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Wylde Ratttz release album
May 18, 1999

Wylde Ratttz -- a punk supergroup featuring Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Steve Shelley, the Stooges' Ron Asheston, Mudhoney's Mark Arm and former Minutemen and fIREHOSE bassist Mike Watt -- will tour Japan in October, according to Watt. The group recorded an album of Stooges covers and other songs after cutting a track for the "Velvet Goldmine" soundtrack (1998). The album will be issued in Japan in September; no U.S. release has been set.

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Sonic Youth, initially comprising of guitarist / vocalists Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo, guitarist / bassist / vocalist Kim Gordon and drummer Richard Edson, were formed in New York City in 1981. A product of the No-Wave music scene of the late 1970s, the group had their roots in abrasive, experimental music, with Moore and Ranaldo having previously worked with the experimental composer Glenn Branca. The band were joined in 1985 by drummer Steve Shelley, and have now recorded 14 albums together, as well as many side and solo projects. Their work has been consistently challenging and innovative, and they are widely regarded as one of the most intriguing and influential bands of their time.