Thurston Moore
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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
Credits
The Wizard of the Kremlin (2026)
as Synthesizer Player
The Sparks Brothers (2021)
as Self
The Best Summer (2026)
as Self
Broken English (2026)
as Self
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt (2025)
as Self
Pavements (2025)
as Self (uncredited)
Uncropped (2024)
as Self
Scala!!! (2024)
as Self
The Last Critic (2026)
Actor
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB (2009)
as Self
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. (2021)
as himself
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special (1995)
as Self
Changing Fashions (1993)
Actor
1991: The Year Punk Broke (1992)
as Self
The Public Image Is Rotten (2017)
as Himself
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! (1994)
Actor
Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times (1995)
as Self
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (2021)
as Self
365 Day Project (2007)
as Self
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease (2012)
as Self
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos (1994)
as Self
The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006)
as Self
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010)
as Self
Louder Than You Think (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Thick Air (2020)
as Himself
Blank City (2011)
as Self
You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson (2007)
as Self
From The Basement (2009)
as Self - Sonic Youth
Punk: Attitude (2005)
as Himself
Lou Believers (1988)
as Himself
Free Tibet (1998)
as Self - Sonic Youth
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard (2011)
as Self
Welcome to My Castle! (2007)
as Self
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine (2019)
as Self - Sonic Youth
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) (2015)
as Self
Station to Station (2014)
Actor
Kill Your Idols (2004)
as Self
25 Years of Punk (2001)
as Self
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love (1995)
Actor
From the Basement (2009)
as Self - Sonic Youth
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York (2009)
as Self
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind (2005)
as Self
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions (2019)
as Self
Submit to Me (1985)
Actor
Weatherman '69 (1989)
as Jeff Jones
Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree (1985)
Actor
The Road to Ruane (2024)
as Self
Llik Your Idols (2007)
as Himself
The Hardcore Collection (2000)
Actor
Day Trip Maryanne (2005)
Actor
Cut Shorts (2006)
Actor
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005)
as Self
Tibetan Freedom Concert (1996)
as Self
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape (2016)
as Himself
Goo (1991)
as Self
Record Player: Christian Marclay (2000)
as Himself
New York Rock at the BBC (2008)
as Self - Sonic Youth
Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music (2001)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Grunge Pedal (1993)
Actor
David S. Ware (1999)
as Himself
Sonic Youth: Full Set From The Basement (—)
as Self
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story (2024)
Actor
Pavement: Slow Century (2002)
as Self
Sonic Youth: 930 Club (1988)
Actor
Lou Reed - Remembered (2013)
Actor
Swans: Where Does a Body End? (2019)
as Self
Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East (2007)
as Himself
Turn of the Century (1999)
as Himself
Noise (2006)
as Self
I Need That Record! (2008)
as Himself
An Introduction to Harmolodics (1995)
Actor
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes (2005)
as Himself
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale (2004)
as Self
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation (2019)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage (2003)
as Performer
Desolation Center (2018)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis (1986)
Actor
Put More Blood Into the Music (1988)
as Himself
Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985 (—)
Actor
Sublapse Video Mag 1 (1986)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (2004)
Actor
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over (2019)
as Self
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth (2000)
as Self
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline (2014)
as Himself
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet (2005)
as Self
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011 (2011)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000 (2000)
Actor
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney (2013)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991 (2025)
Actor
Teenage Superstars (2017)
as Self
Don't Bring A Dog (1997)
as Himself
Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011 (2010)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003) (2003)
Actor
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond (2019)
Actor
Ecstatic Peace Archives (2010)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996 (1996)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes (2005)
Actor
Kill Your Idols: More. (2006)
as Self
Skeeno H.C. Rules (1991)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa (1993)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival (2011)
Actor
Notebook (1991)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996 (—)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim (1998)
Actor
Rap Damage (1991)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach (1995)
as Self
The Hardcore Collection (2012)
as (archive footage)