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Sonic Life

The new memoir from the Sonic Youth founding member
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The Sonic Youth frontman takes us from a 1960s childhood rock 'n' roll epiphany, through the subversive world of 1970s punk blasting forth from New York City, to traversing the globe with a band who changed the sound of modern alternative rock music and opened the... Read More
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The Sonic Youth frontman takes us from a 1960s childhood rock 'n' roll epiphany, through the subversive world of 1970s punk blasting forth from New York City, to traversing the globe with a band who changed the sound of modern alternative rock music and opened the minds of a generation of artists.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571373970

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 September 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 496

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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