Kim gordon sonic youth book

Gordons book tour in support of girl in a band begins later this month. Kim gordon v disney is an unusually revealing punkrock folk tale. People complain, kim gordon said, but they never leave. Kim gordon on cheating ex and mentally ill courtney love. Gordon said the book was a way to open up other opportunities for finding ways to. Getting close to kim gordon, during her 30year career in sonic youth, never felt easy. Kim gordon talks end of sonic youth, relationship with. You can probably tell by the tone of that one sentence that this was not kim gordon s favorite part of this book to write. She appears at the jccsf in conversation with carrie.

Kim gordon talks sonic youth and stevie nicks feet. Im sure someone will do a great sonic youth book, but i didnt want it to be a book about the. I refused to play the game for three decades, kim gordon was the charismatic frontwoman in. You cant really forgive someone if they dont say they. In the book, youre like the forrest gump of the art and music worlds. Sonic youths kim gordon in conversation with carrie brownstein. Kim gordon on her noisy, postsonic youth solo album. Alongside longtime husband thurston moore and guitarist lee ranaldo, the now60. Kim gordon thurston moore lee ranaldo steve shelley. Kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of. Kim gordon on life after sonic youth rolling stone. At the time of sonic youths 2009 record, the eternal, it seemed as if the band was moving into a new, prosperous era. For 30 years, kim gordon and thurston moore were the golden couple of alternative music.

Gordon wielded in sonic youth was something rare and completely of. The last chapter of kim gordons 2015 memoir, girl in a band, is a kind of epiloguea bridge to the next volume in the long life of the indierock icon. I came to gordon s book with lots of respect for her place in the music world, and lots of curiosity. Kim gordon looks back on life in sonic youth, and beyond. Kim gordon, sonic youths antifrontwoman, on the band and. Kim gordons memoir, girl in a band, is out next month, and while i personally havent read the thing, what little ive read about it suggests its going to be. Kim gordons memoir detailing her life and sonic youths rise to prominence and eventual breakup finally has a release date, the first weve heard about the book. The standout passages in sonic youth singer kim gordons new book, girl in a band, are all about her personal style. You cant really forgive someone if they dont say theyre sorry the former sonic youth frontwoman talks to alexandra pollard about her. Kim gordon on the upside of airbnb and being cool, not cold the former sonic youth bassist talks new album no home record and not being the godmother of grunge.

She was cool, in both an aesthetic sense and an emotional one. A memoir is a 2015 autobiography written by former sonic youth bass guitarist, vocalist and songwriter kim gordon. Sonic youth cofounder kim gordon and sleaterkinneys carrie brownstein sat down for a sprawling and hilarious conversation to promote kims new memoir girl in a band. For 30 years, the band sonic youth had, as its core, its two main vocalists. Queen of the underground if the tabloids covered noiserock legends, this former sonic youth members rocky breakup from exbandmate thurston moore wouldve made headlines.

W hen sonic youth first toured england, music journalists would ask kim gordon the same question over and over. Sonic youths kim gordon has some harsh words for courtney. The sonic youth bassist and singer on her disillusionment with the. Kim gordon talks end of sonic youth, relationship with kurt cobain in long memoir excerpt.

For years, women of my generationthe postpunk protohipsters who grew up in the cultural gap between secondwave feminism and the advent of the internetlooked to sonic youths kim gordon. Kim gordons eagerly anticipated memoir, girl in a band. Sonic youths kim gordon in conversation with carrie. From gordons interview in elle some years ago, a woman gordon declines to name became a part of the sonic youth world, first as the girlfriend of an erstwhile band member and later as a partner. For three decades, kim gordon and sonic youth were synonymous. Kim gordon, formerly of sonic youth, opens up in her new memoir girl in a band. Peter murphy to celebrate kim gordons 67th birthday, were revisiting our classic 2002 interview with sonic youth. Kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her storya memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty of patti smiths just kids often described as aloof, kim gordon opens up. You can probably tell by the tone of that one sentence that this was not kim gordons favorite part of this book to write. Kim gordon describes sonic youths depressing final show. Kim gordon s memoir girl in a bandcomes out today, and new york magazine has published an excerpt from the book, detailing sonic youth s final show from gordon s pointofview. Kim gordon of sonic youth rocks out in the first of tellers pictures for marc jacobs marc jacobs advertising 19982009 by juergen teller. I came to gordons book with lots of respect for her place in the music world, and lots of curiosity.

In an exclusive in elle s may issue, sonic youths kim gordon talks candidly about her next chapter, and what really happened between her and thurston moore. The book was often very unguarded, and it kind of went against this myth of you as being aloof. As founding members of the band sonic youth, they were admired for their pioneering work in new york city. Listen to a playlist of sonic youth songs with gordon on lead vocals. The former sonic youth frontwoman talks to alexandra pollard about her debut solo record, the dissolution of her 29year marriage to thurston. Gossip about the breakdown of both her marriage and sonic youth will draw many to gordons book.