This is the first authorized biography of Sonic Youth, the architects of noise rock and the most beloved, longest-running house band of Alternative Nation.Sonic Youth's distinctive, uncompromising sounds have provided a map for innumerable musicians who followed, from '90s groundbreakers like Nirvana and Pavement to current faves like the Strokes and the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs. More than perhaps any other act, Sonic Youth has brought "fringe" art to the mainstream, helping spawn an alternative arts scene that prospers to this day: a world of punk rock, underground films and comics, experimental music, conceptual art, contemporary classical compositions and even fashion.In "Goodbye 20th Century", David Browne tells the full, glorious story of "the Velvet Underground of their generation", an account based on extensive research, fresh interviews with the band and those who have worked with them (from Glenn Branca and Lydia Lunch to Sofia Coppola and Spike Jonze), and unprecedented access to unreleased recordings and documents. This is a richly detailed portrait of an iconic band and the times they helped create.
- ISBN10 030681515X
- ISBN13 9780306815157
- Publish Date 27 May 2008 (first published 25 January 2008)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 23 March 2011
- Publish Country US
- Publisher INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Imprint Da Capo Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English