Sonic Youth
On tour they carried dozens of guitars, each set to its own strange tuning, and jammed screwdrivers and drumsticks under the strings. Sonic Youth came out of New York's no wave scene, turning feedback and dissonance into songs that could be beautiful as well as abrasive.
Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo traded vocals, and with Steve Shelley's drumming EVOL and Sister led to Daydream Nation, a sprawling double album of epics such as 'Teen Age Riot'.
Signing to Geffen for Goo, they championed Nirvana and helped them land there too, and they kept experimenting until Moore and Gordon's separation ended the band in 2011.
If you like Sonic Youth you should check out: Glenn Branca, Swans, The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, The Fall, Les Rallizes Dénudés, Dinosaur Jr, Pixies, Pavement, Nirvana
