In the early 90s, Sonic Youth had become a major label success story. Whilst they made the transformation from DIY experimentalists to grown-up commercially-viable rock band without losing any of their twisted edge, some of their on-the-hoof risk-taking had been stymied by their plush new circumstances.
It’s perhaps with that in mind that Kim Gordon started up a new side-hustle in 1992, enlisting Pussy Galore’s Julia Cafritz and Boredoms’ Yoshimi P-We at the outset as co-conspirators. Pavement’s Mark Ibold would later join on bass, but before he did the band recorded a sizzling cover of X-Ray Spex’s classic debut single Oh Bondage Up Yours!
