"From the infectious Nuyorican rhythms of Harlem to the abrasive punk underbelly across town, in the East Village, New York City was a haven for musical revolutionaries back in the 1970s. Towards the end of the decade, Kim Gordon joined that roster, immersing herself in the city's abrasive underground and laying the foundations for Sonic Youth's endlessly innovative output. Although Gordon was originally born in Rochester, New York, she spent the majority of her adolescence on the West Coast,"
"only returning to the concrete comfort of the Big Apple after graduating from art school in Los Angeles. However, it was this cross-country move that ended up inspiring the songwriter to follow the path of musical expression, quickly finding solace in the experimental underground world of the city's blossoming no-wave movement. Rubbing shoulders with a selection of the strangest, most innovative songwriters the city had to offer inevitably had an impact on the budding young artist,"
"A band that would eventually come to revolutionise the sounds of American alternative rock, with masterpiece records like Goo bringing them some widespread attention during the 1990s, the early sounds of the band were firmly rooted in the inspiration of New York City and its growing realm of musical misfits. It is perhaps no surprise that Kim Gordon found her musical"
Kim Gordon relocated from Rochester and spent adolescence on the West Coast before returning to New York after art school in Los Angeles. The move exposed her to Manhattan's experimental no-wave and punk scenes in the East Village and Harlem. Immersion in the city's abrasive underground influenced her musical direction and led to Sonic Youth forming in 1981. Sonic Youth's early sound drew from New York's musical misfits and later evolved into influential alternative-rock records like Goo in the 1990s. Gordon's connection to New York sustained into 2020 when she featured several New York acts on a BBC 6 Music playlist.
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