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Former Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley is probably the best known name of those in a trio playing the Rickshaw next Tuesday (September 9, with the evening also featuring Bill Orcutt (of Harry Pussy) and Ethan Miller (Comets on Fire, Howlin’ Rain). But his past Vancouver appearances don't stop with the band that gave the world landmark releases like Daydream Nation and Goo .

The first time Shelley played Vancouver, it was with a vastly different band than the one he is best known for. The one we all know is now-defunct New York noise-rock act Sonic Youth, which he joined for the 1986 release Evol and stayed with until the group's final album, 2009’s The Eternal. The ba

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