How Sonic Youth’s “Bad Moon Rising” Captured the Dark Side of America

Before they became the patron saints of noise rock, before the major labels and festival headlining slots, Sonic Youth were a band lurking in the dark corners of the New York underground. And in 1985, they released Bad Moon Rising, an album that captured both the decay of America and the restless experimentation of a band on the verge of something bigger. This is the story of that album and how it still resonates more than 40 years later. 👉 Subscribe for More Vinyl Videos: https://youtube.com/c/AndyFenstermaker/?sub_confirmation=1 WATCH NEXT: ✓ The Censorship of Sonic Youth's Sister: https://youtu.be/Vf6W0XSv-gk ✓ On Thurston Moore's Memoir Sonic Life: https://youtu.be/0uUF8ZanaxY ✓ The Wild Story of Soldier by Iggy Pop: https://youtu.be/Hc8tjiyAFUs 🎥 The Poetic Wax Music History Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLylroYWVYWWXL84MH1T4Qr0wrRzjwlGMR ✉️ Join the Poetic Wax Podcast newsletter  Get Sonic Youth on Vinyl & More 🎧 ✓ Bad Moon Rising: https://amzn.to/4bOAk2X ✓ Teenage Daydream: https://amzn.to/4iKrhT0 ✓ Sister: https://amzn.to/4bJs58p ✓ More Sonic Youth Vinyl: https://amzn.to/4ipBMLH Poetic Wax is hosted by Andy Fenstermaker. CHAPTERS: 0:00 On the Verge of Something Bigger 1:02 Sonic Youth Beyond No Wave 2:24 A Different Kind of Apocalypse 5:20 A Look Inside Bad Moon Rising 8:04 The Warped Legacy of Bad Moon Rising CLIP CREDITS: How Bad Reagan Was: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXrXtW89c9A Sonic Youth Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5th, 1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQLl9URnfm0 Sonic Youth with Lydia Lunch - Death Valley ’69 https://youtu.be/y2Gf0MmRz9g?si=3n2QtTELTdHl1LJ7 Sonic youth 120 minutes (X-Ray) Sept 28, 1986 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux1wRsaI8jQ Judith Barry Head in Box Video https://youtu.be/tC9p-DTYTm4?si=B6U-Cm8nwtKoNjbv Richard Kern You Killed me first Death Trip films 1985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYAwf83VjAI Kim Gordon (Interview on WNYU 1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA6jWxkoh74 #sonicyouth #badmoonrising #thurstonmoore #kimgordon #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #andyfenstermaker #vinylchannel #poeticwax #musicessay #musicstory #albumstory #musichistory #albumhistory #musicdocumentary