Kim Althea Gordon (born April 28, 1953) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and rapper best known as the bassist, guitarist, and vocalist of alternative rock band Sonic Youth. Born in Rochester, New York, she was raised in Los Angeles, California, where her father was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

From the early glory days of Sonic Youth, to the betrayal of her ex-husband Thurston Moore; her autobiography reveals the extent of her artistic gravitas. Armed with her flickering feline eyes and warholian attitude, Gordon is the proto-punk poster girl who has carved a niche for nonconformists everywhere. A young Kim Gordon

Mar 3, 2024 · Kim Gordon has inspired generations of musicians. At 70, the Sonic Youth co-founder talks about her latest album, The Collective. Kim Gordon: 'I’m the same person I was since I was five...

Mar 11, 2024 · Gordon grew up in the nihilistic dreamscape of 70s L.A. and attended art school there before moving to gritty, grimy New York in the early 80s. It was the era of Basquiat and Danceteria, young Madonna and old Warhol.

Kim Althea Gordon (Rochester, Nueva York; 28 de abril de 1953) es una cantante, guitarrista, bajista y escritora estadounidense, miembro fundador del grupo de rock alternativo Sonic Youth.

Nov 13, 1997 · An interview with Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, the Godmother of Grunge on Feminism in Rock.

Kim Gordon is still adjusting. Initially raised on the West Coast, she travelled to New York in the late 70s to pursue her passion for visual arts, finding a city being reshaped by the smouldering energy of punk.

Mar 17, 2024 · Gordon really is one of the coolest icons in alternative rock, and her name has been synonymous with that genre ever since she co-founded Sonic Youth with her former husband Thurston Moore in...

Feb 29, 2024 · At 70, the onetime Sonic Youth musician is releasing a blistering new solo LP, finding new fans on TikTok and making art that continues to surprise. The day she turned 60, the artist and musician...

Sep 14, 2019 · Although Ms. Gordon has worked as an artist since the 1970s (her first solo exhibit was at White Columns in New York in 1981), she showed sporadically throughout the 1990s and 2000s, and is now...