Bad Moon Rising

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Bad Moon Rising is a 1985 experimental rock album by Sonic Youth that blends noise rock, post-punk, and avant-garde elements into a dark, atmospheric soundscape.

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Bad Moon Rising canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Sonic Youth ⓘ
chronologyPosition second studio album by Sonic Youth ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coverArtCreator Sonic Youth ⓘ
criticalReception cult classic ⓘ
featuresGuestMusician Lydia Lunch ⓘ
followedBy EVOL ⓘ
genre avant-garde rock ⓘ
experimental rock ⓘ
noise rock ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
hasMemberContribution Bob Bert – drums ⓘ
Kim Gordon – bass, vocals ⓘ
Lee Ranaldo – guitar, vocals ⓘ
linked to: Lee Ranaldo

Thurston Moore – guitar, vocals ⓘ
linked to: Thurston Moore
hasMusicalCharacteristic alternative guitar tunings ⓘ
dissonant textures ⓘ
minimalist rhythms ⓘ
use of guitar noise ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle dark atmospheric soundscape ⓘ
hasPart Brave Men Run (In My Family) ⓘ
Death Valley ’69 ⓘ
Ghost Bitch ⓘ
I Love Her All the Time ⓘ
Intro ⓘ
I’m Insane ⓘ
Justice Is Might ⓘ
Society Is a Hole ⓘ
hasTheme American culture ⓘ
urban decay ⓘ
violence ⓘ
influencedGenre alternative rock ⓘ
noise rock ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 38 minutes ⓘ
mainInstrumentation electric guitars, bass, drums, vocals ⓘ
movement American underground rock of the 1980s ⓘ
notableTrack Death Valley ’69 ⓘ
performer Sonic Youth ⓘ
precededBy Confusion Is Sex ⓘ
producer Martin Bisi ⓘ
Sonic Youth ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1984 ⓘ
recordLabel Blast First ⓘ
Homestead Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1985-03-25 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sonic Youth → notableWork → Bad Moon Rising ⓘ
Confusion Is Sex → followedBy → Bad Moon Rising ⓘ
Confusion Is Sex → precedes → Bad Moon Rising ⓘ