![]() ![]() ![]() In 1981, Gordon, Moore, and Lee Ranaldo formed a band that would come to be known as Sonic Youth, with Gordon on bass, Moore and Ranaldo on guitars, and a variety of drummers before Steve Shelley joined in 1986 and solidified what would become one of the most adventurous and well-respected bands on the independent scene. Moore and Gordon began dating, and when he discovered she had inherited a battered guitar from a friend, they decided to start collaborating musically. ![]() She partnered with Christine Hahn and Stanton Miranda to form a band called CKM, but the group’s most important legacy was that Miranda introduced her to fellow aspiring noise musician Thurston Moore. In 1980, Gordon began immersing herself in New York’s no wave music scene, and was emboldened by the eagerness of the musicians to crush accepted musical boundaries. She continued to focus on visual art, and moved to New York City in 1979. In 1974, while in Toronto, Gordon formed a short-lived band with fellow art students, but the group broke up after a single show at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. Gordon attended progressive schools in L.A., and after completing high school, she studied visual art at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, California and York University in Toronto, Canada. She grew up in Los Angeles, California, where her father was a professor at UCLA. Kim Gordon was born in Rochester, New York on April 28, 1953. ![]()
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