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