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. Kim gordon has 10 books on goodreads with 71445 ratings. Girl in a band tonight we are thrilled to welcome kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth, to talk with terry lickona of austin city limits about gordons new memoir, girl in a band. The book begins in 2011, with gordon looking out at the audience in sao paulo during sonic youths last ever concert. In some ways, girl in a band can be viewed as a sequel to patti smiths just kids, since it picks up in the 1980s new york city alternative music scene. When the post punkrock group, sonic youth, disintegrated in 2011 following the breakup of the marriage of key members, thurston moore and kim gordons, bereft fans sought answers. Founding member of sonic youth and solo artist kim gordons autobiography has been reissued in a new paperback edition.
Until the bandand their marriagebroke up in 2011, the author sang and played bass, made art, and raised a daughter. Yes, the book covers her role as cofounder, singer and bassist. The title may promise a persona, but its one gordon quickly shatters. Amy poehler, actor, producer, writer ive always admired kim gordon. Girl in a band begins and ends with the slowmotion collapse of gordons 27year marriage to thurston moore. Feb 22, 2015 kim gordon and thurston moore were indie rocks power couple until their marriage, and their band, ended in 2011. Gordon, of course, was the bassist for sonic youth, the legendary. The catalysts for her writing the book were two lifeupending events. Kim gordon and thurston moore were indie rocks power couple until their marriage, and their band, ended in 2011. Feb 24, 2015 kim gordon is a musician, vocalist, visual artist, record producer, video director,fashion designer, and actress.
I came to gordons book with lots of respect for her place in the music world, and lots of curiosity. Feb 24, 2015 often described as aloof, kim gordon opens up as never before in girl in a band. You have to get nearly half way through the book before the story of the band even begins. Dec 17, 2015 in girl in a band kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story. In girl in a band she tells with complete openness the story of her family, her work in the visual arts, her move to new york city, the men in her life, her marriage, her relationship with her daughter, her music and her band. 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. 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. Often described as aloof, kim gordon opens up as never before in girl in a band. Apr 21, 2015 often described as aloof, kim gordon opens up as never before in girl in a band. Sonic youth, the seminal alternative rock, postpunk new york group she formed in 1981 with her thenboyfriend, later husband, thurston moore. Gordon looks back on the experience in a new memoir called girl in a band. Love, art, success sonic youths kim gordon was indie rocks poster girl for having it all, but she never had a plan, she admits in her candid. Oct 08, 2014 kim gordon s highly anticipated memoir, girl in a band, has been given a release date of february 24, 2015. Kim gordon is a musician, vocalist, visual artist, record producer, video director,fashion designer, and actress.
Girl in a band by kim gordon, 9780062295903, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. 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. The title of kim gordon s strikingly confessional new memoir, girl in a band feb. A memoir is a 2015 autobiography written by former sonic youth bass guitarist, vocalist and songwriter kim gordon. She rose to prominence as the bassist, guitarist, and vocalist of alternative rock band sonic youth, which she formed with thurston moore in 1981.
Kim gordon s book is a very personal account of the people and scene of the music industry and of going from an unknown to a big name. Girl in a band kim gordon paperback harpercollins publishers. Girl in a band is a fascinating and honest memoir full of raw emotion and insight. Gordon, now 61, first encountered music through her. Kim gordon on cheating ex and mentally ill courtney love. Girl in a band tonight we are thrilled to welcome kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth, to talk with terry lickona of austin city limits about gordon s new memoir, girl in a band. This hardcover first edition of girl in a band has been personally autographed by kim gordon.
The experimental rock icon talks about her revealing new memoir, the familial trauma that led to her famed elusiveness, and living a life outside. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Theres a lot of appropriation going on, and kim speaks quite openly about the ways various songs, album covers, and other projects were influenced by other artists. Sunday coffee jazz relaxing instrumental bossa nova jazz playlist relax cafe music cafe music bgm channel 9,478 watching live now. Gordon, 61, has a particular preoccupation with history these days because shes about to release her memoir, girl in a band. There is a nononsense bluntness to kim gordons writing. The title of kim gordons strikingly confessional new memoir, girl in a band feb. The gravest sin most readers will find is that a memoir called girl in a band largely leaves out the band. I love sonic youth, theyre one of my all time favorite bands, but kims book was a mixed bag. Girl in a band is a study of her subsequent disillusionment. Sonic youth fans were stunned when married cofounders thurston moore and kim gordon announced in 2011 that couple and band were no more.
Sharing the stage with her husband and musical partner, thurston moore, the striking blonde bassistsinger offered a focal point, a still alternative to moore. Girl in a band begins with the last gasp of the two defining relationships of gordons life. Kim gordons memoir girl in a band to be published in. Dec 02, 2016 sunday coffee jazz relaxing instrumental bossa nova jazz playlist relax cafe music cafe music bgm channel 9,478 watching live now. In the first chapter, darkly titled the end, chronicling sonic youths final. Kim gordons memoir girl in a band but as gordon reveals in her memoir, girl in a band, out tuesday, their personal and musical union came apart in 2011 when she discovered moores. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading girl in a band. Kim gordon on divorce, art and life after sonic youth. The musician and author of the memoir girl in a band is a fan of joan didion.
These experiences, each cathartic in their own way and each. Kim gordon cofounded the band sonic youth and is the author of the new memoir girl in a band. What i found most interesting about girl in a band was the way kim gordons experiences in the manhattan art world of the 1980s affected her other creative pursuits, including music. Kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story a memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll. After a break, well hear from the creators of the web tv series high maintenance about a. Feb 12, 2015 girl in a band is a study of her subsequent disillusionment. Kim gordons highly anticipated memoir, girl in a band, has been given a release date of february 24, 2015.
She writes frankly about her route from girl to woman and pioneering icon within the music and art scene of new york city in the 1980s and 90s as well as marriage, motherhood, and independence. Book overview 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. In girl in a band kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story. Feb 24, 2015 the title may promise a persona, but its one gordon quickly shatters. Book overview kim gordon, founding member of sonic youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story a 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. If readers are looking for the definitive story of sonic youth from kim gordons. In girl in a band she tells with complete openness the story of her family, her work in the visual arts, her move to new york city, the men in her life, her marriage. Kim gordons book is a very personal account of the people and scene of the music industry and of going from an unknown to a big name.
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