Kim Althea Gordon is an American musician. Gordon, who started out as a visual artist, rose to prominence as the bassist, guitarist, and vocalist of alternative rock band Sonic Youth, which she formed with Thurston Moore in 1981. Gordon also formed the musical project Free K...
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Star Sign
Taurus
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Quote
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I think for women, in a way, there are fewer rules about what you can and can't do, because there's less history.
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I was really into Warhol and pop art, and I thought the next step was to actually be working within popular culture.
3
We've been waiting, you know, for them to get rid of us. But nobody wants to be the one to get rid of Sonic Youth.
4
I consider myself to be a sloppy feminist.
5
All women are natural anarchists
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Fact
1
[2005] Lives in North Hampton, Massachusetts, with husband and daughter.
2
Also a painter.
3
Grew up in LA.
4
Ranked #91 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
Guitarist, bassist and singer in Sonic Youth. Owns and designed her own fashion range, X-girl fashion.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mr. Robot
2016
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Skam
2015
TV Series performer - 1 episode
If I Stay
2014
writer: "Karen Revisited"
Blind
2014/II
writer: "Kool Thing"
Everybody Street
2013
Documentary writer: "Massage The History"
The Punk Singer
2013
Documentary writer: "Bull in the Heather"
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012
writer: "Teen Age Riot"
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
2007
Video Game writer: "Kool Thing"
Young@Heart
2007
Documentary writer: "Schizophrenia"
Gilmore Girls
2006
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Sorry, Haters
2005
writer: "Bull In The Heather"
Corporate Ghost
2004
Video performer: "Dirty Boots", "Tunic Song for Karen", "Mary-Christ", "Kool Thing", "Mote", "My Friend Goo", "Disappearer", "Mildred Pierce", "Cinderella's Big Score", "Scooter & Jinx", "Titanium Exposé", "100%", "Sugar Kane", "Youth Against Fascism", "Bull in the Heather", "Superstar", "Little Trouble Girl", "The Diamond Sea", "Sunday", "Hoarfrost", "Nevermind What Was It Anyway", "The Empty Page", "Disconnection Notice", "Drunken Butterfly", "Swimsuit Issue" / writer: "Dirty Boots", "Tunic So
Sonic Youth: Disappearer Director's Cut
2004
Video short performer: "Disappearer" / writer: "Disappearer"
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
2004
writer: "Karen Koltrane", "Beautiful Plateau"
Things Behind the Sun
2001
writer: "Theme from Things Behind the Sun", "Magic Air", "Stranger"
Grind Session
2000
Video Game writer: "In the Mind of The Bourgeois Reader"
Condo Painting
2000
Documentary writer: "Radio Amatoroj"
Late August, Early September
1998
writer: "Contre le sexisme" - as K. Gordon
Free Tibet
1998
Documentary writer: "Bull in the Heather" - as K. Gordon
SubUrbia
1996
writer: "Bee-Bee's Song", "Sunday"
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Der Nachtmahr
2015
Lehrerin
Portlandia
2014
TV Series
Girls
2014
TV Series
Mindy
Une Danse Des Bouffons
2013
Short
Maria Martins
The Fragile White Blossoms Emit a Hypnotic Cascade of Tropical Perfume Whose Sweet Heady Odor Leaves Its Victim Intoxicated
2009
Short
White Light
2009
Short
Doctor
Hypnotic Cascade 5
2009
Short
I'm Not There.
2007
Carla Hendricks
Boarding Gate
2007
Kay
Gilmore Girls
2006
TV Series
Cool Mom Troubadour
Last Days
2005
Record Executive
Corporate Ghost
2004
Video
Weatherman '69
1989
Bernadine Dohrn
Death Valley 69
1986
Short uncredited
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Perfect Partner
2005
Corporate Ghost
2004
Video videos "My Friend Goo", "Bull In The Heather"
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
2003
Video documentary segment "Cannonball", uncredited
Pavement: Slow Century
2002
Video documentary video "Perfume-V"
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sonic Spiel
2004
Video short composer
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
2004
as Sonic Youth
Money Love
1990
Short as Sonic Youth
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Perfect Partner
2005
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Breaking a Monster
2015
Documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Liberation Is My Lover
2017
Documentary post-production
Herself
The Realest Real
2016
Short
Herself
Lagniappe
2016
Short
Herself
Ed Ruscha: Buildings and Words
2016
Documentary short
Herself
Home & Family
2014
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Saturday Night Live
2013
TV Series
Herself
The Punk Singer
2013
Documentary
Herself
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
2012
Documentary
Herself
Gossip Girl
2009
TV Series
Herself
Dinosaur Jr.: Live in the Middle East
2007
Video
Herself
Soft Focus
2007
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Rockfeedback TV
2006
TV Series
Herself
Noise
2006/II
Documentary
Herself (as Mirror/Dash)
The Work of Director Mark Romanek
2005
Video documentary
Herself - Interviewee
All We Are Saying
2005
TV Movie documentary
Herself
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
2004
Documentary short
Herself
Rage
2004
TV Series
Herself
Sonic Spiel
2004
Video short
Herself
Sonic Youth: Disappearer Director's Cut
2004
Video short
Herself
Sonic Youth Video Dose
2004
TV Movie documentary
Soundstage
2003
TV Series documentary
Herself
Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock
2001
Documentary
Herself
Silver Rockets/Kool Things: 20 Years of Sonic Youth
2000
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Free Tibet
1998
Documentary
Herself (Sonic Youth)
Synesthesia
1997
TV Series documentary
Herself
The Simpsons
1996
TV Series
Herself
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special