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Sonic Life - Limited Edition by Thurston Moore - Signed Edition
£150.00
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X9780571373963
Published:
13 Nov 2023
Format:
Hardback
Author:
Hand Signed by Thurston Moore to a Title Page
Hardback Slipcase Limited Edition
Sonic Life by Thurston Moore - Signed Limited Edition
Hand Signed by Thurston Moore to a Title Page
Hardback 1st Edition
New & Unread - Published 13th November 2023
A study of a life lived in an environment of wild music and endless wonder, Sonic Life is the long-awaited memoir of iconic American musician and Sonic Youth frontman, Thurston Moore.
The book has been called ‘scuffed, slightly bent, plenty noisy, and indispensable’ by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead.
About this Limited Edition:
- Edition of 300 copies, 496pp printed 1/1 on 80gsm Munken Premium Cream with 1x8pp colour plate section
- Finebound, hardback, numbered edition of Sonic Life, signed by the author, housed in a branded slipcase
- Unique, signed Polaroid print, taken by Thurston Moore, in a portfolio with a letterpress print of Sonic Life logo on 330gsm Somerset Radiant White Velvet
About Sonic Life:
A music-obsessed retrospective, beginning with his childhood epiphany of rock ’n’ roll in the early 1960s into an infatuation with the subversive world of 1970s punk and no wave blasting forth from New York City – where he eventually runs off to join a band in 1978. By 1981 Moore would form the legendary and notorious experimental rock group Sonic Youth, who proceeded to record and tour relentlessly for almost 30 years, always progressing, always exploring.
Along the way we meet a constellation of artists and musicians who colluded and collided with Sonic Youth including Velvet Underground, Stooges, Patti Smith, Television, Sex Pistols, Clash, Nirvana, Hole, Beastie Boys, Neil Young and a cavalcade of other musical visionaries, as well as figures from the art world – Jean Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Gerhard Richter.
Simply put, Thurston Moore and Sonic Youth changed the sound of modern alternative rock music and opened the minds of a generation of artists to new possibilities within the form. This is essential reading.
About the Author: Thurston Moore is an American musician, poet and activist, best known as a member of American rock band Sonic Youth, with whom he recorded sixteen genre-defining albums including 1988's Daydream Nation, which was chosen by the US Library of Congress for historical preservation in the National Recording Registry in 2006. Since the band went on indefinite hiatus in 2011 he has recorded several solo and group albums, most recently Screen Time in 2021. Moore is included in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time list. He runs the record label Ecstatic Peace! and the publishing company Ecstatic Peace Library. He lives in London.
Please note: Numbered Editions are supplied on a random bassis. The Polaroids shown are examples only - a variety of images are used throughout the edition and will be supplied on a random basis.
Format: Hardback Edition
ISBN: 9780571373963
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| First Item | 2 Items & Over | |
|---|---|---|
| UK | £3.75 | £5.00 |
| EU | £15.00 | £30.00 |
| USA & Canada | £30.00 | £50.00 |
| Rest of the World | £45.00 | £60.00 |
| Collect in Store | free | free |
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