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Originally Posted by luxinterior
I can't find any evidence of relevance.
Just because they influenced a band who influenced a band who influenced a band means nothing.
The kids at my high school--even the ones vaguely familiar with the concept of non-mainstream music--had no idea who Sonic Youth were.
Therefore, blah blah blah. Blah.
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Well, then I'd havbe to say that those kids are pretty fucking stupid. I knew about Sy when I was in high school. and so did some of my teachers. The problem is, no one (at least 90% of people) bothers to dig beyond what is handed to us by major record labels.
We all know about Nirvana and Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains and Soundgarden during the early 90's alternative rock revolution, and nowadays we're all aware of Thursday, Senses Fail, My Chemical Romance, 50 Cent, Jay Z, etc. etc. But the rock community would not be what it is today without the influential input of Sonic Youth. Now, Im not saying some of these bands wouldn't exist, or that rock music wouldn't exist, but it just wouldn't exist in the same way. It would be different. How different is hard to tell. We don't know. But I know that if it weren't for Sonic Youth's influence on younger, more popular bands we wouldn't have the same rock scene we have today. For better or for worse.