee played guitar, and Kim played bass, sorry that's a goof. It's true that Kim did play guitar sometimes, but usually she traded with Thurston, not her and Lee. Later they hired another bassist so Kim could concentrate on vocals on some songs. Lee never played bass, you correctly, but strangely contradict this with the quote from Gordon's memoir, where she clearly states Lee was on guitar, and the bass player referred to in the quote is this secondary bassist I referred to, Mark Ibold, who actually traded with Gordon on bass and 3rd guitar or they both played bass in parallel.
Ok, cool. Thanks for listing what each member played. I'm doing a paper on Sonic Youth and don't know much about them. I was gonna look 'em up on Wiki, but now I don't have to. So, Lee is the bass player. Got it, thanks. That's the one I wasn't sure about, but I'm good now. Lee Ranaldo plays bass. Thanks.
That's the most poisonous level of truthfullness I've seen for a while!
Thanks so much for doing a video on my favorite band of all time. Also, Lee Ranaldo is not and has never been the bassist in SY. He’s always been a guitarist. Kim alternates between bass and guitar
Please do more on SY
Lee Ranaldo LEAD GUITAR, Kim, BASSIST!
I've literally listened to "The Eternal" album hundreds of times. Loved this band. So sad for Kim, she is an amazing female👍💋
How? Everything after 1000 leaves is garbage by comparison to it and the preceeding albums
The important message from this story is: Don't make a band with your girlfriend or with your boyfriend
They used to seem to be unbreakable. Sad ending to a great band!
Eh. It happens. Humans being as they are. Fucking shame, Sonic Youth where world shattering band, but if Thurston and Kim cant function together, thats nobodies business but them. Art was meant to end, its an organic process where the old thing dies to makes room for the new thing. I'm just happy that sonic youth happened in the first place.
their discography is so gorgeous
gawd these cartoon avatars styled like how we grew up criinge
@@hjillumi880 lawddd wtf r u on about
Sonic Youth is one of my all time favorites, and they have influenced SO many bands.