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Originally Posted by shallow27
The engine? Maybe... but probably Sonic Youth would have been a forgettable rock band without Kim's artistic sense and the experimental way of understanding music Lee had. No cucumbers, no history.
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The cucumbers were indeed essential; beyond essential, even - this was a BAND. Now, if all we had had been The Thurston Moore Experience, I don't think it would have been forgettable at all, but certainly not SY-level.
Incidentally, let's not forget Steve the cucumber just because he arrived "late". He propelled the group into a higher megatonic dimension.