Kim Gordon
Kim Althea Gordon (born April 28, 1953) is an American musician, vocalist, artist, record producer, video director and actress. She is lead singer, bass and guitarist in the alternative rock band Sonic Youth, and in Free Kitten with Julia Cafritz (of Pussy Galore). Gordon has collaborated with a number of musicians, including Ikue Mori, DJ Olive, William Winant, Lydia Lunch, Courtney Love, Alan Licht and Chris Corsano.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.3641 |
| Birthday | 1953-04-28 |
| Place of Birth | Rochester, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Sonic Youth, |
2005
Last Days
5.573/409
The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday life involves friends and family seeking financial...
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Last Days
2007
I'm Not There
6.512/767
Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger...
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I'm Not There
1991
Notebook
0/0
Early Lee Ranaldo short film with spoken word narration. Utilizes some of the same Sonic Youth tour footage as the ‘TeenAge Riot’ video.
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Notebook
1992
1991: The Year Punk Broke
6.757/37
David Markey's documentary of life on the road with Sonic Youth and Nirvana during their tour of Europe in late 1991. Also featuring live performances...
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1991: The Year Punk Broke
2007
Boarding Gate
4.996/114
A beautiful woman, Sandra, seduces a wealthy businessman, Miles Rennburg. Little does he realise that she has been sent to kill him at the behest of h...
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Boarding Gate
2004
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
6.167/6
A compilation of 24 music videos by Sonic Youth ranging from 1990 to 2002. Collaborators include Harmony Korine, Spike Jonze, Todd Haynes, Mark Roman...
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Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2001
Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock
9/1
Part of "The Women in Music" series
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Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock
2000
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth
0/0
This portrait of the New York band Sonic Youth marking the band’s 20th anniversary covers its history from the beginnings to today. Numerous video cli...
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Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth
2025
Bad Painter
7/1
Albert Oehlen steps behind the camera to present a portrait of himself, in life and at work, albeit substituted by actor and similarly brazen iconocla...
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Bad Painter
2003
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
5/2
Filmed April 12, 2003 at a benefit concert held at and for The Anthology Film Archives, the international center for the preservation, study, and exhi...
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Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
1995
Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach
0/0
Sonic Youth's Blood on the Beach is comprised of two shows and interview clips recorded in November 1985 in Brighton, UK.
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Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach
2006
Cut Shorts
8/1
A collection of short films and music videos from independent filmmaker David Markey, from 1974 to 2004.
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Cut Shorts
2013
The Punk Singer
7.1/89
A look at the life of activist, musician, and cultural icon Kathleen Hanna, who formed the punk band Bikini Kill and pioneered the "riot grrrl" moveme...
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The Punk Singer
1996
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
0/0
Live at Rocknacht, Germany 1996. Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from NewYork City, formed in 1981. In their early career, Sonic Yout...
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Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
2005
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
4.5/1
Sonic Youth's 2005 performance at Les Eurockéennes de Belfort festival, one of France's largest rock music festivals.
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Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
1989
Weatherman '69
10/1
Featuring a cast that includes Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, Mike Watt of the legendary hardcore band Minutemen, and Pettibon himself,...
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Weatherman '69
1994
No Alternative Girls
7.5/2
No Alternative Girls is a 1994 short film by Tamra Davis.
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No Alternative Girls
2024
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
0/0
Formed in 1978 by brothers Jeff and Steve McDonald, and still actively playing and recording today, Redd Kross are the ultimate rock and roll lifers....
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Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
2013
Une Danse Des Bouffons
6/2
In this Dadaist love story there are many recurring themes: death and rebirth, multiple identities and doppelgangers, false prophets, love and love lo...
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Une Danse Des Bouffons
2007
Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East
0/0
Filmed during their 2005 reunion tour, this release captures the sonic guitar assaults of Dinosaur Jr. onstage, playing the songs "Gargoyle," "Little...
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Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East
2009
From the Basement
6/2
First DVD release from this refreshingly basic UK music programme puts the music in the foreground with an impressive role call of acts. With sparse p...
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From the Basement
2016
Ed Ruscha: Buildings and Words
2/1
Commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles on the occasion of their 2016 Gala event, 'Ed Ruscha: Buildings and Words' traces two recu...
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Ed Ruscha: Buildings and Words
2015
The Nightmare
6.384/108
After a massive party one evening, 17-year-old Tina begins experiencing nightmares in which she is haunted by an unusual creature.
