EVOL

EVOL is a Sonic Youth album, released in 1986. The album cover features a picture of Lung Leg, taken from a film by Richard Kern.

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On the vinyl format of the album, the time length for "Expressway to Yr. Skull" was indicated by the symbol for infinity; the final moment of the song featured a locked groove, making it theoretically endless.

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The CD format added a bonus track: the band's raucous but surprisingly faithful take on the Kim Fowley tune "Bubblegum."

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Sonic Youth: Sonic Youth are an experimental rock group formed in New York City in 1981. Current personnel are:...

Lung Leg: Born Elizabeth Carr in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Lung Leg is best known for being on the cover of the Sonic Youth album EVOL. She was the pin-up girl and star of the transgressive movement, disappearing as quickly as she rose to fame. She appeared in several Richard Kern movies, including the starring...

Richard Kern: Richard Kern (born 1954) is a New York underground filmmaker and photographer. He first came to prominence as part of the underground cultural explosion in the East Village of New York City in the 1980s, with erotic films featuring underground rock personalities of the time such as Lydia Lunch and ...