[batreleaser]

i first heard them when i was a scruffy pot head skateboarder hardcore kid obsessed by the bad brains and nwa. i was watching the toy machine video "welcome to hell" (a classic) and there was a sonic youth song (cant remember which one) used as the music for ed templeton's part. i was a huge nirvana fan too, and i remember reading about kurt and him talkin about them, so i then bough daydream nation and fell in love.

sonic youth is such a great "gateway band" too, because they play so many styles of underground music and namecheck so many great bands. i probably would have never gotten into no wave or noise if it wasnt for thurston talking about mars and whitehouse.