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The Nightmare
1993
Grunge Pedal
0/0
Starring Vehicle for Free Kitten. Kim Gordon, Julie Cafritz, & Mark Ibold lounge on suburban lawns, jamming a guitar effects box & Japanese beat boxes...
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Grunge Pedal
1991
Goo
5.7/6
In 1991, a long-form music video version of Goo was released on VHS and LaserDisc. A music video for each song from the album was included; the track...
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Goo
2022
Picture Window
0/0
Gordon’s film Picture Window, directed together with Manuela Dalle, was inspired by Chantal Akerman’s film “Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080...
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Picture Window
2012
The Hardcore Collection
7.7/3
This DVD features 13 provocative short films by Richard Kern. Color & B&W film shorts with Lydia Lunch, Henry Rollins and more. Includes Death Valley...
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The Hardcore Collection
1986
Sublapse Video Mag 1
8/1
Video Fanzine featuring: Half Japanese, Redd Kross with Sky Saxon as Purple Electricity, R Kern, Sonic Youth, White Flag, Psycho Daisies, Charlie Pick...
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Sublapse Video Mag 1
2012
A Proposal for A Dance
0/0
Gordon, with Eleanor Erdman, delivers a brilliant and blistering assault of distorted guitar noise. The two of them gyrate on a stage barely more than...
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A Proposal for A Dance
2007
365 Day Project
10/1
This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007 and for...
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365 Day Project
2023
12341 Branford St. Sun Valley
0/0
Gordon walks around wielding her guitar over the wreckage like some almighty angle grinder.
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12341 Branford St. Sun Valley
2020
Los Angeles June 6
0/0
Like a hand-held electric sander Gordon’s guitar touches, rubs against and glides over the everyday objects of the city. Largely ignored by the passin...
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Los Angeles June 6
1993
Changing Fashions
0/0
Anthony Kiedis and Sofia Coppola try to escape the fashion influence of Debbie Harry.
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Changing Fashions
1994
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
7.5/2
Documentary that gives a voice to the percentage of youth that were outcasts/non-conformists in the 90's. Interviews many famous musicians and other c...
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Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
2018
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
6.7/753
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing...
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Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2004
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
7/1
While planning the eventual DVD release for "1991: The Year Punk Broke", Dave Markey cut a 40-minute film out of unused footage to create a companion...
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(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
2013
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
7/6
This documentary tells the story of Mudhoney from their very beginnings, to following them on their recent world tour and everything in between. Compl...
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I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
2010
Rappin' With The Rickster
2/1
Join photographer turned public access guru Ricky Powell in this collection of clips from his influential NY TV show, Rappin' With The Rickster.
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Rappin' With The Rickster
2003
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
0/0
Quintessential alternative rockers, Sonic Youth, celebrate free-form experimentalism while reinforcing their performance-art driven tradition in this...
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Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
1988
Put More Blood Into the Music
7.75/4
PBS produced documentary in two parts: the first is dedicated to saxophonist and composer John Zorn; the second is about Sonic Youth at the height of...
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Put More Blood Into the Music
2019
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
0/0
A concert film of Sonic Youth performing their Daydream Nation album in full with a bonus encore of Rather Ripped songs at the ABC in Glasgow in 2007.
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Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2015
Girls in Bands at the BBC
7/3
Compilation celebrating some guitar band performances at the BBC that feature some of the best female musicians in rock. Beginning with the oft-forgot...
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Girls in Bands at the BBC
2017
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
7/14
A documentary on Queercore, the cultural and social movement that began as an offshoot of punk and was distinguished by its discontent with society's...
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Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
2019
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
0/0
As a fixture of the New York music scene for 30 years, Sonic Youth performed in New York City innumerable times, and served as ersatz cultural ambassa...
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Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
1988
Lou Believers
0/0
Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, and Lou Reed roam the streets of Los Angeles searching for James Woods.
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Lou Believers
2019
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
10/1
A fly-on-the-wall documentary about the recording of the music score by Sonic Youth.
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SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
2006
Noise
4.8/5
Footage from 2005’s Festival Art Rock in Saint-Brieuc, France, featuring Metric, Sonic Youth, Jeanne Balibar, and other acts.
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Noise
2006
Her Noise - The Making Of
0/0
Her Noise was an exhibition which took place at South London Gallery in 2005 with satellite events at Tate Modern and Goethe-Institut, London. Her Noi...
