(Its even in the Library of Congress, where there is a collection of historic recordings.)

Surprisingly the club caved.

(Kern was the underground filmmaker whod helmed their gruesome Death Valley 69 video.)

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - MAY 11: A group portrait of American rock band Sonic Youth, (L-R) Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley and Kim Gordon, posing backstage at Paradiso on May 11 1986 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Frans Schellekens/Redferns)

Sonic Youth in Amsterdam, 1986 (from left): Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, and Kim GordonFrans Schellekens/Redferns/Getty Images