Kim Gordon

Kim Gordon is an American musician, singer and visual artist, born in Rochester, New York, in 1953. She is best known as bassist, guitarist and singer of Sonic Youth, the New York group she formed with Thurston Moore in 1981 and which lasted until 2011. Alongside music she has kept up a career in the art world, with exhibitions in galleries and museums. Gordon also formed Free Kitten with Julia Cafritz, the guitar duo Body/Head with Bill Nace (debut album Coming Apart, 2013) and Glitterbust with Alex Knost.