Sonic Life

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The new memoir from the Sonic Youth founding member

By Thurston Moore

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Sonic Life by Thurston Moore offers an introspective look into the life and career of the musician known for his innovative contributions to avant-garde music. Through personal anecdotes and reflections, the book explores Moore's artistic journey, his experiences with the influential band Sonic Youth, and his impact on the music scene. It provides a deep dive into the creative processes and cultural movements that shaped his musical legacy.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the evolution of avant-garde music and want to dive into the mind of an influential artist. The author shares personal insights into his journey and the cultural impact of music, offering an engaging perspective for those interested in the intersection of art and the sonic experience.

A study of a life lived in an environment of wild music and endless wonder, Sonic Life is the long-awaited memoir of iconic American musician and Sonic Youth frontman, Thurston Moore.

A study of a life lived in an environment of wild music and endless wonder, Sonic Life is the long-awaited memoir of iconic American musician and Sonic Youth frontman, Thurston Moore.

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A music-obsessed retrospective, beginning with his childhood epiphany of rock 'n' roll in the early 1960s into an infatuation with the subversive world of 1970s punk and no wave blasting forth from New York City – where he eventually runs off to join a band in 1978.

By 1981 Moore would form the legendary and notorious experimental rock group Sonic Youth, who proceeded to record and tour relentlessly for almost 30 years, always progressing, always exploring.

Along the way, we meet a constellation of artists and musicians who colluded and collided with Sonic Youth including Velvet Underground, Stooges, Patti Smith, Television, Sex Pistols, Clash, Nirvana, Hole, Beastie Boys, Neil Young and a cavalcade of other musical visionaries, as well as figures from the art world – Jean Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Gerhard Richter.

Simply put, Thurston Moore and Sonic Youth changed the sound of modern alternative rock music and opened the minds of a generation of artists to new possibilities within the form.

This is essential reading.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571373949

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 26 October 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 771g

Pages: 496

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Non-Fiction Thurston Moore

About the Author

Thurston Moore is an American musician, poet and activist, best known as a member of American rock band Sonic Youth, with whom he recorded sixteen genre-defining albums including 1988's Daydream Nation, which was chosen by the US Library of Congress for historical preservation in the National Recording Registry in 2006. Since the band went on indefinite hiatus in 2011 he has recorded several solo and group albums, most recently Screen Time in 2021. Moore is included in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time list. He runs the record label Ecstatic Peace! and the publishing company Ecstatic Peace Library. He lives in London.

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