Kim Althea Gordon born April 28, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and rapper best known as the bassist, guitarist, and vocalist of alternative rock band Sonic Youth. There, she formed Sonic Youth with Thurston Moore in Gordon was also a founding member of the musical project Free Kitten , which she formed with Julia Cafritz in Sonic Youth released its 15th and final studio album, The Eternal , on Matador Records before disbanding in after Gordon and Moore separated.
She subsequently formed Glitterbust with Alex Knost, releasing a self-titled debut album in Gordon released her first solo album, No Home Record , in In addition to her work as a musician, Gordon has had ventures in record producing , fashion, and acting, and has worked consistently as a visual artist throughout her musical career.
She debuted as a producer on Hole 's debut album Pretty on the Inside , and founded the Los Angelesβbased clothing line X-Girl in Beginning in the mids, Gordon began acting, making minor appearances in such films as Last Days and I'm Not There and guest-starring on several television series. At the age of five, Gordon and her family relocated to Los Angeles, California when her father was offered a professorship in the sociology department at the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA , [ 11 ] [ 10 ] where he later became the Dean of Faculty.
So we were always making African spears and going down to the river and making mud huts, or skinning a cowhide and drying it and throwing it off the cliff at Dana Point. While she was a student at Otis, Gordon's older brother Keller suffered a psychotic episode on the day of his graduation from the University of California, Berkeley , where he had earned a Master's degree in classics.
Around , Gordon became interested in " no-wave " bands, recalling: "When I came to New York, I'd go and see bands downtown playing no-wave music.
