Sonic Youth

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American musical group alternative rock band rock band

Sonic Youth was an influential American alternative rock band known for its experimental guitar tunings, noise-driven sound, and pivotal role in the 1980s–1990s indie and underground music scenes.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sonic Youth canonical 40
Sonic Youth discography 1
Sonic Youth in 2006 as touring bassist 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American musical group ⓘ
alternative rock band ⓘ
rock band ⓘ
associatedAct Ciccone Youth ⓘ
Free Kitten ⓘ
Kim Gordon ⓘ
Lee Ranaldo ⓘ
Thurston Moore ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
debutAlbum Confusion Is Sex ⓘ
dissolvedIn 2011 ⓘ
formedIn 1981 ⓘ
founder Kim Gordon ⓘ
Lee Ranaldo ⓘ
Thurston Moore ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
art rock ⓘ
experimental rock ⓘ
indie rock ⓘ
no wave ⓘ
noise rock ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
influenced Dinosaur Jr. ⓘ
My Bloody Valentine ⓘ
Nirvana ⓘ
Pavement ⓘ
Sleater-Kinney ⓘ
knownFor experimental guitar tunings ⓘ
noise-driven sound ⓘ
role in 1980s indie rock scene ⓘ
role in 1990s alternative rock movement ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
member Kim Gordon ⓘ
Lee Ranaldo ⓘ
Steve Shelley ⓘ
Thurston Moore ⓘ
notableWork A Thousand Leaves ⓘ
Bad Moon Rising ⓘ
Confusion Is Sex ⓘ
Daydream Nation ⓘ
Dirty ⓘ
EVOL ⓘ
Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star ⓘ
Goo ⓘ
Murray Street ⓘ
Rather Ripped ⓘ
Sister ⓘ
Sonic Nurse ⓘ
The Eternal ⓘ
Washing Machine ⓘ
pastMember Bob Bert ⓘ
Jim Sclavunos ⓘ
Mark Ibold ⓘ
Richard Edson ⓘ
placeOfOrigin New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
recordLabel DGC Records ⓘ
Enigma Records ⓘ
Geffen Records ⓘ
Matador Records ⓘ
SST Records ⓘ

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Geffen Records → signedArtist → Sonic Youth ⓘ
DGC Records → signedArtist → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Magik Markers → associatedAct → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Jim O'Rourke → memberOf → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Jim O'Rourke → associatedAct → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Jim O'Rourke → produced → Sonic Youth ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sonic Youth – Sonic Nurse
The Stooges → hasInfluenced → Sonic Youth ⓘ
The Breeders → associatedBand → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Hole → associatedAct → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Mogwai → influencedBy → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Beat on the Brat → hasCoverVersionBy → Sonic Youth ⓘ
The Velvet Underground → influencedArtist → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Butch Vig → associatedAct → Sonic Youth ⓘ
SST Records → associatedBand → Sonic Youth ⓘ
John Giorno → collaboratedWith → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Ron Saint Germain → notableWorkWith → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Tony Oursler → collaboratedWith → Sonic Youth ⓘ
The Flaming Lips → influencedBy → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Dinosaur Jr. → hasInfluenced → Sonic Youth ⓘ
DGC → signedArtist → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Dirty → artist → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Dirty → performer → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Dirty → partOf → Sonic Youth ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sonic Youth discography
Goo → artist → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Goo → performer → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Goo → producer → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Mark Ibold → memberOf → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Mark Ibold → associatedAct → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Mark Ibold → playedWith → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Mark Ibold → joined → Sonic Youth ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sonic Youth in 2006 as touring bassist
Mark Ibold → touringMemberOf → Sonic Youth ⓘ
The Fall → influenced → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Ecstatic Peace! → associatedAct → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Ecstatic Peace! → foundedByMemberOf → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Thurston Moore → notableWork → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Thurston Moore → memberOf → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Thurston Moore → associatedAct → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Sonic Youth – Murray Street → artist → Sonic Youth ⓘ
subject surface form: Murray Street
Sonic Youth – Murray Street → performer → Sonic Youth ⓘ
subject surface form: Murray Street
Sonic Youth – Murray Street → producer → Sonic Youth ⓘ
subject surface form: Murray Street
Jeremy Lemos → collaboratedWith → Sonic Youth ⓘ
I Wanna Be Your Dog → coveredBy → Sonic Youth ⓘ
Homestead Records → releasedMusicBy → Sonic Youth ⓘ