Girl in a band

Kim Gordon var en af frontfigurerne i det banebrydende postpunkband Sonic Youth. I dag er hun et ikon i rock- og modebranchen – aldrig mainstream, ofte på forkant. I sin bog fortæller hun om sin opvækst, om hvordan det er at være ”pigen i bandet” i en mandsdomineret rockverden, og om ægteskabet med guitaristen i bandet, Thurston Moore, som ender brat og dramatisk. Kim Gordon kommer fra det, hun beskriver som ”en helt almindelig middelklasseopvækst”, der også rummer smertelige barndoms- og ungdomserindringer om hendes psykisk syge bror – erindringer der har været med til at forme den, hun er. Gordon søger væk fra ”det normale”, og som helt ung fascineres hun af og søger mod det eksperimentelle kunstnermiljø i New York. Hun afsøger flere kunstarter, og hendes bog er også en historien om, hvordan hun – ofte lidt tilfældigt – tager turen fra fascineret iagttager til udøvende kunstner og trendsætter inden for musik, mode og design. “Kim Gordon. Hun er den sejeste i hele verden.” MØ

In Girl in a Band Kim Gordon, a founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story. She writes frankly about her route from girl to woman to pioneering icon within the music and art scene of New York City in the 1980s and 90s, as well as marriage, motherhood, and independence. Filled with the sights and sounds of a changing world and a remarkable life, and updated with a new chapter by the author, Girl in a Band is a moving, evocative chronicle of an extraordinary artist. This tenth anniversary edition also includes a new foreword by Rachel Kushner. 'A fascinating and honest memoir, full of raw emotion and insight.' Sofia Coppola 'So much more than a rock biog, Girl in a Band is a unique record of the past fifty years of alternative culture.' NME 'This memoir is a kind of setting ablaze of a life's work that, for Gordon, is now inextricable from heartbreak.' Guardian

In Girl in a Band Kim Gordon, a founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story. She writes frankly about her route from girl to woman to pioneering icon within the music and art scene of New York City in the 1980s and 90s, as well as marriage, motherhood, and independence. Filled with the sights and sounds of a changing world and a remarkable life, and updated with a new chapter by the author, Girl in a Band is a moving, evocative chronicle of an extraordinary artist. This tenth anniversary edition also includes a new foreword by Rachel Kushner. 'A fascinating and honest memoir, full of raw emotion and insight.' Sofia Coppola 'So much more than a rock biog, Girl in a Band is a unique record of the past fifty years of alternative culture.' NME 'This memoir is a kind of setting ablaze of a life's work that, for Gordon, is now inextricable from heartbreak.' Guardian

In Girl in a Band Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story. She writes frankly about her route from girl to woman and pioneering icon within the music and art scene of New York City in the 1980s and 90s as well as marriage, motherhood, and independence. Filled with the sights and sounds of a changing world and a remarkable life, Girl in a Band is a moving, evocative chronicle of an extraordinary artist.

In Girl in a Band Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of women, tells her story. She writes frankly about her route from girl to woman and pioneering icon within the music and art scene of New York City in the 1980s and 90s as well as marriage, motherhood, and independence. Filled with the sights and sounds of a changing world and a remarkable life, Girl in a Band is a moving, evocative chronicle of an extraordinary artist.