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In girl in a band kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story. This document was uploaded by user and they confirmed that they have. Read girl in a band pdf a memoir ebook by kim gordon. Feb 24, 2015 new york times bestsellerkim gordon, founding member of sonic youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her storya memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty of patti smiths just kids. Girl in a band kim gordon a memoir by samantha adame issuu. Kim gordon var en af frontfigurerne i det banebrydende postpunkband sonic youth. Download pdf girl in a band by kim gordon free epubmobi. Kim gordon has 10 books on goodreads with 71445 ratings. Girl in a band is a study of her subsequent disillusionment. A new classic for the collapsing political landscape of america. She writes frankly about her route from girl to woman and pioneering icon. Read girl in a band online by kim gordon books free 30day. If you are author or own the of this book, please report to us by using this.
Time takes its crazy toll, sang thurston moore once in sonic youths massive track the diamond sea. Gordon, of course, was the bassist for sonic youth, the legendary. Kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her storya memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty of patti smiths just kids. Before carrie brownstein became a music icon, she was a young girl growing up in the pacific. Gordon doesnt mince her words as she recalls working with courtney love and compares the.
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I came to gordons book with lots of respect for her place in the music world, and lots of curiosity. Mar 01, 2015 the musician and author of the memoir girl in a band is a fan of joan didion. Kim gordons memoir, girl in a band, begins and ends with two seminal gigs, the final sonic youth concert in 2011 that also marked the end of her marriage to front man thurston moore and last years induction ceremony for the rock and roll hall of fame when gordon was invited to sing with the remaining members of nirvana. There is a nononsense bluntness to kim gordon s writing. Gordon tells the story of her family, growing up in california in the 60s and 70s, her life in visual art, her move to new york city, the men in her life, her marriage, her relationship with her daughter, her music, and her band. Kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her storya memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty of patti smiths just kids often described as aloof, kim gordon opens up as never before in girl in a. Girl in a band kim gordon paperback harpercollins publishers. In girl in a band kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth and role. Kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her storya memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty of patti smiths just kids often described as aloof, kim gordon. Kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her storya memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty of patti smiths just kids often described as aloof, kim gordon opens up as. There are few artists who inspire such reverence as kim gordon. Young and adrift in new york in the late seventies, kim gordon found music, thurston moore, and her future with sonic youth.
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Kim gordon and thurston moore were indie rocks power couple until their marriage, and their band, ended in 2011. These experiences, each cathartic in their own way and each. Telling the story of her family, growing up in california in the 60s and 70s, her life in visual art, her move to new york city, the men in her life, her marriage, her relationship with her daughter, her music, and her band, girl in a band is a rich and. Its a history she carried with her when she headed from california to the no wave underground of new york in 1980, where she met moore, the lanky, punkobsessed guitarist and soul mate who was already worshipping at the altar of cbgbs. New york times bestseller kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her storya memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty of patti smiths just kids. Oct 08, 2014 kim gordon s highly anticipated memoir, girl in a band, has been given a release date of february 24, 2015. Feb 24, 2015 there are few artists who inspire such reverence as kim gordon.
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