Thurston Moore
July 25, 1958 (67 years old) 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
Credits
- 2025 · Sonic Youth: Live in 1991 as
- 2025 · Pavements as Self (uncredited)
- 2025 · Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt as Self
- 2024 · Uncropped as Self
- 2024 · Scala!!! as Self
- 2021 · Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. as himself
- 2021 · Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson as Self
- 2021 · The Sparks Brothers as Self
- 2021 · Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché as Self
- 2019 · Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over as Self
- 2019 · Punk as Self
- 2019 · Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation as
- 2017 · The Public Image Is Rotten as Himself
- 2016 · Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape as Himself
- 2015 · Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) as Self
- 2011 · Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard as Self
- 2010 · Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011 as
- 2010 · Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child as Self
- 2009 · From the Basement as Self - Sonic Youth
- 2007 · Llik Your Idols as Himself
- 2007 · You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson as Self
- 2006 · Cut Shorts as
- 2006 · Kill Your Idols: More. as Himself
- 2006 · Noise as Self
- 2006 · The Devil and Daniel Johnston as Self
- 2005 · Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes as
- 2005 · Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind as Self
- 2005 · Cecil Taylor: All The Notes as Himself
- 2005 · Day Trip Maryanne as
- 2004 · Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost as
- 2004 · Kill Your Idols as Self
- 2003 · Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage as Performer
- 2002 · Pavement: Slow Century as Self
- 2002 · Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002 as
- 2000 · Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000 as
- 2000 · Gilmore Girls as Cool Dad Troubadour
- 2000 · Record Player: Christian Marclay as Himself
- 1998 · Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998 as
- 1997 · Classic Albums as Self
- 1997 · Don't Bring A Dog as Himself
- 1995 · The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special as Self
- 1995 · Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love as
- 1995 · Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach as Self
- 1994 · Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos as Self
- 1994 · Hi Octane as Self (Host)
- 1994 · Space Ghost Coast to Coast as Fred Cracklin
- 1993 · Changing Fashions as
- 1993 · Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa as
- Future · Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985 as
- 2025 · Broken English as Self
- 2024 · The Road to Ruane as Self
- 2024 · Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story as
- 2023 · Louder Than You Think as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Thick Air as Himself
- 2019 · Swans: Where Does a Body End? as Self
- 2019 · Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond as
- 2019 · SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions as Self
- 2019 · Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine as Self - Sonic Youth
- 2018 · Desolation Center as
- 2017 · Teenage Superstars as Himself
- 2014 · It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline as Himself
- 2013 · I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney as
- 2012 · Ben Lee: Catch My Disease as Self
- 2012 · The Hardcore Collection as (archive footage)
- 2011 · Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011 as
- 2011 · Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival as
- 2011 · Blank City as Self
- 2010 · Ecstatic Peace Archives as
- 2009 · No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York as Self
- 2009 · Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB as Self
- 2008 · New York Rock at the BBC as Self - Sonic Youth
- 2008 · I Need That Record! as Himself
- 2007 · 365 Day Project as Self
- 2007 · Welcome to My Castle! as Self
- 2007 · Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East as Himself
- 2005 · Punk: Attitude as Himself
- 2005 · We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen as Self
- 2005 · Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet as Self
- 2004 · (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale as Self
- 2003 · Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003) as
- 2001 · 25 Years of Punk as Self
- 2001 · Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth as Self
- 1999 · David S. Ware as Himself
- 1999 · Turn of the Century as Himself
- 1998 · Free Tibet as Self - Sonic Youth
- 1998 · Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim as
- 1996 · Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996 as
- 1995 · An Introduction to Harmolodics as
- 1995 · Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times as Self
- 1994 · Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! as
- 1993 · Grunge Pedal as
- 1992 · 1991: The Year Punk Broke as Self
- 1991 · Skeeno H.C. Rules as
- 1991 · Goo as Self
- 1991 · Rap Damage as
- 1991 · Notebook as
- 1989 · Weatherman '69 as Jeff Jones
- 1988 · Sonic Youth: 930 Club as
- 1988 · Put More Blood Into the Music as Himself
- 1988 · Lou Believers as Himself
- 1986 · Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis as
- 1986 · Sublapse Video Mag 1 as
- 1986 · Submit to Me as
- 1985 · Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree as
- Future · Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996 as
- Future · Tibetan Freedom Concert as