Watch Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley reunite on stage in New York

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley reunited on stage collectively in New York this week – see footage beneath.

On Friday (December 6), the three members of the basic lineup of the band joined collectively at The Stone venue in Greenwich Village, with drummer Shelley a particular visitor of guitarists Moore and Ranaldo.

The intimate present was comprised, as defined by a few of these in attendance, of “an hour of improvised instrumental noise”. See fan-captured footage of the present beneath.

Uncommon convergence final night time at The Stone with Thurston Moore/Steve Shelley/Lee Ranaldo zoning an hour, nice set pic.twitter.com/IrrbjRp9TZ

— Brian Turner (@btrnr) December 7, 2024

simply noticed thurston moore, lee ranaldo, and steve shelley play an hour of improvised instrumental noise, which for a SY fan like me is kind of like seeing 3/4 of the beatles jam. spellbinding! pic.twitter.com/arDYFrRPEp

— Simon Vozick-Levinson (@simonwilliam) December 7, 2024

Thurston, Lee & Steve from Sonic Youth performed the Stone tonight; it was magical. Bob Dylan stated one wonderful thing about rock is you can hear 1 second out of a passing automotive and know who it's. Solely 4 individuals on the planet could make that SY sound. It was stunning, even transferring. pic.twitter.com/iBtXuhjqw4

— Michael Azerrad (@michaelazerrad) December 7, 2024

3/4 of Sonic Youth reunited on stage at The Stone in NYC final night time pic.twitter.com/nd5VSdjonQ

— BrooklynVegan (@brooklynvegan) December 7, 2024

Moore fashioned Sonic Youth in New York Metropolis with bassist Kim Gordon in 1981 they usually quickly recruited Ranaldo as a second guitarist. The band had quite a lot of drummers of their early days, together with Richard Edson, Jim Sclavunos and Bob Bert, however Shelley ultimately joined in 1985, enjoying on their third album ‘EVOL’ in 1986 and all subsequent releases.

In different Sonic Youth information, a uncommon stay recording of the band from 1987 is being launched subsequent yr. ‘Maintain That Tiger’ was recorded at a present in Chicago and has solely existed till now as a bootleg, however from February 7, followers will be capable of buy it by way of Superior Viaduct. Pre-order it here.

Moore launched his ninth solo album ‘Move Crucial Lucidity’ in September by way of Daydream Library Sequence. The file included the one ‘Sam Limites’, which featured Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier, in addition to ‘Isadora’, ‘Hypnogram’ and ‘Rewilding’.

He additionally launched his memoir Sonic Life in 2023, which he advised NME was a retelling of his “historical past of coming to New York Metropolis as a teen and discovering my footing as a musician”.

He was pressured to cancel ebook tour dates resulting from “a longstanding well being situation.” In October final yr, he revealed that he had been fighting atrial fibrillation for a number of years however is doing higher now.