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sonic youth have never gone gold (500,000 copies sold USA)
their best selling album is EJST&NS because of bull in the heather. (last I read)
and that sold just over 300 thousand copies.
sonic youth took most of their signing money from Geffen and built their studio with it.
for comparison though, Ben Weasel, of screeching weasel and Maximum rock n roll fame, still earns around 30-40thou a year in royalties from shirts, record sales, and other screeching weasel merch.
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