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Formed: 1981 in New York, NY
Years Active: 80 's, 90 's, 00's
Genre: Rock

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Sonic Youth were one of the most unlikely success stories of underground American rock in the '80s. Where contemporaries R.E.M. and Hüsker Dü were fairly conventional in terms of song structure and melody, Sonic Youth began their career by abandoning any pretense of traditional rock & roll conventions. Borrowing heavily from the free-form noise... Continue Bio >>

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11/21/2009 Terminal 5
11/22/2009 Wilbur Theatre - MA
11/23/2009 Wilbur Theatre - MA
11/24/2009 Music Hall Of Williamsburg
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Discography:
2009 Eternal
2008 J'Accuse Ted Hughes
2006 Rather Ripped
2004 Sonic Nurse
2004 Hidros 3 (To Patti Smith)
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Filmography:
2009 All Tomorrow's Parties
2008 Paradise
2007 Sonic Youth: Sleeping Nights Awake
2007 Nardwuar the Human Serviette: Welcome to My Castle!
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Group Members: Anne DeMarinis Richard Edson Bob Bert Jim O'Rourke Kim Gordon More >> Similar Artists: Pussy Galore Minutemen Hüsker Dü Pavement fIREHOSE More >>

Influenced By: Black Flag Glenn Branca Television The Velvet Underground The Godz More >> Followers: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Thinking Fellers Union Local #282 Pavement Polvo Sammy More >>

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