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Thurston Moore

Born 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.

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The One. For New York.
2026
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
as Self
2026
The Last Critic
2026
The Best Summer
as Self
2026
Broken English
as Self
2026
The Wizard of the Kremlin
as Synthesizer Player
2026
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
2025
Pavements
as Self (uncredited)
2025
The Road to Ruane
as Self
2024
Uncropped
as Self
2024
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
2024
Scala!!!
as Self
2024
Louder Than You Think
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Black Lodge
Executive Producer
2022
Irma Vep
Original Music Composer
2022
2020
Music
2021
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
as Self
2021
Fire Music
Executive Producer
2021
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
as Self
2021
The Sparks Brothers
as Self
2021
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
as Self
2021
Thick Air
as Himself
2020
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
as Self
2019
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
as Self
2019
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
as Self
2019
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
as Self - Sonic Youth
2019
Punk
as Self
2019
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2019
Desolation Center
2018
Teenage Superstars
as Self
2017
The Public Image Is Rotten
as Himself
2017
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
as Self
2016
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
as Self
2015
Station to Station
2014
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline
as Self
2014
Lou Reed - Remembered
2013
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
2013
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
as Self
2012
The Hardcore Collection
as (archive footage)
2012
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2011
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
2011
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
as Self
2011
Blank City
as Self
2011
Street
Music
2011
Clean
Original Music Composer
2011
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Music
2010
Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011
2010
Ecstatic Peace Archives
2010
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
as Self
2010
I Was Jack Goldstein
Music
2010
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
as Self
2009
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
as Self
2009
From the Basement
as Self - Sonic Youth
2009
From The Basement
as Self - Sonic Youth
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Musical Guest
2009
New York Rock at the BBC
as Self - Sonic Youth
2008
I Need That Record!
as Himself
2008
365 Day Project
as Self
2007
Welcome to My Castle!
as Self
2007
Llik Your Idols
as Himself
2007
You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson
as Self
2007
Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East
as Self
2007
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Music
2007
Extra Action
Music
2007
Cut Shorts
2006
Kill Your Idols: More.
as Self
2006
Noise
as Self
2006
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
as Self
2006
Punk: Attitude
as Self
2005
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
2005
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
as Self
2005
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
as Self
2005
Day Trip Maryanne
2005
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes
as Himself
2005
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
as Self
2005
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
as Self
2004
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2004
Kill Your Idols
as Self
2004
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
as Performer
2003