Some astonishing highs, some stupendous lows. My scales are tipped in favour of NOT CRAP, but yours may differ.

yeah, its tough.. i'll do the album rundown...

Sonic Youth EP: not crap
Confusion is sex: not crap
Bad Moon Rising: mmm.. hmmm... crap
Evol: not crap
Sister: not crap
Daydream Nation: not crap
Ciccone Youth: mmm...not crap
Goo: ... tough one ..... crap
Dirty: not crap
Experimental Jet Set: mm.. not crap
Washing Machine: not crap
Thousand Leaves: crap
NYC Ghosts: CRAP
Murray Street: crap

ok.. not crap

way too good at their best, over too many records to be anything but

not crap

their "lows" I have never thought were quite as low as people make them out to be, they have a couple records I don't like as much, but they still have the ability to blow minds on record and in person

not crap

I have never liked Sonic Youth, and I probably never will. I don't hate them (ok, MAYBE Lee Ranaldo), and they've influenced many artists I listen to, but IMO bands like And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead just do it better.

sonic youth not crap
trail of dead crap

howiemarx wrote:trail of dead crap

We'll see soon enough, won't we?

It doesn't take a genius to make your own tuning then bang your guitar around. Don't get me wrong some of it's good. They sound like they're on BAD drugs.

They put out too many side projects to rip off their fans. But as far as their studio albums go, their lowest points are basically just less innovative and more annoying than their best work. And their best work is far above most bands best work. Yeah, it doesnt take a genius to detune their guitar and bang on it. But Sonic Youth was the first band to do so and write pop songs with those detuned guitars, so there really is a lot of creativity going on.

I second the Trail of Dead crap. its ok as a gateway to better stuff when your in high school, but come on.

Miko wrote: They sound like they're on BAD drugs.

and yr point is?