
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Punk: Attitude
as Himself
2005

Notebook
1991

1991: The Year Punk Broke
as Self
1992

Kill Your Idols
as Self
2004

David S. Ware
as Himself
1999

Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2004

25 Years of Punk
as Self
2001

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
as Self
2019

Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth
as Self
2000

I Need That Record!
as Himself
2008

Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach
as Self
1995

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

Louder Than You Think
as Self (archive footage)
2023

Day Trip Maryanne
2005

Record Player: Christian Marclay
as Himself
2000

Cut Shorts
2006
Ecstatic Peace Archives
2010
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
as Self
2009
Kill Your Idols: More.
as Self
2006

Llik Your Idols
as Himself
2007
TV Appearances

Gilmore Girls
as Cool Dad Troubadour
2000

Space Ghost Coast to Coast
as Fred Cracklin
1994

Punk
as Self
2019

Classic Albums
as Self
1997

Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
as Self
2021

Hi Octane
as Self (Host)
1994

Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Musical Guest
1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Musical Guest
1993

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self - Musical Guest
1992

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Musical Guest
2003

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Musical Guest
2009