Kim Althea Gordon was born on April 28,1953 and is an American musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the bassist, guitarist, and vocalist of alternative rock band Sonic Youth.
31 Facts About Kim Gordon
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Kim Gordon subsequently formed Glitterbust with Alex Knost, releasing a self-titled debut album in 2016.
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Kim Gordon released her first solo album, No Home Record, in 2019.
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Kim Gordon debuted as a producer on Hole's debut album Pretty on the Inside, and founded the Los Angeles-based clothing line X-Girl in 1993.
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At the time of her birth, Kim Gordon's father, a native of Kansas, was a professor in the sociology department at the University of Rochester.
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Kim Gordon attended University High School in Los Angeles, and dated classmate Danny Elfman while a student there.
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Kim Gordon soon grew homesick and chose to drop out of York at the end of the school year and return to Los Angeles.
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Kim Gordon briefly worked for art dealer Larry Gagosian as a side-job.
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Kim Gordon graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1977.
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Kim Gordon was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, and for a time lived in halfway houses before becoming a ward of the state of California.
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In 1981, Kim Gordon joined the short-lived band CKM, with Christine Hahn and Stanton Miranda, and met her future Sonic Youth bandmates Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore through Miranda.
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Kim Gordon began dating Moore and, together with Ranaldo, the couple then formed Sonic Youth in 1981.
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Kim Gordon was a spin-off of X-Large, a men's streetwear company co-founded by Michael Diamond of the Beastie Boys.
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Also in 1993, Kim Gordon formed the musical project Free Kitten with Julia Cafritz.
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On July 1,1994, Kim Gordon gave birth to her only child, daughter Coco Hayley Kim Gordon Moore, with Thurston Moore.
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In 1993, Kim Gordon co-directed The Breeders' "Cannonball" music video with Spike Jonze, and was involved in an exhibition entitled Baby Generation at Parco gallery in Tokyo.
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In 1999, after selling her share of X-Girl, Kim Gordon relocated with Moore from New York City to Northampton, Massachusetts, to raise their daughter.
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Around 2002, Kim Gordon became involved with The Supreme Indifference, a musical collaboration that involved Kim Gordon, Jim O'Rourke and Alan Licht.
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In 2003, Kim Gordon was featured in the Gothenburg Biennale and exhibited Club In The Shadow, an installation art collaboration with artist Jutta Koether, at Kenny Schachter's Contemporary Gallery in New York City.
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Kim Gordon then had a small role portraying a textile exporter in the 2007 French thriller film Boarding Gate, and in Todd Haynes's I'm Not There, inspired by the life of Bob Dylan.
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Kim Gordon said she had been diagnosed with DCIS breast cancer during her divorce, which was successfully treated with surgery.
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Kim Gordon immersed herself in producing art, having felt that music had "sidetracked" her career as a visual artist.
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Kim Gordon then appeared as herself in a March 2014 episode of Portlandia.
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Kim Gordon published a memoir, Girl in a Band, on February 24,2015, by HarperCollins imprint Dey Street Books.
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Also in 2015, Kim Gordon formed the experimental musical group Glitterbust with guitarist Alex Knost, releasing a self-titled debut album in March 2016.
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Kim Gordon then appeared in Tony Oursler's film Imponderable, which screened at the Museum of Modern Art in June 2016.
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On September 12,2016, Kim Gordon released her first solo single, "Murdered Out", followed on August 20,2019, by a second solo single, "Sketch Artist".
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In 2017, Kim Gordon had a small role on the HBO series Animals, followed by a supporting role in Gus Van Sant's comedy-drama film Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot.
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Kim Gordon has been cited as "a modest polymath" given her varied career pursuits in art, music, fashion, and acting.
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On May 21,2015, Kim Gordon was honored at The Kitchen's Spring Gala.
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Kim Gordon made me feel accepted in a way I hadn't before.