Thurston Moore

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1958-07-25 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Thurston Moore

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.

Acting

2005

Punk: Attitude

as Himself

2004

Kill Your Idols

as Himself

1999

David S. Ware

as Himself

2001

2008

2023

Louder Than You Think

as Self (archive footage)

2007

Llik Your Idols

as Himself

2024

Scala!!!

as Self

1989

Weatherman '69

as Jeff Jones

1999

2009

From The Basement

as Self - Sonic Youth

1997

1991

Goo

as Self

2012

The Hardcore Collection

as (archive footage)

2011

Blank City

as Self

2017

1991

1988

Lou Believers

as Himself

2006

Noise

as Self

2020

Thick Air

as Himself

2008

New York Rock at the BBC

as Self - Sonic Youth

1998

Free Tibet

as Self - Sonic Youth

2025

Pavements

as Self (uncredited)

Production

2021

2020

as Music

2022

Black Lodge

as Executive Producer

1991

Goo

as Writer

1987

1991

Goo

as Director

1987

Made in U.S.A.

as Original Music Composer

2001

Things Behind the Sun

as Original Music Composer

2002

Demonlover

as Original Music Composer

2007

Extra Action

as Music

2021

Fire Music

as Executive Producer

1995

Heavy

as Original Music Composer

2011

Street

as Music

2011

Clean

as Original Music Composer

1984

1992

1991: The Year Punk Broke

as Title Designer

1991

Hippy Porn

as Original Music Composer

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