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Girl in a Band

A Memoir

Girl in a Band( )
Author: Gordon, Kim
ISBN:978-0-06-229590-3
Publication Date:Dec 2015
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Dey Street Books
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $16.99USD $21.99
Book Description:

Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story—a memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty of Patti Smith's Just Kids.

Often described as aloof, Kim Gordon opens up as never before in Girl in a Band. Telling the story of her family, growing up in California in the '60s and...
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Book Details
Pages:288
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Music
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.31 x 8 x 0.65 Inches
Book Weight:0.48 Pounds
Author Biography
Gordon, Kim (Author)
Kim Althea Gordon was born on April 28, 1953 in Rochester, New York. After high school, she attended the Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County and was briefly a student at York University in Toronto, Canada, where she played in her first band. After she graduated from college, she moved to New York City to join a band.

Gordon, who started out as a visual artist, rose to prominence as the bassist, guitarist, and vocalist of alternative rock band Sonic Youth, which she formed with Thurston Moore in 1981 and stayed with until 2011. She is also a producer, fashion designer, writer, and actress. Her book, Girl in a Band, was published in 2015.

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