Bad Moon Rising

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Bad Moon Rising is a 1985 experimental rock album by Sonic Youth that blends noise rock, post-punk, and avant-garde elements into a dark, atmospheric soundscape.

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Bad Moon Rising canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music album
studio album
artist Sonic Youth
chronologyPosition second studio album by Sonic Youth
countryOfOrigin United States
coverArtCreator Sonic Youth
criticalReception cult classic
featuresGuestMusician Lydia Lunch
followedBy EVOL
genre avant-garde rock
experimental rock
noise rock
post-punk
hasMemberContribution Bob Bert – drums
Kim Gordon – bass, vocals
Lee Ranaldo – guitar, vocals
linked to: Lee Ranaldo

Thurston Moore – guitar, vocals
linked to: Thurston Moore
hasMusicalCharacteristic alternative guitar tunings
dissonant textures
minimalist rhythms
use of guitar noise
hasMusicalStyle dark atmospheric soundscape
hasPart Brave Men Run (In My Family)
Death Valley ’69
Ghost Bitch
I Love Her All the Time
Intro
I’m Insane
Justice Is Might
Society Is a Hole
hasTheme American culture
urban decay
violence
influencedGenre alternative rock
noise rock
language English
length approximately 38 minutes
mainInstrumentation electric guitars, bass, drums, vocals
movement American underground rock of the 1980s
notableTrack Death Valley ’69
performer Sonic Youth
precededBy Confusion Is Sex
producer Martin Bisi
Sonic Youth
recordingPeriod 1984
recordLabel Blast First
Homestead Records
releaseDate 1985-03-25

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Sonic Youth notableWork Bad Moon Rising
Confusion Is Sex followedBy Bad Moon Rising
Confusion Is Sex precedes Bad Moon Rising