Thurston Moore
Born
25 July 1958 (67)
Place of Birth
Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Also known as
Sonic Youth
Biography
Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American musician best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside of Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label. Moore was ranked 34th in Rolling Stone's 2004 edition of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." In May 2012, Spin published a staff-selected top 100 ranking Moore and his Sonic Youth bandmate Lee Ranaldo together on number 1...
Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American musician best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside of Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label. Moore was ranked 34th in Rolling Stone's 2004 edition of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." In May 2012, Spin published a staff-selected top 100 ranking Moore and his Sonic Youth bandmate Lee Ranaldo together on number 1.
Filmography (40)
The Last Critic
2026
Broken English
2026
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
2025
Pavements
2025
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025
The Road to Ruane
2024
Uncropped
2024
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
2024
Scala!!!
2024
Louder Than You Think
2023
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
2021
The Sparks Brothers
2021
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021
Thick Air
2020
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
2019
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
2019
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
2019
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2019
Desolation Center
2018
Teenage Superstars
2017
The Public Image Is Rotten
2017
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
2016
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
2015
Station to Station
2014
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline
2014
Lou Reed - Remembered
2013
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
2013
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012
The Hardcore Collection
2012
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2011
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
2011
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
2011
Blank City
2011
Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011
2010
Ecstatic Peace Archives
2010
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
2010
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
2009
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
2009