Sonic Youth

Noisy, dark, and loud yet at the same time relaxing and "psychedelic," at times even sensual. A band capable of producing 4 masterpieces in a row from "Bad Moon Rising" to the immortal and never sufficiently praised "Daydream Nation." The rest continues with the stunning "Dirty" and "Goo." The decline in recent years is not so significant as to prevent me from giving it a 5. Eternal praise to the New Yorkers, the "heirs" (so to speak, since they are two different genres, albeit not too far apart) of the Velvet Underground.