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/AndyFenstermake... WATCH NEXT: ✓ The Censorship of Sonic Youth's Sister:    • Sonic Youth and the Censorship of Sister   ✓ On Thurston Moore's Memoir Sonic Life:    • What I Learned About Sonic Youth's "Sister...   ✓ The Wild Story of Soldier by Iggy Pop:    • The WILD Story of ‘Soldier’ by Iggy Pop   🎥 The Poetic Wax Music History Series:    • POETIC WAX: MUSIC HISTORY FROM MY RECORD C...   ✉️ 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:    • Caller: How do I explain how Bad Reagan Was?   Sonic Youth Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5th, 1985    • Sonic Youth Gila Monster Jamboree -  Janua...   Sonic Youth with Lydia Lunch - Death Valley ’69    • Sonic Youth with Lydia Lunch - Death Valle...   Sonic youth 120 minutes (X-Ray) Sept 28, 1986    • Sonic youth  120 minutes (X-Ray) Sept 28, ...   Judith Barry Head in Box Video    • Judith Barry Head in Box Video   Richard Kern You Killed me first Death Trip films 1985    • Richard Kern You Killed me first Death Tri...   Kim Gordon (Interview on WNYU 1986)    • Sonic Youth (Interview on WNYU 1986)   #sonicyouth #badmoonrising #thurstonmoore #kimgordon #vinylcommunity #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #andyfenstermaker #vinylchannel #poeticwax #musicessay #musicstory #albumstory #musichistory #albumhistory #musicdocumentary