Where Jimi Hendrix in the sixties the possibilities of the electric guitar quite stretching it, the quartet Sonic Youth took out New York in the eighties this thread again. Guitarist Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore make their first experiences in the guitar orchestra of the avant-garde composer Glenn Branca. With dozens of guitars they begin to Sonic Youth then their instruments to vote and manipulate
… by stabbing include screwdrivers between the strings. Initially, their music is inaccessible and structureless but Bad Moon Rising (1985) are beginning wonderfully beautiful songs from the distorted and dissonant gitaarkakofonieën take off. An important role is played by the sensual voice of bassist Kim Gordon. In the early nineties the group draws even with the major label Geffen which they include their best known and most accessible albums Goo (1990) and Dirty (1992). In addition to their regular albums they continue to experiment on their own label Sonic Death. Although none is their guitar sound affects many guitar bands and especially post-rock bands like Mogwai and Godspeed You Black Emperor.more