Question about Sonic Youth.

mindbomb · 06.16.2010, 04:25 PM

I know Thurston, Lee, Kim, and Steve are American. Does anyone know their ethnic background? I think Moore is English and the rest of the band might have heritage elsewhere.
Someone please post this if they know. Is Ranaldo a German name?

hevusa · 06.16.2010, 04:42 PM

cracker, cracker, cracker, grease-ball cracker

Adolfo · 06.16.2010, 06:04 PM

Lee's family is from Italia, i think. Not that this really matters.

Rob Instigator · 06.17.2010, 08:50 AM

good question. I never knew, but figured thurston kim and steve to be Anglo and Lee to have some Latin background

Magic Wheel Memory · 06.18.2010, 04:58 AM

Lee is at least partially Italian-American. I believe Thurston has some Irish in his background.

Toilet & Bowels · 06.18.2010, 05:11 AM

i think they're all north american

verme (prevaricator) · 06.18.2010, 06:12 AM

i can see t h o r s t u n claiming nordic ancestry.

atsonicpark · 06.18.2010, 06:14 AM

Anyone a fan of the O (now known as gonna get got)? They sampled Sonic Youth in one of their songs (they're a rap group btw).

shabbray2.0 · 06.18.2010, 06:16 AM

what? link! please...

atsonicpark · 06.18.2010, 06:58 AM

http://obscurowidr.blogspot.com/2010...hy-part-3.html

i think it's on mutant home demos, I can't remember, I haven't listened to them in like 8 years now. I used to run the-o.org though.

akprodr · 06.18.2010, 07:07 AM

Kim Gordon is acutally Satan's child--born next february and fallen through a wormhole back to 1953

Adolfo · 06.18.2010, 07:37 AM

Lee got to be italian. the guy is always smiling.

cagedbird · 06.20.2010, 07:09 AM

thurston's a paddy? a mick?

i thought thurston was iroquois.
lee trojan, steve shelley english.

moore is an irish surname.
ranaldo american.
shelley beachfront.

pretty european blend.
but lee is the most soulful. in the american sense.
but this thread is about background.
i digress.

Lurker · 06.20.2010, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mindbomb

Is Ranaldo a German name?

Is this a joke?

amerikangod · 06.20.2010, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adolfo

Lee got to be italian. the guy is always smiling.

He does talk with his hands...

06.16.2010, 04:25 PM	#1
mindbomb little trouble girl Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Welland Posts: 50	I know Thurston, Lee, Kim, and Steve are American. Does anyone know their ethnic background? I think Moore is English and the rest of the band might have heritage elsewhere. Someone please post this if they know. Is Ranaldo a German name? __________________ Doors and windows are the openings of our inner selves to the world. Get lost in them, but find your way back.
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06.16.2010, 04:42 PM	#2
hevusa expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: rain hell Posts: 1,535	cracker, cracker, cracker, grease-ball cracker
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06.16.2010, 06:04 PM	#3
Adolfo children of satan Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 376	Lee's family is from Italia, i think. Not that this really matters.
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06.17.2010, 08:50 AM	#4
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	good question. I never knew, but figured thurston kim and steve to be Anglo and Lee to have some Latin background __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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Magic Wheel Memory the end of the ugly Join Date: May 2006 Location: Nowhere, NJ Posts: 836	Lee is at least partially Italian-American. I believe Thurston has some Irish in his background. __________________ www.myspace.com/infinityad
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,273	i think they're all north american
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06.18.2010, 06:12 AM	#7
verme (prevaricator) 100% Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 751	i can see t h o r s t u n claiming nordic ancestry.
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06.18.2010, 06:14 AM	#8
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Anyone a fan of the O (now known as gonna get got)? They sampled Sonic Youth in one of their songs (they're a rap group btw).
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shabbray2.0 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,409	what? link! please... __________________ PLEASE WAIT...BUILDING RAGE DEM DAYS, WHEN EVERYTHING IS HIP HOP "Beat the stage for an extra ending with monkeys"
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06.18.2010, 06:58 AM	#10
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	http://obscurowidr.blogspot.com/2010...hy-part-3.html i think it's on mutant home demos, I can't remember, I haven't listened to them in like 8 years now. I used to run the-o.org though.
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06.18.2010, 07:07 AM	#11
akprodr the end of the ugly Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mt Clair Posts: 1,129	Kim Gordon is acutally Satan's child--born next february and fallen through a wormhole back to 1953 __________________ Odi profanum vulgus et arceo
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06.18.2010, 07:37 AM	#12
Adolfo children of satan Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 376	Lee got to be italian. the guy is always smiling.
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06.20.2010, 07:09 AM	#13
cagedbird the destroyed room Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mid-Manhattan Library Posts: 567	thurston's a paddy? a mick? i thought thurston was iroquois. lee trojan, steve shelley english. moore is an irish surname. ranaldo american. shelley beachfront. pretty european blend. but lee is the most soulful. in the american sense. but this thread is about background. i digress.
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