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Kim Gordon, born on April 28, 1953, is an American musician best known for her role in the punk rock band Sonic Youth. Her musical career began in the late 1970s, and she co-founded Sonic Youth with her husband Thurston Moore, which had a profound impact on post-punk and alternative rock.

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“When people ask me what L.A. was like in the sixties, I tell them there wasn't as much terrible stucco as there is today: no mini malls with their approximation of Spanish two-story buildings, no oversized SUVs bulging out of parking-space lines. What used to say "Spanish-style" is now something diseased looking. Nobody seems to know how to stucco anymore.”

Funny Sonic Youth 60s L A Stucco

Book:Girl in a Band

Source: Girl in a Band

“[...] to overcome my own hypersensitivity, I had no choice but to turn fearless.”

Inspirational Music Sonic Youth

Book:Girl in a Band

Source: Girl in a Band

“I remember how the book talked about the pressure to please and be perfect that every woman falls into and then projects onto her daughter. Nothing is ever good enough. No woman can ever outrun what she has to do. No one can be all things - a mother, a good partner, a lover, as well as a competitor in the workplace.”

Feminism Sonic Youth

Book:Girl in a Band

Source: Girl in a Band

“Hardcore groups were singing songs about Ronald Reagan. I wasn't interested in this and preferred to sing about the darkness shimmering beneath the shiny quilt of American pop culture. I suppose you could say that Sonic Youth was always trying to defy people's expectations.”

Political Expectations Hardcore Sonic Youth Kim Gordon Ronal Reagan

Book:Girl in a Band

Source: Girl in a Band

“I've never been good with structure—doing assignments for the sake of them or doing things I'm supposed to do.”

Creativity Structure Sonic Youth Kim Gordon

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“There's only so many small shows you can do. A lot of the smaller things are more side project things. Not everything is appropriate for Sonic Youth to do.”

Shows Sides Can Do Youth Projects Appropriate Sonic Youth

Author:Kim Gordon

“I'm not saying Sonic Youth was a conceptual-art project for me, but in a way it was an extension of Warhol. Instead of making criticism about popular culture, as a lot of artists do, I worked within it to do something.”

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Author:Kim Gordon

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Born: April 28, 1953
Known for: Musician
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