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Kim Gordon

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Apr 28, 1953 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Rochester, New York, USA

Biography

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Known For

Acting
2025Bad PainterInterviewer
2025The Chronology of WaterPhotographer
2025FireAid Benefit ConcertSelf
2025PavementsSelf (uncredited)
2025Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
2025Everybody's Live with John MulaneySelf - Musical Guest
2024Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
2024Picture WindowKim Gordon
2024A Proposal for A DanceSelf
202412341 Branford St. Sun ValleySelf
2024Los Angeles June 6Self
2022Women Who RockSelf
2021Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.herself
2019Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2019Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover SessionsSelf
2018Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on FootCorky
2017Queercore: How to Punk a RevolutionSelf
2016Ed Ruscha: Buildings and WordsSelf
2016Party Legends
2015The NightmareTeacher
2015Girls in Bands at the BBCSelf (archive footage)
2013The Punk SingerSelf
2013Une Danse Des BouffonsMaria Martins
2013I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
2012The Hardcore Collection(archive footage)
2011Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2011Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
2011PortlandiaKim Gordon
2010Rappin' With The RicksterSelf
2010Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011
2009From the BasementSelf - Sonic Youth
2008New York Rock at the BBCSelf - Sonic Youth
2007I'm Not ThereCarla Hendricks
2007Boarding GateKay
2007Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle EastHerself
2007365 Day ProjectSelf
2007Welcome to My Castle!Self
2007Gossip GirlKim Gordon
2006Cut Shorts
2006NoiseSelf
2006Her Noise - The Making Of
2005Last DaysRecord Executive
2005Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
2004Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2004(This Is Known as) The Blues ScaleSelf
2003Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
2003Sonic Youth: Live at SoundstagePerformer
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
2002Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002
2001Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard RockSelf
2000Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic YouthSelf
2000Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
2000Gilmore GirlsCool Mom Troubadour
1998Free TibetSelf - Sonic Youth
1998Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998
1998Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
1996Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
1995Sonic Youth: Blood on the BeachSelf
1995The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween SpecialSelf
1995X-Girlinterviewer
1995Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
1994No Alternative GirlsHerself
1994Freaks, Nerds & WeirdosSelf
1994Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1993Grunge Pedal
1993Changing Fashions
1993Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Musical Guest
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Musical Guest
19921991: The Year Punk BrokeSelf
1991Notebook
1991GooSelf
1991Skeeno H.C. Rules
1989Weatherman '69Bernadine Dohrn
1988Put More Blood Into the MusicHerself
1988Lou BelieversHerself
1988Sonic Youth: 930 Club
1986Sublapse Video Mag 1
1986Submit to Me
1986Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis
1985Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited)
1959The GrammysSelf
-Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
-Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
-Tibetan Freedom ConcertSelf
Production
1995X-GirlExecutive Producer
Directing
2024Picture WindowDirector
202412341 Branford St. Sun ValleyDirector
2024Los Angeles June 6Director
2003The Work of Director Spike JonzeDirector
1997Teenie Weenie BoppieDirector
1985Making the Nature SceneDirector
Writing
1991GooWriter
1984Rock My ReligionIdea