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Thurston Moore

Age · 67 Born · Jul 25, 1958 From · Coral Gables, Florida, USA Films · 100

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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

Broken English poster

The Wizard of the Kremlin poster

The Wizard of the Kremlin

Pavements poster

Uncropped poster

Career timeline

2026

The Last Critic

The Best Summer

Broken English Notable

2025

Sonic Youth: Live in 1991

Self (uncredited) · 2025

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

2024

The Road to Ruane

Uncropped Notable

Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story

2023

Louder Than You Think

Self (archive footage) · 2023

2021

Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. Notable

himself · 2021

The Sparks Brothers Notable

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

2020

Himself · 2020

2019

Swans: Where Does a Body End? Notable

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over Notable

SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions Notable

2018

Desolation Center Notable

2017

Teenage Superstars Notable

The Public Image Is Rotten Notable

Himself · 2017

2016

Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

Himself · 2016

2015

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

2014

Station to Station

It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline

Himself · 2014

2013

Lou Reed - Remembered

I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney Notable

2012

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease

The Hardcore Collection Notable

(archive footage) · 2012

2011

Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011

Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival

Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard Notable

2010

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Notable

2009

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB Notable

From the Basement

Self - Sonic Youth · 2009

2008

New York Rock at the BBC

Self - Sonic Youth · 2008

I Need That Record!

Himself · 2008

2007

365 Day Project Notable

Welcome to My Castle!

Llik Your Idols

Himself · 2007

2006

Cut Shorts Notable

The Devil and Daniel Johnston Notable

Frequently appears with

Marianne Faithfull

The Record Keeper

The Replacement

The Media Archivist

Alicia Vikander

Boris Berezovsky

Full filmography

The Last Critic poster

The Last Critic

The Best Summer poster

The Best Summer

Broken English poster

The Wizard of the Kremlin poster

The Wizard of the Kremlin

Sonic Youth: Live in 1991 poster

Sonic Youth: Live in 1991

Pavements poster

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt poster

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

The Road to Ruane poster

The Road to Ruane

Uncropped poster

Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story poster

Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story

Scala!!! poster

Louder Than You Think poster

Louder Than You Think

Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. poster

Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.

The Sparks Brothers poster

The Sparks Brothers

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché poster

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

Thick Air poster

Swans: Where Does a Body End? poster

Swans: Where Does a Body End?

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over poster

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions poster

SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions

Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine poster

Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine

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