
Thurston Moore
Acting
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.
Filmography

The Last Critic
Mar 14, 2026

Broken English
Feb 26, 2026

Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
Aug 23, 2025

Pavements
May 2, 2025

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Mar 12, 2025

The Road to Ruane
May 4, 2024

Uncropped
Apr 26, 2024

Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
Apr 20, 2024

Scala!!!
Jan 5, 2024

Louder Than You Think
Mar 13, 2023

Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
Oct 1, 2021

The Sparks Brothers
Jun 18, 2021

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Feb 27, 2021

Thick Air
Aug 26, 2020

Swans: Where Does a Body End?
Sep 19, 2019

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
Aug 15, 2019

SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
May 27, 2019

Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
Mar 14, 2019

Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
Feb 23, 2019

Desolation Center
Mar 16, 2018

Teenage Superstars
Jun 22, 2017

The Public Image Is Rotten
Apr 21, 2017

Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
Jun 27, 2016

Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
Apr 11, 2015

Station to Station
Dec 31, 2014

It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline
Oct 15, 2014

Lou Reed - Remembered
Dec 14, 2013

I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
Oct 20, 2013

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Nov 6, 2012

The Hardcore Collection
Feb 21, 2012