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