Thurston Moore
Born
July 25, 1958 (66 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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
Pavements
Self (uncredited)
2025
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Self
2025
The Road to Ruane
Self
2024
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
2024
Scala!!!
Self
2024
Louder Than You Think
Self (archive footage)
2023
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
himself
2021
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
Self · (1 episode)
2021
The Sparks Brothers
Self
2021
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Self
2021
Thick Air
Himself
2020
Sonic Youth: From The Basement
self
2020
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
Self
2019
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
Self
2019
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
Self
2019
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
Self - Sonic Youth
2019
Punk
Self · (2 episodes)
2019
Daydream Nation
2019
Desolation Center
2018
Teenage Superstars
Himself
2017
The Public Image Is Rotten
Himself
2017
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
Himself
2016
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
Self
2015
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline
Himself
2014
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
2013
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Self
2012
The Hardcore Collection
(archive footage)
2012
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2011
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
Self
2011
Blank City
Self
2011
Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011
2010
Ecstatic Peace Archives
2010
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Self
2010
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
Self
2009
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Self
2009
From The Basement
Self - Sonic Youth
2009
New York Rock at the BBC
Self - Sonic Youth
2008
I Need That Record!
Himself
2008
365 Day Project
2007
Welcome to My Castle!
Self
2007
Llik Your Idols
Himself
2007
You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson
Self
2007
Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East
Himself
2007
Cut Shorts
2006
Kill Your Idols: More.
Himself
2006
Noise
Self
2006
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Self
2006
Punk: Attitude
Himself
2005
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
2005
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
Himself
2005
Day Trip Maryanne
2005
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes
Himself
2005
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
Self
2005
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
Self
2004
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2004
Kill Your Idols
Himself
2004
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
Performer
2003
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
2003
Pavement: Slow Century
Self
2002
25 Years of Punk
Self
2001
Sonic Youth: Live in Rio 2000
2000
Gilmore Girls
Cool Dad Troubadour · (1 episode)
2000
Record Player: Christian Marclay
Himself
2000
Silver Rockets/Kool Things: 20 Years of Sonic Youth
2000
David S. Ware
Himself
1999
Turn of the Century
Himself
1999
Free Tibet
Self - Sonic Youth
1998
Classic Albums
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Don't Bring A Dog
Himself
1997
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
1996
An Introduction to Harmolodics
1995
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
Self
1995
Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
Self
1995
Blood on the Beach
Self
1995
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
Self
1994
Hi Octane
Self (Host) · (4 episodes)
1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Fred Cracklin · (1 episode)
1994
Changing Fashions
1993
Grunge Pedal
1993
1991: The Year Punk Broke
Self
1992
Sonic Youth - Goo
Himself
1991
Skeeno H.C. Rules
1991
Goo
Self
1991
Rap Damage
1991
Notebook
1991
Weatherman '69
Jeff Jones
1989
Put More Blood Into the Music
Himself
1988
Lou Believers
Himself
1988
Sublapse Video Mag 1
1986
Death Valley '69
1986
Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
Submit to Me
1986