When you come off the carpal tunnel! 😁🖖 SONIC YOUTH "Kool Thing" (guitar cover)

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Sonic Youth was an American rock band based in New York City and formed in 1981. Founding members Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar), Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals) and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of the band, while Steve Shelley (drums) followed a series of short-term drummers in 1985, rounding out the core line-up. Jim O'Rourke (bass, guitar, keyboards) was also a member of the band from 1999 to 2005, and Mark Ibold (bass, guitar) was a member from 2006 to 2011.

Sonic Youth emerged from the experimental no wave art and music scene in New York before evolving into a more conventional rock band and becoming a prominent member of the American noise rock scene. Sonic Youth have been praised for having "redefined what rock guitar could do"[1] using a wide variety of unorthodox guitar tunings while preparing guitars with objects like drum sticks and screwdrivers to alter the instruments' timbre. The band was a pivotal influence on the alternative and indie rock movements.

After gaining a large underground following and critical praise through releases with SST Records in the late 1980s, the band experienced mainstream success throughout the 1990's and 2000's after signing to major label DGC in 1990 and headlining the 1995 Lollapalooza festival. The band disbanded in 2011 following the separation and subsequent divorce of Gordon and Moore with their final live shows taking place in Brazil. The members have since asserted that the band is finished and will not reunite.

It's just so sad we will never get to see Sonic Youth play the world stage again as a band. They have always been my heroes and they are one of the reasons why I picked up a guitar not Taylor Swift eh!🤣 lol My introduction to this band was through their album Experimental Jet Set Trash And No Star. Most of my friends thought it was a shitty album and it didn't sound as nice as the other rock bands they mostly listen to. I for one thought it was the most original and most unique band I've ever heard, there was quite an annoying overplay of feedbacks and static noises but once you get the charm of the dissonant melodies and crazy tuning this band offers; you will be hooked! Ok not most of us would be happy with dissonance especially if you only listen to pop music and ordinary rock. But to those looking for some avantgarde, experimental and a lot of uniqueness you can't go wrong with Sonic Youth.