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