Sonic Death, Signed (1 results)

Seven issues, printed in black and white on newsprint (8 1/2" x 11") and bound with staples. Each issue is generally 20-25 pages. All are signed and dated by guitarist, singer, and songwriter Lee Ranaldo (b.1956), a co-founder of Sonic Youth. The complete run of Sonic Youth's fanzine, released in part by the band and billed as the official zine of its fan club. Includes drawings of the band, interviews, tour dates, insider news, and an order form for Sonic Youth merchandise. Laid into the first issue is a green quarter sheet piece of paper that serves as the Sonic-Death membership; this example is numbered 0425. In the second issue, fans learned of a special free concert scheduled in New York's Central Park with Sun Ra. Issue 1 provided an inside look at the band's business through the reprint of a letter, with names and addresses blacked out, to a record distribution company that was failing to pay royalties. For the final issue, Thurston Moore supplied nearly three pages of record reviews. Sonic Youth emerged in 1981 from the experimental no wave art and music scene in New York before evolving into a more conventional rock band and becoming a prominent member of the American noise scene. The band was founded by Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar), Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals), and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals), who remained together until the group disbanded in 2011 following the separation and subsequent divorce of Gordon and Moore. All issues are in very good condition with some light toning around the edges. OCLC records just two incomplete holdings, at the Museum of Modern Art and the University of California, Santa Barbara.