My influences are Big Black, Sonic Youth, and Fleetwood Mac " to which guitarist Eric Erlandson replied.

Influenced by the sounds and style of no wave and noise rock bands, Love convinced Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon to produce Hole's first studio album.

In the initial advertisement placed by Love which resulted in Hole's formation, she cited Fleetwood Mac, Sonic Youth, and Big Black as her three major musical influences.

In 1990, he appeared on " Kool Thing ", a song by the alternative rock band Sonic Youth, and along with Flavor Flav, he sang on George Clinton's song " Tweakin '", which appears on his 1989 album The Cinderella Theory.

During this time, he was romantically involved with Kim Gordon, who would later go on to form Sonic Youth.

As a result, in part, of the popular and commercial resurgence of punk in the late 1980s and after, with the growing popularity of such bands as Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Fugazi, Bikini Kill, Green Day and The Offspring, a number of other punk zines have appeared, such as Punk Planet, Razorcake, Tail Spins, Sobriquet, Profane Existence and Slug and Lettuce.

* Jason Knuth the subject of the dedication of Silver Session for Jason Knuth, a 1998 EP by Sonic Youth

The album, originally titled To Nancy, with Love, featured rock performers such as Calexico, Sonic Youth, U2, Pulp's Jarvis Cocker, Steven Van Zandt, Jon Spencer, and Pete Yorn, who all cited Sinatra as an influence.

In 2004, Sonic Youth released an album called Hidros 3 ( to Patti Smith ).

As American alternative bands like Sonic Youth, which had grown out of the No Wave scene, and Boston's Pixies started to gain larger audiences, major labels sought to capitalize on the underground market that had been sustained by hardcore punk for years.

Dim Stars featured guitarist Thurston Moore and drummer Steve Shelley from Sonic Youth, Gumball's guitarist Don Fleming, and Robert Quine.

In the 1980s and 1990s, The Urinals, Manic Street Preachers, The Minutemen, Sonic Youth, and R. E. M., expressed a fondness for the group.

For example, Elvis Costello recorded a version of Ono's song " Walking on Thin Ice ," the B-52's who drew from her early recordings covered " Don't Worry, Kyoko ( Mummy's Only Looking for Her Hand in the Snow )" ( shortening the title to " Don't Worry ") and Sonic Youth included a performance of Ono's early conceptual " Voice Piece for Soprano " in their experimental album SYR4: Goodbye 20th century.

Guests including Bette Midler, Paul Simon and his son Harper, and principal members of Sonic Youth interpreted her songs in their own styles.

Bands like the Pixies, R. E. M., The Replacements, Sonic Youth, XTC, The Smiths, etc.

** Lee Ranaldo, American musician ( Sonic Youth )

The Stone Roses's influences included garage rock, Northern soul, punk rock, and artists such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, Johnny Marr, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Sonic Youth, Sex Pistols and The Clash.

Alternative rock bands from the Northeastern United States, including Sonic Youth, Pixies, and Dinosaur Jr., are important influences on the genre.

Through their patronage of Seattle bands, Sonic Youth " inadvertently nurtured " the grunge scene, and reinforced the fiercely independent attitudes of its musicians.

In the meantime, the label continued to sign a handful of established music icons, including: Elton John, Irene Cara, Cher, Don Henley, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Jennifer Holliday and Sonic Youth.

Van Vliet's influence on post – punk bands was demonstrated by Magazine's recording of " I Love You You Big Dummy " in 1978 and the tribute album Fast ' n ' Bulbous-A Tribute to Captain Beefheart in 1988, featuring the likes of artists such as the Dog Faced Hermans, The Scientists, The Membranes, Simon Fisher Turner, That Petrol Emotion, the Primevals, The Mock Turtles, XTC, and Sonic Youth, who included a cover of Beefheart's " Electricity " as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of their 1988 album Daydream Nation.

*" Pacific Coast Highway ", a song from Sister ( Sonic Youth album )

In 1982, Branca launched his own record label, Neutral Records, releasing Y Pants ' LP and the first few records by New York noise rockers Sonic Youth.

Early members of his group included Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, Page Hamilton of Helmet, and several members of Swans including Michael Gira and Dan Braun.

Gordon, along with the rest of Sonic Youth, made an appearance in the television series Gossip Girl and performed an acoustic version of the song " Starpower ".

On 29 November 2011, it was announced that the album would be produced by Bob Rock, who provided the same role on Sonic Temple, The Cult and Beyond Good and Evil.

To obtain the Emeralds, he fools their guardian Knuckles the Echidna, convincing him that Sonic and Tails are thieves who want to steal the Emeralds.

Much of Sonic Adventure centers on Sonic, a hedgehog who has the ability to run at supersonic speeds, and Miles " Tails " Prower, a two-tailed fox who often accompanies Sonic on his adventures ; they are the main characters of the game who are in pursuit of Eggman.

Supporting characters include Knuckles, an echidna who guards the Master Emerald on Angel Island, Amy Rose, a pink hedgehog who has a crush on Sonic, and newcomers Big the Cat and E-102 Gamma.

Friendly characters who are non-playable include Tikal, a mysterious female echidna who appears whenever Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, E-102 Gamma and Big are sent back in time.

The Chaos monster later appears in Station Square, and is confronted by Sonic the Hedgehog, who defeats him in a fight.

Sonic lands in Station Square, where he runs into Amy Rose, who insists on protecting a Flicky bird she found, named Birdy.

Here, she runs into Sonic and Tails, who confront Dr. Robotnik.

Rob Sonic learned that the clones were created by a giant gorilla driving a pickup truck, who intend to steal the package to prevent the world from hearing Octagon's message, allowing him to destroy the Earth.

: After Rouge sneaks into Eggman's base looking for treasure, she finds Shadow, who has lost his memory following his assumed death in Sonic Adventure 2, and E-123 Omega, a robot who seeks revenge on Eggman after being shut down.

Other Sonic Team Dreamcast titles included ChuChu Rocket !, Samba de Amigo, and Phantasy Star Online.

Popular titles included Sega's own series, notably Sonic the Hedgehog ; Disney movie extensions, such as The Lion King ; and 3rd-party developer games like Shaq Fu.

This system included Alex Kidd in Miracle World, and later Sonic the Hedgehog, as a built-in game.

Ten of the included games are installments of the Sonic the Hedgehog series, while the remaining two to four games are only related to the series by company.

As with the games included, Sonic Mega Collection was developed by Sega subsidiary Sonic Team and published by Sega.

Rare Sonic games Sonic CD and Sonic Drift were also planned to be included, but the former was deferred to Sonic Gems Collection and the latter appeared in Sonic Mega Collection Plus.

It also includes the two games that were included in the Japanese version of Sonic Mega Collection:

It is, however, missing six Sonic Game Gear games that were included ( along with the six included in this collection ) in Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut, but they would later appear in Sonic Gems Collection.

Also, only the final Japanese revision of the original Sonic the Hedgehog is included.

This unique concert was professionally filmed and recorded, and while a DVD never materialized, live clips of " Testure " and " Worlock " were broadcast on the Crazy Clip Show in Germany and " Worlock " was included on a VCD compilation by German magazine Sonic Seducer in 2002.

Sonic Adventure DX includes a Mission Mode, which included 60 missions to complete throughout the Adventure Fields and Action Stages.