Girl in a Band

Girl in a Band: A Memoir
Author Kim Gordon
Language English
Genre Autobiography
Publisher Dey Street Books
Publication date
 February 24, 2015
Pages 288

Girl in a Band: A Memoir is a 2015 autobiography written by former Sonic Youth bass guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Kim Gordon.[1][2]

Publication

The 288-page memoir was published on February 24, 2015 by Dey Street Books, an imprint of Harper Collins.[3][4] The title draws on lyrics from the song "Sacred Trickster" on Sonic Youth's last album, The Eternal (2009): "What's it like to be a girl in a band?/ I don't quite understand." The lyric also appears in a piece in Gordon's 2013 art show—a survey of her work since 1980—at New York's White Columns gallery.[5]

Content

Girl in a Band describes Gordon's life from her childhood—first in Rochester, New York, then Los Angeles—through the founding and trajectory of Sonic Youth, her marriage of nearly three decades to bandmate Thurston Moore, and the ultimate dissolution of both their marriage and the band.

Reception

The memoir received strongly favorable reviews. In The New York Times, Questlove praised the book's "careful introspection, detail and real feeling," noting that even when the many celebrities in Gordon's life appear in the narrative, "it never feels forced or showy. She’s clear on how the people around served her as artistic inspirations, sparking her ideas and giving her the confidence to express herself."[6] In NME, Leonie Cooper noted, "Gossip about the breakdown of both her marriage and Sonic Youth will draw many to Gordon's book. But she overrides it wonderfully, handling both with resigned simplicity and finding catharsis through the art she cherishes and a performance with an all-female line-up at Nirvana's 2014 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. So much more than a rock biog, Girl In A Band is a unique record of the past 50 years of alternative culture."[7]

References

  1. ↑ Kot, Greg (12 February 2015). "Kim Gordon on her new memoir, 'Girl in a Band'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ "GIRL IN A BAND by Kim Gordon". Kirkus Reviews. November 20, 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Friedman, Ann (February 4, 2015). "Even Kim Gordon Doesn't Have It All". New Republic. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  4. ↑ Dayal, Geeta (2015-03-04). ""It Was All Unknown and Possibility"". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  5. ↑ Pelly, Jenn (October 8, 2014). "Kim Gordon's Memoir Girl in a Band to Be Published in February, Cover Art Revealed". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  6. ↑ Questlove (10 March 2015). "Kim Gordon's 'Girl in a Band'". The New York Times. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  7. ↑ Cooper, Leonie (February 6, 2015). "Kim Gordon - Girl In A Band". NME.
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