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In 2005, O'Rourke left the band and Sonic Youth continued with its mostly original lineup, featuring Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, and Lee Ranaldo with drummer Steve Shelley.
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The band, made up of Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, and Steve Shelley, embraced that concept creating a sound with strangely tuned guitars and found instruments such as a power drill plugged into an amplifier.
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Ranaldo Rivera, 20, from Tempe, Arizona, surrendered to authorities in Phoenix six days after a federal grand jury in Los Angeles returned an indictment charging him with conspiracy and unauthorized impairment of a protected computer, according to Reuters.
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