NEW YORK — Legendary noise rock band Sonic Youth announced they were reforming 13 years after their dissolution, specifically to taunt and harass beloved Canadian interviewer Nardwuar the Human Serviette as severely as they had in 1991, confirmed uneasy sources.
“Though the end of my and Kim’s [Gordon] marriage resulted in the end of our band, after more than a decade apart, our connection as artists has been reignited,” frontman and lead guitarist Thurston Moore said. “And no album of ours, not even ‘Daydream Nation,’ has demonstrated our collective creative power as us acting as conceited as possible towards an eccentric Vancouverite with a camcorder and a shitty mic before veering into physical harassment. We were just 30-something kids back then. But now, even with middle-age well behind us, we have not lost touch with the self-conscious aloofness and discourteousness thinly disguised as being ‘counter-cultural’ that made us Gen X icons.”
While a Sonic Youth reunion has long been anticipated, the specific nature of this reformation has yielded mixed reactions among fans.
“I have the ‘Goo’ artwork on three different shirts. Hell, I even own two of Lee Ranaldo’s albums on vinyl. So, yeah, I was pretty stoked to hear about this at first, and I can’t wait to see the reunion interview,” long-time fan Brent O’Reilly said. “And while I can understand the motivation to look upon one’s past work for inspiration, I’m not sure why this is the chapter they’re choosing to revisit, and not say, ‘Dirty’ or even just the ‘Bull in the Heather’ video. Oh well, at least it’ll be better than ‘NYC Ghosts & Flowers.’ I mean, probably.”
After news broke, Nardwuar admitted to feelings of “confusion and exhaustion.”
“We had our second interview in 2002, where I got to confront Thurston and Lee while they pretended they didn’t remember what happened,” Nardwuar said. “It’s been 23 years since that interview and I’ve mostly put the whole thing behind me. I’m still gonna do it, mainly because I have something that’s gonna blow Steve Shelley’s mind when he sees it, assuming Lee doesn’t destroy it first. I just hope they don’t resort to wedgies this time.”
At press time, Sonic Youth also announced that, to appease fans, the bullying would be accompanied by a continuous loop of guitar feedback.