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The Story of the Sonic Youth - The Late 80's

The Late 80's are the peak period of Sonic
Youth's independent period. Both Sister
and Bad Moon Rising are highly regarded.
Schizophrenia, the opening track of Sister,
has a haunting quality to it. The experience
of playing together has made the sound
tighter but also richer. It's been suggested
that Sister was influenced by the writing of
Philip K. Dick (author of Blade Runner).
Lyrically the album certainly seems to make
use of more complex imagery although the
themes are still the same. The rich guitar textures that make up Sister are even more predom-
inant on their next release Daydream Nation.Technically it is seen as a masterpiece of exper-
imental guitar playing. Thurston, Lee and Kim all seem completely comfortable expressing
their own views within a solid musical framework. DDN was released as a double album on
Blast First records.During this period Sonic Youth also recorder Ciccone Youth's The Whitey
Album together with Gregg Ginn and Mike Watt. 1988 also saw the release of the Master=
Dik EP, a highly experimental record which never had much impact.