Sonic Youth was the band that paved the road that would be followed by the Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana and the grunge scene.
Girl in A Band by Kim Gordon is a tale from the heart of Sonic Youth and it’s become one of the music world’s most respected works.
Why We Love Girl In A Band
People said Kim was too aloof, so she sat down and wrote the kind of autobiography that opens every wound and detail of a life well-lived.
She shows us how a musical and personal partnership can change the world and how it feels to watch that partnership collapse before your eyes too.
Her cradle-to-now approach means you don’t miss a moment of Kim’s journey to the top and then down again.
Final Thoughts On Girl In A Band
This memoir is one of the most insightful, raw, articulate and frankly, inspirational works we’ve ever read and even if you’re not a Sonic Youth fan, you’re guaranteed to get something out of reading it.
Though Girl In A Band is, indubitably, one of music’s finest books it didn’t make our top 20 music books list, why not find out why, now?
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Sonic Youth was a visionary act. Nirvana and the grunge scene could not have existed without them. Kim Gordon’s book from the soul of Sonic Youth is unmissable. Check it out.
You can grab a copy online here.
