MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, ONE PROSPECTIVE

Kim Gordon was born in Rochester, New York on April 28, 1953.  She relocated to and spent most of her childhood in Los Angeles, California.  Her father was a college professor while her mother was a housewife.  A creative child prodigy, Kim attended the Otis College of Art and Design while still attending high school.  She relocated from Los Angeles, California to Toronto, Canada to attend York University.  However, her heart wasn't in it and quickly dropped out while performing with a temporary short lived Toronto, Canada based band.  She relocated back to Los Angeles, California to graduate Otis College of Art and Design with a college degree in art.  Instead of seeking a career in art, Kim Gordon instead chose a career in music.  And to seek a career in music, Kim Gordon left Los Angeles and relocated to New York City.  She joined another short lived rock band called CKM, but the band broke up without recording an album.  CKM was an all girl group with Kim Gordon, Stanton Miranda (Who has an extensive discography) and Christine Hahn.  While performing with CKM, she met future Sonic Youth bandmates Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore.  Guitar player Lee Ranaldo, Guitar player and lead singer Thurston Moore along with bas guitar player and lead singer Kim Gordon would function as the backbone for every single Sonic Youth album.  She joined a third short lived punk rock band known as Harry Crews with punk rock legend Lydia Lunch with drummer Sadie Mae along for the ride.  Kim Gordon also formed another punk rock band between 1992 to 2008 called Free Kitten along with former Pussy Galore lead singer (She quit after two albums out of five albums total) Julia Cafritz.  Sonic Youth started in 1981 and broke up on the day Thurston Moore and his wife Kim Gordon got a divorce on 2011.  Ciccone Youth was a side project band that was essentially a Sonic Youth album because Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon and Sonic Youth Drummer Steve Shelly were also in the group with Firehouse rock band member Mike Watts.  Ciccone Youth recorded only one album called the Whitey Album before reverting back to Sonic Youth again without Mike Watts.  Yokokimthurston is an album that Kim Gordon and her divorced ex-spouse Thurston Moore recorded with former Beatles John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono.