I would agree with the review that this is a good music history. In fact at times it reads more like a history of alternative music in America than a SY biography. This is where this book excels.
Not only does it lack personal details and interactions between band members, but I don't get a feeling of how Sonic Youth albums were recorded. If you read Goodbye 20th Century, you get a good picture of how they struggled to get used to the corporate Geffen machine, how difficult Goo was to record, the theft of their equipment and how Lee Ranaldo almost split from the band during the recording of Dirty. None of this is elaborated on in this book.
If you want a straightforward bio of Sonic Youth, read Goodbye 20th Century. If you would like a history of American underground rock and Sonic Youth's influence on it, this is the book for you. If you buy both books, read this one first.
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