Confusion Is Next : The Sonic Youth Story

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Summary: Good Information for the New SY Fan
Review: When I bought this, in 1995, I was fairly unfamiliar with the history of the group or their earlier works. I think this is the reason I enjoyed it so much. Yes, the writing can be dry and unrevealing at times, but it did serve as a good introduction to Glenn Branca and Philip K. Dick for me.

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Summary: Passable summation of the band's career up till 1994
Review: With a comprehensive discography of this key band's output up to 1994, and an interview-heavy chronology of the group's life, Confusion is Next is an okay aid to placing Sonic Youth in rock history (and explaining their obsession with Philip K. Dick). But even band member Thurston Moore, in his preface, laments the lack of real human insight here, and too often Foege's repetitive, awkward prose makes this read like someone's overlong journalism-school thesis.