Thurston Moore
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jul 25, 1958 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Coral Gables, Florida, USA
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.
Known For
| 2026 | Broken EnglishSelf | |
| 2026 | The Last Critic | |
| 2025 | Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing ButtSelf | |
| 2025 | PavementsSelf (uncredited) | |
| 2025 | Sonic Youth: Live in 1991 | |
| 2024 | Scala!!!Self | |
| 2024 | Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story | |
| 2024 | The Road to RuaneSelf | |
| 2024 | UncroppedSelf | |
| 2023 | Louder Than You ThinkSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.himself | |
| 2021 | Poly Styrene: I Am a ClichéSelf | |
| 2021 | The Sparks BrothersSelf | |
| 2021 | Watch the Sound with Mark RonsonSelf | |
| 2020 | Thick AirHimself | |
| 2019 | Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never OverSelf | |
| 2019 | Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll MagazineSelf - Sonic Youth | |
| 2019 | Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation | |
| 2019 | Swans: Where Does a Body End?Self | |
| 2019 | Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond | |
| 2019 | SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover SessionsSelf | |
| 2019 | PunkSelf | |
| 2018 | Desolation Center | |
| 2017 | The Public Image Is RottenHimself | |
| 2017 | Teenage SuperstarsSelf | |
| 2016 | Cassette: A Documentary MixtapeHimself | |
| 2015 | Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)Self | |
| 2014 | It's Not Repetition, It's DisciplineHimself | |
| 2014 | Station to Station | |
| 2013 | I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney | |
| 2013 | Lou Reed - Remembered | |
| 2012 | Ben Lee: Catch My DiseaseSelf | |
| 2012 | The Hardcore Collection(archive footage) | |
| 2011 | Blank CitySelf | |
| 2011 | Autoluminescent: Rowland S. HowardSelf | |
| 2011 | Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011 | |
| 2011 | Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival | |
| 2010 | Ecstatic Peace Archives | |
| 2010 | Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant ChildSelf | |
| 2010 | Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011 | |
| 2009 | No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New YorkSelf | |
| 2009 | From the BasementSelf - Sonic Youth | |
| 2009 | Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBSelf | |
| 2008 | I Need That Record!Himself | |
| 2008 | New York Rock at the BBCSelf - Sonic Youth | |
| 2007 | Llik Your IdolsHimself | |
| 2007 | Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle EastHimself | |
| 2007 | 365 Day ProjectSelf | |
| 2007 | You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky EricksonSelf | |
| 2007 | Welcome to My Castle!Self | |
| 2006 | Cut Shorts | |
| 2006 | Kill Your Idols: More.Himself | |
| 2006 | The Devil and Daniel JohnstonSelf | |
| 2006 | NoiseSelf | |
| 2005 | Punk: AttitudeHimself | |
| 2005 | Day Trip Maryanne | |
| 2005 | Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes | |
| 2005 | We Jam Econo: The Story of the MinutemenSelf | |
| 2005 | Cecil Taylor: All The NotesHimself | |
| 2005 | Sun Ra: Brother From Another PlanetSelf | |
| 2005 | Classic Albums: Nirvana - NevermindSelf | |
| 2004 | Kill Your IdolsSelf | |
| 2004 | Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost | |
| 2004 | (This Is Known as) The Blues ScaleSelf | |
| 2003 | Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003) | |
| 2003 | Sonic Youth: Live at SoundstagePerformer | |
| 2002 | Pavement: Slow CenturySelf | |
| 2002 | Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002 | |
| 2001 | 25 Years of PunkSelf | |
| 2001 | Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop MusicSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2000 | Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic YouthSelf | |
| 2000 | Record Player: Christian MarclayHimself | |
| 2000 | Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000 | |
| 2000 | The Hardcore Collection | |
| 2000 | Gilmore GirlsCool Dad Troubadour | |
| 1999 | David S. WareHimself | |
| 1999 | Turn of the CenturyHimself | |
| 1998 | Free TibetSelf - Sonic Youth | |
| 1998 | Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998 | |
| 1998 | Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim | |
| 1997 | Don't Bring A DogHimself | |
| 1997 | Classic AlbumsSelf | |
| 1996 | Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996 | |
| 1995 | Sonic Youth: Blood on the BeachSelf | |
| 1995 | An Introduction to Harmolodics | |
| 1995 | The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween SpecialSelf | |
| 1995 | Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These TimesSelf | |
| 1995 | Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love | |
| 1994 | Freaks, Nerds & WeirdosSelf | |
| 1994 | Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! | |
| 1994 | Space Ghost Coast to CoastFred Cracklin | |
| 1994 | Hi OctaneSelf (Host) | |
| 1993 | Grunge Pedal | |
| 1993 | Changing Fashions | |
| 1993 | Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa | |
| 1993 | Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Musical Guest | |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Musical Guest | |
| 1992 | 1991: The Year Punk BrokeSelf | |
| 1991 | Notebook | |
| 1991 | Rap Damage | |
| 1991 | GooSelf | |
| 1991 | Skeeno H.C. Rules | |
| 1989 | Weatherman '69Jeff Jones | |
| 1988 | Put More Blood Into the MusicHimself | |
| 1988 | Lou BelieversHimself | |
| 1988 | Sonic Youth: 930 Club | |
| 1986 | Sublapse Video Mag 1 | |
| 1986 | Submit to Me | |
| 1986 | Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis | |
| 1985 | Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree | |
| - | Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985 | |
| - | Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996 | |
| - | Tibetan Freedom ConcertSelf |
| 2022 | Black LodgeExecutive Producer | |
| 2021 | Fire MusicExecutive Producer |
| 1991 | GooDirector |
| 1991 | GooWriter | |
| 1984 | Rock My ReligionIdea |