More of a Ciccone Youth project (Thurston Moore even repeats "We're Ciccone" over and over at one point). The song began with Lee Ranaldo feeding tape loops of KISS songs into Steve Shelley's headphones, and Steve would play along. Lee would change the feeds and Steve would switch beats, etc. Then everybody added guitars later on. The outro features a sample of one of Lee's bell tapes, which he's also used in concert. Supposedly features a sample of The Rolling Stones' 'Ain't Too Proud to Beg'.
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Sonic Youth was an influential experimental rock band which formed in New York City, New York, United States in 1981 and are currently on an indefinite hiatus. The last lineup consisted of Thurston Moore (vocals, guitar), Kim Gordon (vocals, bass, guitar), Lee Ranaldo (vocals and guitar), Steve Shelley (drums) and Mark Ibold (bass). In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City. Part of the first wave of American noise rock groups, the band carried out their interpretation of the hardcore punk ethos throughout the evolving A… read more
Sonic Youth was an influential experimental rock band which formed in New York City, New York, United States in 1981 and are currently on an indefinite hiatus. The last lineup consisted of … read more
Sonic Youth was an influential experimental rock band which formed in New York City, New York, United States in 1981 and are currently on an indefinite hiatus. The last lineup consisted of Thurston Moore (vocals, guitar), Kim Gordon (… read more