Sonic Youth to Break Up After Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore's Split?

[SecularMotion]

File this under unfortunate but not exactly surprising: Following last month's news that alt-rock's first couple, Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, decided to separate, Sonic Youth are done for the foreseeable future.

That's the word from guitarist Lee Ranaldo, who told Rolling Stone that the group's recent South American performances were "the last shows for a while," adding, "I guess I'd just leave it at that."

Moore and Gordon shocked the indie-rock world on Oct. 14, when they announced they were splitting up after more than 25 years of marriage. The two co-founded Sonic Youth in the late '70s, forging a musical partnership that would yield more than a dozen highly influential (and highly noisy) albums.

http://www.spinner.com/2011/11/29/sonic-youth-thurston-moore-divorce/

[RZM]

1. Wow. Just learned that here.

One of my all-time favorites, especially when I was in high school. Had the pleasure of seeing them twice.

Too bad, but they did have a pretty damn good run.

[dubient]

2. Too Bad

They were still making good music. It did seem like Thurston Moore was more involved in his solo stuff lately anyway...which isn't a bad thing.