Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore

Profile info

Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday25 July 1958 (68 years old)
Place of birthCoral Gables, Florida, USA
Known credits135

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.

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2026 · Self
The Last Critic
The Last Critic
2026
The Best Summer
The Best Summer
2026 · Self
Broken English
Broken English
2026 · Self
The Wizard of the Kremlin
The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026 · Synthesizer Player
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
2025
Pavements
Pavements
2025 · Self (uncredited)
The Road to Ruane
The Road to Ruane
2024 · Self
Uncropped
Uncropped
2024 · Self
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
2024
Scala!!!
Scala!!!
2024 · Self
Louder Than You Think
Louder Than You Think
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Black Lodge
Black Lodge
2022 · Executive Producer
Irma Vep
Irma Vep
2022 · Original Music Composer
2020
2020
2021 · Music
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
2021 · himself
Fire Music
Fire Music
2021 · Executive Producer
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2021 · Self
The Sparks Brothers
The Sparks Brothers
2021 · Self
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021 · Self
Thick Air
Thick Air
2020 · Himself
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019 · Self
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
2019 · Self
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
2019 · Self
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
2019 · Self - Sonic Youth
Punk
Punk
2019 · Self
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2019
Desolation Center
Desolation Center
2018
Teenage Superstars
Teenage Superstars
2017 · Self
The Public Image Is Rotten
The Public Image Is Rotten
2017 · Himself
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
2016 · Himself
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
2015 · Self
Station to Station
Station to Station
2014
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline
2014 · Himself
Lou Reed - Remembered
Lou Reed - Remembered
2013
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
2013
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012 · Self
The Hardcore Collection
The Hardcore Collection
2012 · (archive footage)
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2011
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
2011
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
2011 · Self
Blank City
Blank City
2011 · Self
Street
Street
2011 · Music
Clean
Clean
2011 · Original Music Composer
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
2010 · Music
Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011
2010
Ecstatic Peace Archives
2010
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