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Thurston Moore
- Born July 25, 1958 in Coral Gables, Florida, USA
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.
Known for
Gilmore Girls2000
The Wizard of the Kremlin2026
Space Ghost Coast to Coast1994
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!1994
Submit to Me1985
Station to Station2014
Later... with Jools Holland1992
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost2004
Filmography
- TBASonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985Film
- TBASonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996Film
- TBASonic Youth: Full Set From The BasementFilmSelf
- 2026The Wizard of the KremlinFilmSynthesizer Player
- 2026Broken EnglishFilmSelf
- 2026Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing ButtFilmSelf
- 2026The Last CriticFilm
- 2026The Best SummerFilmSelf
- 2026The One. For New York.Film
- 2025PavementsFilmSelf (uncredited)
- 2025Sonic Youth: Live in 1991Film
- 2024Scala!!!FilmSelf
- 2024UncroppedFilmSelf
- 2024Born Innocent: The Redd Kross StoryFilm
- 2024The Road to RuaneFilmSelf
- 2023Louder Than You ThinkFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Irma VepSeriesOriginal Music Composer
- 2022Black LodgeFilmExecutive Producer
- 2021The Sparks BrothersFilmSelf
- 2021Watch the Sound with Mark RonsonSeriesSelf
- 2021Poly Styrene: I Am a ClichéFilmSelf
- 2021Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.FilmSelf
- 2021Fire MusicFilmExecutive Producer
- 20212020FilmMusic
- 2020Thick AirFilmHimself
- 2019PunkSeriesSelf
- 2019Swans: Where Does a Body End?FilmSelf
- 2019Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll MagazineFilmSelf - Sonic Youth
- 2019Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never OverFilmSelf
- 2019SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover SessionsFilmSelf
- 2019Sonic Youth: Daydream NationFilm
- 2019Sonic Youth: NYC and BeyondFilm
- 2018Desolation CenterFilm
- 2017The Public Image Is RottenFilmHimself
- 2017Teenage SuperstarsFilmSelf
- 2016Cassette: A Documentary MixtapeFilmSelf
- 2015Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)FilmSelf
- 2014Station to StationFilm
- 2014It's Not Repetition, It's DisciplineFilmSelf
- 2013I'm Now: The Story of MudhoneyFilm
- 2013Lou Reed - RememberedFilm
- 2012The Hardcore CollectionFilm(archive footage)
- 2012Ben Lee: Catch My DiseaseFilmSelf
- 2011Blank CityFilmSelf
- 2011Autoluminescent: Rowland S. HowardFilmSelf
- 2011Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011Film
- 2011Sonic Youth: Maquinaria FestivalFilm
- 2011StreetFilmMusic
- 2011CleanFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2010Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant ChildFilmSelf
- 2010William S. Burroughs: A Man WithinFilmMusic
- 2010Ecstatic Peace ArchivesFilm
- 2010Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011Film
- 2010I Was Jack GoldsteinFilmMusic
- 2009Late Night with Jimmy FallonSeriesSelf - Musical Guest
- 2009From the BasementFilmSelf - Sonic Youth
- 2009No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New YorkFilmSelf
- 2009Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBFilmSelf
- 2009From The BasementFilmSelf - Sonic Youth
- 2008I Need That Record!FilmHimself
- 2008New York Rock at the BBCFilmSelf - Sonic Youth
- 2007You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky EricksonFilmSelf
- 2007Jack Smith and the Destruction of AtlantisFilmMusic
- 2007Extra ActionFilmMusic
- 2007Llik Your IdolsFilmHimself
- 2007365 Day ProjectFilmSelf
- 2007Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle EastFilmSelf
- 2007Welcome to My Castle!FilmSelf
- 2006The Devil and Daniel JohnstonFilmSelf
- 2006NoiseFilmSelf
- 2006Kill Your Idols: More.FilmSelf
- 2006Cut ShortsFilm
- 2005Punk: AttitudeFilmSelf
- 2005Classic Albums: Nirvana - NevermindFilmSelf
- 2005We Jam Econo: The Story of the MinutemenFilmSelf
- 2005Sun Ra: Brother From Another PlanetFilmSelf
- 2005Sonic Youth: Live at EurockéennesFilm
- 2005Day Trip MaryanneFilm
- 2005Cecil Taylor: All The NotesFilmHimself
- 2004Kill Your IdolsFilmSelf