Emerging in the midst of the punk craze, New Yorkers Sonic Youth were never categorized as part of that movement, but rather as part of the dark, underground sounds of the city of skyscrapers, despite having certain similarities to the sound created in England and North America in the late 1970s. Formed in New York City in 1981 by bassist and vocalist Kim Gordon, guitarist and keyboardist Thursten Moore, and drummer Lee Ronaldo, they distanced themselves from more conventional sounds to delve into distortion and bubbling rhythm sections, with seductive, aggressively unhinged melodies, transforming their alternative rock style into an anarchic, fiery, and subversive sound. With their sixth album, "Goo", the band reached their peak of popularity thanks to a record that contained tracks like the muddy "Dirty Boots", the insolent "Tunic", the punkish "Mary-Christ", and the gothic "Kool Thing".

