Daydream Nation & How Sonic Youth Reinvented Rock Music

Sonic Youth are a band perhaps known more for their influence than their music. Formed in New York in 1981, they made their name on swirling avalanches of noise and guitars with odd tuning, breathing in a mix of no wave, hardcore, 60s pop, pulp sci-fi and b-movies. Their love of all kinds of popular culture was second only to their willingness to deconstruct the tropes of classic rock. By the end of the 80s they had made that most-pretentious of progressive rock ego-trips, a double-album, and with it launched the next decade of alternative music. Noise and pop in equal measure, this is the story of Daydream Nation and how Sonic Youth reinvented rock’n’roll. #SonicYouth #alternative #MusicDocumentary Fact-checking by Chad Van Wagner. 00:00 Introduction 00:56 The Early Years of Sonic Youth 10:05 SST, EVOL & The Material Girl 20:07 Sister: “My Future is Static“ 27:33 Daydreaming in a Daydream Nation 38:11 After Daydream Nation & Enduring Influence Soun