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Her Noise - The Making Of
Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
10/1
A video documenting Sonic Youth's performance at the Gila Monster Jamboree. Taking place in a remote location in the Mojave Desert, this was the bands...
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Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
1995
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
4/4
Comedy troupe The State hosts a Halloween special on CBS.
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The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
2021
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
7.8/3
The American indie rock band “Dinosaur Jr.” is a radical group with an unmistakeable sound. The film tells the story the three charismatic guys in the...
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Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
1986
Submit to Me
5.318/22
Cinema of Transgression pioneers and participants (Lydia Lunch, Lung Leg, Nick Zedd, etc.) perform a series of acts as they submit to director Richard...
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Submit to Me
2008
New York Rock at the BBC
6.5/2
Celebrating the cream of the New York rock scene, including classic performances from the Ramones, New York Dolls, Television, Blondie, Lou Reed and m...
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New York Rock at the BBC
2025
The Chronology of Water
6.3/47
Plagued by an abusive childhood, a woman finds escape in competitive swimming, sexual experimentation, toxic relationships, and addiction before ultim...
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The Chronology of Water
1991
Skeeno H.C. Rules
0/0
Sonic Youth play hockey arena w/ Neil Young in Reno, Nevada. Ten years earlier 7 Seconds recorded the earnest hardcore classic "Skins, Brains, & Guts"...
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Skeeno H.C. Rules
1995
X-Girl
5/3
A short film created to promote Kim Gordon and Daisy von Furth's second collection for their clothing line, X-Girl.
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X-Girl
2011
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
0/0
The final Sonic Youth concert
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Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2000
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
0/0
The band performs at the Free Jazz Festival
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Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
2025
FireAid Benefit Concert
8.7/3
Bringing together some of the top names in music and entertainment, both Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum will host FireAid on Thursday, January 30, to r...
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FireAid Benefit Concert
1998
Free Tibet
8/1
A film about the Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco in 1996.
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Free Tibet
2010
Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011
0/0
ACL presents the evolution of electric guitar music with Sonic Youth and the Black Keys. Sonic Youth showcases the avant-garde rock of its latest albu...
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Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011
2025
Pavements
6.846/13
'90s indie-rock band Pavement reunites for their sold-out 2022 tour. But as preparations get underway, surreal tributes emerge: an off-Broadway musica...
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Pavements
1985
Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
0/0
This was a concert video released thru Sonic Death, filmed on January 5th, 1985 in the Mojave Desert. This was SY's first west coast excursion.
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Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
1998
Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998
0/0
Rockpalast Festival, Lorelei, Germany
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Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998
2002
Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002
0/0
July 11, 2002 E-Werk Cologne, Germany
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Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002
2025
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
0/0
Sonic Youth in 1991 on Neil Young's Smell the Horse tour, captured by Crazy Horse Guitar/Bass Tech Mondo aka Armando Garcia.
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Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
1993
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
0/0
Sonic Youth's first concert in Portugal.
Recorded Live at Campo Pequeno Lisbon, Portugal July 14, 1993
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Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
1998
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
0/0
Concert given by Sonic Youth on Friday, August 7, 1998, as part of the Benicàssim International Festival. Broadcast on Sputnik Concert (Channel 33) a...
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Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
2011
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
0/0
The second last show on Sonic Youth's sad final stanza, a festival tour of South America that eventually took them to Chile for the Maquinaria Festiva...
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Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
2007
Welcome to My Castle!
0/0
Over 5 hours of full-length interviews with Nirvana, Tommy Chong, Sonic Youth, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Ron Jeremy, and many more. Includes videos of Na...
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Welcome to My Castle!
1995
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
0/0
All of the band 80's music videos along with some live performances
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Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
1988
Sonic Youth: 930 Club
0/0
Proshot footage from the band's 1988 tour.
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Sonic Youth: 930 Club
1986
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis
0/0
Rare proshot from 1986
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Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis
1994
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
7.541/37
Nirvana's frontman Kurt Cobain worked on compiling this collection of performances, interviews, and touring clips from 1991 to 1993 but did not finish...
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Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
0/0
June 16, 1996 Golden Gate Park San Francisco
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Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
Tibetan Freedom Concert
0/0
Documentary surrounding the festival.
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Tibetan Freedom Concert
2026
The Best Summer
0/0
Immersive POV camera footage reveals electric performances, candid interviews, and intimate backstage life with the Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo Fig...
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