Thurston Moore moved to Manhattan's East Village in 1978 with a yearning for music. He wanted to be immersed in downtown New York's sights and sounds. But more than anything, he wanted to make music. His dream came to life in 1981 with the formation of Sonic Youth, a band Moore cofounded with Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo. Sonic Youth became a fixture in New York's burgeoning No Wave scene–an avant-garde collision of art and sound, poetry and punk. The band would evolve from critical darlings to commercial heavyweights, headlining festivals around the globe. Through it all, Moore maintained an unwavering love of music: the new, the unheralded, the challenging, the irresistible. This is a story for anyone who has ever felt touched by sound–who knows the way the right song at the right moment can change the course of a life.