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    Laura Veirs

    May 19, 2022 4 minutes

    SONIC YOUTH

    Goo DGC, 1990

    When I was coming of age as a musician, Sonic Youth was definitely a big influence. And in particular Kim Gordon – both as a strong woman in music, but also her bass playing. I would go through and learn those bass parts and figure out what was going on with the structures of the songs. I would study this album, I really got into the details. I just love the unhinged quality of their music, and the strength of Kim Gordon was really important to me. Where I grew up in Colorado, girls weren’t

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