Get a free Gigulate account now

×

Join Gigulate,
it's free!

Start tracking your favourite bands and get access to automagical music news!

Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon split up

Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon have separated after 27 years of marriage, leaving the future of Sonic Youth unknownSonic Youth co-founders Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon have separated after 27 years of marriage and the future of the noise-rock band is uncertain, its label's parent company said.Sonic Youth, including indie-rock pioneers Moore and Gordon, will go ahead with its South American tour in November as planned, Catherine Herrick, a spokeswoman for Beggars Group, the owner of the band's Ma...

Read full article Share article

7 stories in this thread

Order thread by:
Importance
Date published

00:10 on October 15 2011

Thurston Moore & Kim Gordon Separate

Stereogum — Sad news from Sonic Youth camp. This statement comes via Matador Records: Musicians Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, married in 1984, are announcing they have separated. So... more info

Thurston Moore Sonic Youth

03:11 on October 15 2011

Thurston Moore & Kim Gordon announce split

Brooklyn Vegan — Kim & Thurston in Brooklyn - 8/12/11 (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin) SPIN reports the unfortunate news:If the demise of R.E.M. didn't put the final nail in the '90s alt... more info

Thurston Moore R.E.M. Sonic Youth

05:03 on October 15 2011

Sonic Youth Couple Announces Separation

411 Mania — Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon call it quitsÃ‚Â… more info

Sonic Youth Thurston Moore

08:51 on October 15 2011

Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore announce marriage split

NME — Band future in doubt as couple announce separation after 27 years more info

Sonic Youth Thurston Moore

06:19 on October 16 2011

Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon split up

Guardian Music — Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon have separated after 27 years of marriage, leaving the future of Sonic Youth unknownSonic Youth co-founders Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon ha... more info

Sonic Youth Thurston Moore

14:18 on October 15 2011

Kim Gordon And Thurston Moore Broke Up

Dlisted — When I first read that Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore were quitting each other romantically, my first response was to declare for myself that forever tr... more info

Thurston Moore Sonic Youth

07:08 on October 16 2011

Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore And Kim Gordon Announce Marriage Split

Gigwise — After 27 years... more info

Sonic Youth Thurston Moore

Artists

Artists that are mentioned in this thread

Thurston Moore

Sonic Youth

Sources

All the sources contributing to this story.

You are: Home NewsStory

Explore

About

What's Gigulate?

All the latest Music news hastily sorted into a tasty snack.
The sharpest music minds plugged into the world's greatest music machine.
Find out more