Gordon was also a founding member of the musical project free kitten, which she formed. Sonic youth, the seminal alternative rock, postpunk new york group she formed in 1981 with her thenboyfriend, later husband, thurston moore. Kim gordon on life after sonic youth gordon cofounded sonic youth with thurston moore. Kim gordon a 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. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Gordon takes us back to the lost new york of the 1980s and 90s. Read girl in a band by kim gordon for free with a 30 day free trial. Jun 01, 2000 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
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Feb 24, 2015 there are few artists who inspire such reverence as kim gordon. No home record is the debut solo album by kim gordon, released on october 11, 2019, via matador records. The band helped build a vocabulary of music paving the way for nirvana, hole, smashing pumpkins and many other acts. Listen free to kim gordon no home record sketch artist, air bnb and more. Girl in a band kim gordon paperback harpercollins us. Kim gordon, guitarist with sonic youth, talks about her memoir, girl in a band. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. A memoir by kim gordon new york times bestseller kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth. Girl in a band chronicles gordons fauxhippie adolescence in california, hawaii, and hong kongas she smoked pot, listened to joni. 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. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. The demise of sonic youth coincided with the dissolution of her marriage to moore. When it was announced that the couple was splitting after twentyseven years of marriage, fans were devastated.
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