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Sonic Youth live recording database
October 17, 2006

Thanks to Tristan Ruellan's brilliant work the Sonic Youth live recording database is now online. The site provides "a listing of the existing recordings of Sonic Youth concerts. Its goal is to provide to fans and collectors a comprehensive database of all the surfaced and circulating sources for each show with additional information like the kind of recording, the equipment used, the length of the surfaced tape and more".

Moshe

Sonic Youth, initially comprising of guitarist / vocalists Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo, guitarist / bassist / vocalist Kim Gordon and drummer Richard Edson, were formed in New York City in 1981. A product of the No-Wave music scene of the late 1970s, the group had their roots in abrasive, experimental music, with Moore and Ranaldo having previously worked with the experimental composer Glenn Branca. The band were joined in 1985 by drummer Steve Shelley, and have now recorded 14 albums together, as well as many side and solo projects. Their work has been consistently challenging and innovative, and they are widely regarded as one of the most intriguing and influential bands of their time.