Thurston Moore

Jul 25, 1958 (66 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

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Gilmore Girls

Cool Dad Troubadour

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Classic Albums

Self

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Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson

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Hi Octane

Self (Host)

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Punk

Self

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Pavements

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The Sparks Brothers

Self

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The Public Image Is Rotten

Himself

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Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

Self

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Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

Self

Credits

Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985 Future

★ 10
Pavements 2025

★ 6.7
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt 2025

Self

★ NR
The Road to Ruane 2024

Self

★ NR
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story 2024

★ NR
Scala!!! 2024

Self

★ 7.8
Louder Than You Think 2023

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. 2021

himself

★ 8
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson 2021

Self

★ 7.4
The Sparks Brothers 2021

Self

★ 7.4
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché 2021

Self

★ 6.7
Thick Air 2020

Himself

★ 6.8
Sonic Youth: From The Basement 2020

self

★ NR
Swans: Where Does a Body End? 2019

Self

★ 7.8
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond 2019

★ NR
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over 2019

Self

★ 6.8
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions 2019

Self

★ NR
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine 2019

Self - Sonic Youth

★ 6.7
Punk 2019

Self

★ 7.8
Daydream Nation 2019

★ NR
Desolation Center 2018

★ 9.3
Teenage Superstars 2017

Himself

★ 7.5
The Public Image Is Rotten 2017

Himself

★ 7.3
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape 2016

Himself

★ 6.4
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) 2015

Self

★ 7
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline 2014

Himself

★ NR
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney 2013

★ 6.8
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease 2012

Self

★ 2
The Hardcore Collection 2012

(archive footage)

★ 7.7
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011 2011

★ NR
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard 2011

Self

★ 7.5
Blank City 2011

Self

★ 7.2
Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011 2010

★ NR
Ecstatic Peace Archives 2010

★ NR
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child 2010

Self

★ 7.3
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York 2009

Self

★ 10
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB 2009

Self

★ 8
From The Basement 2009

Self - Sonic Youth

★ 6
New York Rock at the BBC 2008

Self - Sonic Youth

★ 6.5
I Need That Record! 2008

Himself

★ 6.5
365 Day Project 2007

★ 10
Welcome to My Castle! 2007

Self

★ NR
Llik Your Idols 2007

Himself

★ 4.6
You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson 2007

Self

★ 6.4
Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East 2007

Himself

★ NR
Cut Shorts 2006

★ 8
Kill Your Idols: More. 2006

Himself

★ 7.8
Noise 2006

Self

★ 4.8
The Devil and Daniel Johnston 2006

Self

★ 7.7
Punk: Attitude 2005

Himself

★ 7
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes 2005

★ 4.5
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen 2005

Himself

★ 6.6
Day Trip Maryanne 2005

★ NR
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes 2005

Himself

★ NR
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet 2005

Self

★ 8
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale 2004

Self

★ NR
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost 2004

★ 5.8
Kill Your Idols 2004

Himself

★ 7.4
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage 2003

Performer

★ NR
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003) 2003

★ 5
Pavement: Slow Century 2002

Self

★ 7.7
25 Years of Punk 2001

Self

★ 6
Sonic Youth: Live in Rio 2000 2000

★ NR
Gilmore Girls 2000

Cool Dad Troubadour

★ 7.9
Record Player: Christian Marclay 2000

Himself

★ NR
Silver Rockets/Kool Things: 20 Years of Sonic Youth 2000

★ NR
David S. Ware 1999

Himself

★ NR
Turn of the Century 1999

Himself

★ NR
Free Tibet 1998

Self - Sonic Youth

★ NR
Classic Albums 1997

Self

★ 7.7
Don't Bring A Dog 1997

Himself

★ NR
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996 1996

★ NR
An Introduction to Harmolodics 1995

★ NR
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special 1995

Self

★ 4
Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times 1995

Self

★ 6
Blood on the Beach 1995

Self

★ NR
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos 1994

Self

★ 6
Hi Octane 1994

Self (Host)

★ 7.5
Changing Fashions 1993

★ NR
Grunge Pedal 1993

★ NR
1991: The Year Punk Broke 1992

Self

★ 6.7
Sonic Youth - Goo 1991

Himself

★ NR
Skeeno H.C. Rules 1991

★ NR
Goo 1991

Self

★ 4.8
Rap Damage 1991

★ NR
Notebook 1991

★ NR
Weatherman '69 1989

Jeff Jones

★ NR
Put More Blood Into the Music 1988

Himself

★ 7
Lou Believers 1988

Himself

★ NR
Sublapse Video Mag 1 1986

★ 8
Death Valley '69 1986

★ NR
Submit to Me 1986

★ 5.3