Sonic Youth INFLUENCES - Page 2

Dead-Air · 10.11.2008, 11:28 AM

Nobody's mentioned Sun Ra so far! Nor the MC5 who are probably how SY heard about Sun Ra.

And of course on the other side of things the Beatles (particularly the White album) and the Beach Boys (mostly Pet Sounds) always come up. And the Carpenters.

batreleaser · 10.11.2008, 01:25 PM

the stooges, television, mc5, the ramones, pil, sonny sharrock, the fall, crime, the velvets, suicide, teenage jesus and the jerks, coltrane, the grateful dead, the voidoids, patti smith

RanaldoNecro · 10.11.2008, 03:00 PM

cocaine

diskaholic-anonymous · 10.12.2008, 06:59 AM

some experimental influence (my favourite):
glenn branca, rhys chatham, john cage, stockhausen, tony conrad, la monte young, steve reich, varése, coltrane, berio, t. monk, jim o' rourke, cecil taylor, fluxus...

Trasher02 · 10.12.2008, 08:57 AM

Lou's Berlin album also had an impact on Thurston. I've got a Lou Reed docu laying around here with Thurston saying that.

RanaldoNecro · 10.12.2008, 11:19 PM

Berlin is getting released this fall on DVD

SuperCreep · 10.12.2008, 11:24 PM

Nihilist Spasm Band def.

RanaldoNecro · 10.13.2008, 04:22 PM

I lived in their city, London On, for four years and I never heard of them until through SY

I guess its more of a philosophy/approach than an influence

batreleaser · 10.14.2008, 11:28 PM

alice cooper, minor threat, pere ubu, john fahey

batreleaser · 10.14.2008, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperCreep

Nihilist Spasm Band def.

never heard any SY references to NSB

atsonicpark · 10.14.2008, 11:33 PM

yep, fahey, thurston said he was a "Secret influence" on them, whatever that means...

uhler · 10.14.2008, 11:39 PM

i can see influences in their music from bands that they themselves influenced.

batreleaser · 10.14.2008, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by diskaholic-anonymous

some experimental influence (my favourite):
glenn branca, rhys chatham, john cage, stockhausen, tony conrad, la monte young, steve reich, varése, coltrane, berio, t. monk, jim o' rourke, cecil taylor, fluxus...

you have fantastic taste in composers, those are a good amount of my favorites. varese is definitlet not someone who gets mentioned enough yet is every bit as important as boulez or partch.

ihateyouth · 10.16.2008, 09:31 AM

you are crazy
they are branca's trick or treaters

tesla69 · 10.16.2008, 10:24 AM

He'll never admit it but I believe Thurston's greatest influence since Patti Smith was Klaus Nomi.

Or maybe Klaus Kinski.

No, Klaus Nomi.

atsonicpark · 10.16.2008, 10:48 AM

No, Klaus Kinski.

Derek · 10.16.2008, 04:35 PM

thurston's myspace:

Music mythical beast / evenings / keffer / slither / emeralds / raven strain / pocahaunted / the fix / teenage jesus and the jerks / spykes / dreamcatcher / black artists group / matt krefting / mayhem / halflings / beherit / twig / visitations / prurient / mutant ape

RanaldoNecro · 01.10.2009, 05:58 PM

Stockhausen

Dead-Air · 01.10.2009, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by uhler

i can see influences in their music from bands that they themselves influenced.

Oh yeah, lots of that. Green River, Mudhoney, Unwound, Dinosaur Jr., Pussy Galore, Bikini Kill, even Nirvana. They've never hidden that or denied it for a second. Different times for different influences though.

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10.12.2008, 06:59 AM	#24
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RanaldoNecro expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Eye Of The Squirrel Posts: 1,481	Berlin is getting released this fall on DVD __________________ He is not Alone
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SuperCreep expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: brooklyn Posts: 2,281	Nihilist Spasm Band def. __________________
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10.13.2008, 04:22 PM	#28
RanaldoNecro expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Eye Of The Squirrel Posts: 1,481	I lived in their city, London On, for four years and I never heard of them until through SY I guess its more of a philosophy/approach than an influence __________________ He is not Alone
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10.14.2008, 11:28 PM	#29
batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	alice cooper, minor threat, pere ubu, john fahey
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	yep, fahey, thurston said he was a "Secret influence" on them, whatever that means... __________________
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uhler invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 3,615	i can see influences in their music from bands that they themselves influenced.
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10.16.2008, 09:31 AM	#34
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tesla69 Banned Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 4,055	He'll never admit it but I believe Thurston's greatest influence since Patti Smith was Klaus Nomi. Or maybe Klaus Kinski. No, Klaus Nomi.
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Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	thurston's myspace: Music mythical beast / evenings / keffer / slither / emeralds / raven strain / pocahaunted / the fix / teenage jesus and the jerks / spykes / dreamcatcher / black artists group / matt krefting / mayhem / halflings / beherit / twig / visitations / prurient / mutant ape
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01.10.2009, 05:58 PM	#38
RanaldoNecro expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Eye Of The Squirrel Posts: 1,481	Stockhausen __________________ He is not Alone
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