Rock star memoirs can be hit and miss but Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth has always been a thoughtful, interesting person so I was looking forward to reading this very much, and it didn’t disappoint. It goes from his childhood up to the final Sonic Youth album in 2009 but the bulk of the book focuses on his late teens/early 20s in the heart of the punk/No Wave scenes in late 70s/early 80s New York which was exactly what I hoped for. Moore has a poetic yet readable style and really brings to life the excitement of being a skint teenager sneaking in to CBGBs to see the Ramones, Blondie, The Dead Boys, Patti Smith et al. He goes into some technical detail on the musical side of Sonic Youth which I just lapped up (the 33 1/3 book on
January Reads
January Reads
January Reads
Rock star memoirs can be hit and miss but Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth has always been a thoughtful, interesting person so I was looking forward to reading this very much, and it didn’t disappoint. It goes from his childhood up to the final Sonic Youth album in 2009 but the bulk of the book focuses on his late teens/early 20s in the heart of the punk/No Wave scenes in late 70s/early 80s New York which was exactly what I hoped for. Moore has a poetic yet readable style and really brings to life the excitement of being a skint teenager sneaking in to CBGBs to see the Ramones, Blondie, The Dead Boys, Patti Smith et al. He goes into some technical detail on the musical side of Sonic Youth which I just lapped up (the 33 1/3 book on