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Article: In clubland, Sonic Youth speaks its own challenging language
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 10, 1995
- Author:
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"I'm sure it's difficult for a lot of people," says drummer Steve
Shelley of his band, Sonic Youth, and its music. "But I also think
it's the sort of music where if someone actually does sit down and
listen to it several times it will come to them. Of course, it's
really natural to us, because we've been immersed in it so long. And
all the things that we sort of collected as our musical heritage
before we all started Sonic Youth: Gang of Four, Birthday Party, Can,
the Stooges. Those are the things that start our vocabulary."
If you don't know that vocabulary, start here. Sonic Youth, the
trailblazing avant-garde New York rock quartet, will hit the road
this autumn, and Boston has always ...
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