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Thurston Moore

Acting • 1958-07-25 • 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

Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost

Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost

2004

Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985

Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985

Weatherman '69

Weatherman '69

1989

The Hardcore Collection

The Hardcore Collection

2012

Sublapse Video Mag 1

Sublapse Video Mag 1

1986

Cut Shorts

Cut Shorts

2006

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Filmography

2026
The Wizard of the KremlinFilm
Synthesizer Player
★ 6.4
2026
Broken EnglishFilm
Self
★ 7.6
2026
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing ButtFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2026
The Last CriticFilm
★ 5.0
2026
The Best SummerFilm
Self
2026
The One. For New York.Film
2025
PavementsFilm
Self (uncredited)
★ 6.9
2025
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991Film
2024
Scala!!!Film
Self
★ 7.8
2024
UncroppedFilm
Self
★ 8.3
2024
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross StoryFilm
2024
The Road to RuaneFilm
Self
2023
Louder Than You ThinkFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
2021
The Sparks BrothersFilm
Self
★ 7.4
2021
Watch the Sound with Mark RonsonTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
2021
Poly Styrene: I Am a ClichéFilm
Self
★ 6.6
2021
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.Film
Self
★ 7.8
2020
Thick AirFilm
Himself
★ 6.8
2019
PunkTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.9
2019
Swans: Where Does a Body End?Film
Self
★ 7.9
2019
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll MagazineFilm
Self - Sonic Youth
★ 6.7
2019
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never OverFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2019
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover SessionsFilm
Self
★ 10.0
2019
Sonic Youth: Daydream NationFilm
2019
Sonic Youth: NYC and BeyondFilm
2018
Desolation CenterFilm
★ 9.3
2017
The Public Image Is RottenFilm
Himself
★ 7.4
2017
Teenage SuperstarsFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2016
Cassette: A Documentary MixtapeFilm
Self
★ 6.4
2015
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)Film
Self
★ 6.9
2014
Station to StationFilm
★ 6.8
2014
It's Not Repetition, It's DisciplineFilm
Self
2013
I'm Now: The Story of MudhoneyFilm
★ 7.0
2013
Lou Reed - RememberedFilm
★ 6.5
2012
The Hardcore CollectionFilm
(archive footage)
★ 7.7
2012
Ben Lee: Catch My DiseaseFilm
Self
★ 2.0
2011
Blank CityFilm
Self
★ 6.9
2011
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. HowardFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2011
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria FestivalFilm
2011
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011Film
2010
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant ChildFilm
Self
★ 7.2
2010
Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011Film
2010
Ecstatic Peace ArchivesFilm
2009
Late Night with Jimmy FallonTV
Self - Musical Guest • 1 episodes
★ 5.9
2009
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New YorkFilm
Self
★ 10.0
2009
From the BasementFilm
Self - Sonic Youth
★ 6.0
2009
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2009
From The BasementFilm
Self - Sonic Youth
2008
I Need That Record!Film
Himself
★ 6.5
2008
New York Rock at the BBCFilm
Self - Sonic Youth
★ 6.5
2007
You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky EricksonFilm
Self
★ 6.5
2007
Llik Your IdolsFilm
Himself
★ 4.6
2007
365 Day ProjectFilm
Self
★ 10.0
2007
Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle EastFilm
Self
2007
Welcome to My Castle!Film
Self
2006
The Devil and Daniel JohnstonFilm
Self
★ 7.7
2006
Kill Your Idols: More.Film
Self
★ 7.8
2006
NoiseFilm
Self
★ 4.5
2006
Cut ShortsFilm
★ 8.0
2005
Punk: AttitudeFilm
Self
★ 7.1
2005
Classic Albums: Nirvana - NevermindFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2005
We Jam Econo: The Story of the MinutemenFilm
Self
★ 6.8
2005
Sun Ra: Brother From Another PlanetFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2005
Sonic Youth: Live at EurockéennesFilm
★ 4.5
2005
Cecil Taylor: All The NotesFilm
Himself
2005
Day Trip MaryanneFilm
2004
Kill Your IdolsFilm
Self
★ 7.4
2004
Sonic Youth: Corporate GhostFilm
★ 6.2
2004
(This Is Known as) The Blues ScaleFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!TV
Self - Musical Guest • 1 episodes
★ 5.3
2003
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)Film
★ 5.0
2003
Sonic Youth: Live at SoundstageFilm
Performer
2002
Pavement: Slow CenturyFilm
Self
★ 7.6
2001
25 Years of PunkFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2001
Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop MusicFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
2000
Gilmore GirlsTV
Cool Dad Troubadour • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
2000
The Hardcore CollectionFilm
2000
Record Player: Christian MarclayFilm
Himself
2000
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic YouthFilm
Self
2000
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000Film
1999
Turn of the CenturyFilm
Himself
1999
David S. WareFilm
Himself
1998
Free TibetFilm
Self - Sonic Youth
★ 8.0
1998
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de BenicàssimFilm
1997
Classic AlbumsTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
1997
Don't Bring A DogFilm
Himself
1996
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996Film
1996
Tibetan Freedom ConcertFilm
Self
1995
Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These TimesFilm
Self
★ 7.0
1995
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween SpecialFilm
Self
★ 4.0
1995
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic LoveFilm
1995
Sonic Youth: Blood on the BeachFilm
Self
1995
An Introduction to HarmolodicsFilm
1994
Space Ghost Coast to CoastTV
Fred Cracklin • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
1994
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!Film
★ 7.6
1994
Hi OctaneTV
Self (Host) • 4 episodes
★ 8.3
1994
Freaks, Nerds & WeirdosFilm
Self
★ 7.5
1993
Late Show with David LettermanTV
Self - Musical Guest • 6 episodes
★ 6.5
1993
Late Night with Conan O'BrienTV
Self - Musical Guest • 4 episodes
★ 7.3
1993
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno LisboaFilm
1993
Changing FashionsFilm
1993
Grunge PedalFilm
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoTV
Self - Musical Guest • 1 episodes
★ 5.3
1992
Later... with Jools HollandTV
★ 5.9
1992
1991: The Year Punk BrokeFilm
Self
★ 6.8
1991
GooFilm
Self
★ 5.7
1991
Skeeno H.C. RulesFilm
1991
NotebookFilm
1991
Rap DamageFilm
1989
Weatherman '69Film
Jeff Jones
★ 10.0
1988
Put More Blood Into the MusicFilm
Himself
★ 7.8
1988
Sonic Youth: 930 ClubFilm
1988
Lou BelieversFilm
Himself
1986
Sublapse Video Mag 1Film
★ 8.0
1986
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. LouisFilm
1985
Submit to MeFilm
★ 5.2
1985
Sonic Youth: Gila Monster JamboreeFilm