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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instanceOf music album
studio album
artist Sonic Youth NERFINISHED
chronologyPosition second studio album by Sonic Youth
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtCreator Sonic Youth NERFINISHED
criticalReception cult classic
featuresGuestMusician Lydia Lunch NERFINISHED
followedBy EVOL NERFINISHED
genre avant-garde rock
experimental rock
noise rock
post-punk
hasMemberContribution Bob Bert – drums
Kim Gordon – bass, vocals
Lee Ranaldo – guitar, vocals NERFINISHED
Thurston Moore – guitar, vocals NERFINISHED
hasMusicalCharacteristic alternative guitar tunings
dissonant textures
minimalist rhythms
use of guitar noise
hasMusicalStyle dark atmospheric soundscape
hasPart Brave Men Run (In My Family) NERFINISHED
Death Valley ’69 NERFINISHED
Ghost Bitch NERFINISHED
I Love Her All the Time NERFINISHED
Intro
I’m Insane NERFINISHED
Justice Is Might NERFINISHED
Society Is a Hole NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
performer Sonic Youth NERFINISHED
precededBy Confusion Is Sex NERFINISHED
producer Martin Bisi NERFINISHED
Sonic Youth NERFINISHED
recordingPeriod 1984
recordLabel Blast First NERFINISHED
Homestead Records NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1985-03-25

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Sonic Youth notableWork Bad Moon Rising