Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon
Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon
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Girl in a Band
A Memoir

Bestseller

Author: Kim Gordon

Narrator: Kim Gordon

Unabridged: 7 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 02/24/2015

Synopsis

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERKim 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 Smith's Just Kids.Often described as aloof, Kim Gordon opens up as never before in Girl in a Band. 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 beautifully written memoir.Gordon takes us back to the lost New York of the 1980s and '90s that gave rise to Sonic Youth, and the Alternative revolution in popular music. The band helped build a vocabulary of music—paving the way for Nirvana, Hole, Smashing Pumpkins and many other acts. But at its core, Girl in a Band examines the route from girl to woman in uncharted territory, music, art career, what partnership means—and what happens when that identity dissolves.Evocative and edgy, filled with the sights and sounds of a changing world and a transformative life, Girl in a Band is the fascinating chronicle of a remarkable journey and an extraordinary artist.

About Kim Gordon

Kim Gordon is an artist, musician, producer, writer, and actress. She is a founding member of the experimental post-punk band Sonic Youth. Following the breakup of Sonic Youth, Gordon formed the group Body/Head with Bill Nace. She now performs as a solo artist and her 2024 album The Collective was nominated for two Grammys, the first in her four-decade career.

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Goodreads review by Sgossard

I finally understand why they say you should never meet your heroes. I thought (just like you) that Kim was the coolest ever in the hippest band ever. If you want to keep thinking that, don't ever read this book. Read this one instead. If you're already set on reading it anyway or got it as a gift o......more

Goodreads review by Lauren

Interesting and at times even moving, but mostly, there is a distance there and whether or not it's because there are places she doesn't want to go or doesn't care to take you, I'm not sure. There is something very unresolved about it as a memoir but again, that's ok - she's in the middle of a major......more

Goodreads review by Jane

A very fast read and quite illuminating though not for the reasons one might expect. I was pretty dismayed at how Kim's elitism and namedropping goes hand in hand with her playing punk rock contests and speaking really harshly about other women. It's one thing to say Courtney Love is crazy but quite......more

Goodreads review by John

Sonic Youth is one of the most innovative and influential bands of the past 40 years. From the start, they questioned everything about traditional musical forms and embraced the use of alternate tunings, dissonance, and speaker feedback. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, they became godparents of the......more

Goodreads review by Mar-Anhelo

This book really reminds you to Kill Yr Idols. I was disappointed by this book for several reasons. An author can talk about whatever they want. It's their book and it can be a part of the grieving process, but learning about Thurston Moore's affairs was frankly boring. Women also have middle age cr......more

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