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From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author’s life and art\u2014from his teen years as a music obsessive in small-town Connecticut, to the formation of his legendary rock group, to thirty years of creation, experimentation, and wonder<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cElectrifying\u2026 At its most evocative when describing the downtown music scene of the late 1970s and \u201980s New York.\u201d
\n\u2014New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThurston Moore\u2019s all-embracing memoir Sonic Life works the way Sonic Youth did, with raging appetite for experience, with velocity and nerve, with a total devotion to making art from the resolute stance of starry-eyed fan and unabashed permanent novice. His recall is as amazing as his generosity.\u201d
\n\u2014Jonathan Lethem, National Book Critics Circle Award\u2013winning author of Motherless Brooklyn<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSonic Youth was the lodestar of alternative rock, pushing boundaries and providing inspiration to a generation of renegade, free-thinking bands. In this candid memoir, Thurston Moore traverses his journey from ardent fan to revolutionary instigator, sharing his love of transgressive soundscapes and finding ever new guitar tunings for his celebration of song.\u201d \u2014Lenny Kaye, guitarist, producer, and author Lightning Striking: Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll<\/em><\/p>\n

“Downtown scientists rejoice! For Thurston Moore has unearthed the missing links, the sacred texts, the forgotten stories, and the secret maps of the lost golden age. This is history\u2014scuffed, slightly bent, plenty noisy, and indispensable.” \u2014Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning author of The Underground Railroad<\/em> and Harlem Shuffle<\/em><\/p>\n

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Thurston Moore moved to Manhattan\u2019s East Village in 1978 with a yearning for music. He wanted to be immersed in downtown New York\u2019s sights and sounds\u2014the feral energy of its nightclubs, the angular roar of its bands, the magnetic personalities within its orbit. But more than anything, he wanted to make music\u2014to create indelible sounds that would move, provoke, and inspire.<\/p>\n

His dream came to life in 1981 with the formation of Sonic Youth, a band Moore cofounded with Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo. Sonic Youth became a fixture in New York\u2019s burgeoning No Wave scene\u2014an avant-garde collision of art and sound, poetry and punk. The band would evolve from critical darlings to commercial heavyweights, headlining festivals around the globe while helping introduce listeners to such artists as Nirvana, Hole, and Pavement, and playing alongside such icons as Neil Young and Iggy Pop. Through it all, Moore maintained an unwavering love of music: the new, the unheralded, the challenging, the irresistible.<\/p>\n

In the spirit of Just Kids<\/em>, Sonic Life <\/em>offers a window into the trajectory of a celebrated artist and a tribute to an era of explosive creativity. It presents a firsthand account of New York in a defining cultural moment, a history of alternative rock as it was birthed and came to dominate airwaves, and a love letter to music, whatever the form. This is a story for anyone who has ever felt touched by sound\u2014who knows the way the right song at the right moment can change the course of a life. ~text from publisher’s site. <\/p>\n

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Mint First Edition hardcover mint in Dust Jacket, Author Signed First Edition. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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