Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore

🎂 25th July 1958 (67 yrs) 📍 Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Known For

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

Biography

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.

Thurston Moore

Movies Featuring Thurston Moore

The Last Critic

The Last Critic (2026)

Broken English

Broken English (2026)

as Self
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991

Sonic Youth: Live in 1991 (2025)

Pavements

Pavements (2025)

as Self (uncredited)
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt (2025)

as Self
The Road to Ruane

The Road to Ruane (2024)

as Self
Uncropped

Uncropped (2024)

as Self
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story

Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story (2024)

Scala!!!

Scala!!! (2024)

as Self
Louder Than You Think

Louder Than You Think (2023)

as Self (archive footage)
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.

Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. (2021)

as himself
The Sparks Brothers

The Sparks Brothers (2021)

as Self
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (2021)

as Self
Thick Air

Thick Air (2020)

as Himself
Swans: Where Does a Body End?

Swans: Where Does a Body End? (2019)

as Self
No Image

Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond (2019)

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over (2019)

as Self
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions

SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions (2019)

as Self
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine

Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine (2019)

as Self - Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation (2019)

Desolation Center

Desolation Center (2018)

Teenage Superstars

Teenage Superstars (2017)

as Self
The Public Image Is Rotten

The Public Image Is Rotten (2017)

as Himself
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape (2016)

as Himself
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)

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

as Self
Station to Station

Station to Station (2014)

It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline

It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline (2014)

as Himself
Lou Reed - Remembered

Lou Reed - Remembered (2013)

I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney

I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney (2013)

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease (2012)

as Self
The Hardcore Collection

The Hardcore Collection (2012)

as (archive footage)
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011

Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011 (2011)

Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival

Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival (2011)

Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard

Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard (2011)

as Self
Blank City

Blank City (2011)

as Self
No Image

Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011 (2010)

No Image

Ecstatic Peace Archives (2010)

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010)

as Self
No Image

No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York (2009)

as Self
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB (2009)

as Self
From the Basement

From the Basement (2009)

as Self - Sonic Youth
New York Rock at the BBC

New York Rock at the BBC (2008)

as Self - Sonic Youth
I Need That Record!

I Need That Record! (2008)

as Himself
365 Day Project

365 Day Project (2007)

as Self
Welcome to My Castle!

Welcome to My Castle! (2007)

as Self
Llik Your Idols

Llik Your Idols (2007)

as Himself
You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson

You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson (2007)

as Self
Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East

Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East (2007)

as Himself
Cut Shorts

Cut Shorts (2006)

No Image

Kill Your Idols: More. (2006)

as Self
Noise

Noise (2006)

as Self
The Devil and Daniel Johnston

The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006)

as Self
Punk: Attitude

Punk: Attitude (2005)

as Himself
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes

Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes (2005)

Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind

Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind (2005)

as Self
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005)

as Self
Day Trip Maryanne

Day Trip Maryanne (2005)

Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

Cecil Taylor: All The Notes (2005)

as Himself
No Image

Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet (2005)

as Self
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale

(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale (2004)

as Self
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost

Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (2004)

Kill Your Idols

Kill Your Idols (2004)

as Self
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage (2003)

as Performer
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)

Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003) (2003)

Pavement: Slow Century

Pavement: Slow Century (2002)

as Self
Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002

Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002 (2002)

25 Years of Punk

25 Years of Punk (2001)

as Self
Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music

Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music (2001)

as Self - Narrator (voice)
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000

Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000 (2000)

Record Player: Christian Marclay

Record Player: Christian Marclay (2000)

as Himself
The Hardcore Collection

The Hardcore Collection (2000)

Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth

Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth (2000)

as Self
David S. Ware

David S. Ware (1999)

as Himself
Turn of the Century

Turn of the Century (1999)

as Himself
Free Tibet

Free Tibet (1998)

as Self - Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim

Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim (1998)

Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998

Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998 (1998)

No Image

Don't Bring A Dog (1997)

as Himself
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996

Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996 (1996)

No Image

An Introduction to Harmolodics (1995)

The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special

The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special (1995)

as Self
Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times

Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times (1995)

as Self
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love

Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love (1995)

Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach

Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach (1995)

as Self
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!

Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! (1994)

Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos

Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos (1994)

as Self
Changing Fashions

Changing Fashions (1993)

Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa

Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa (1993)

Grunge Pedal

Grunge Pedal (1993)

1991: The Year Punk Broke

1991: The Year Punk Broke (1992)

as Self
Skeeno H.C. Rules

Skeeno H.C. Rules (1991)

Goo

Goo (1991)

as Self
Rap Damage

Rap Damage (1991)

Notebook

Notebook (1991)

Weatherman '69

Weatherman '69 (1989)

as Jeff Jones
Sonic Youth: 930 Club

Sonic Youth: 930 Club (1988)

Put More Blood Into the Music

Put More Blood Into the Music (1988)

as Himself
Lou Believers

Lou Believers (1988)

as Himself
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis

Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis (1986)

Sublapse Video Mag 1

Sublapse Video Mag 1 (1986)

Submit to Me

Submit to Me (1986)

Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree

Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree (1985)

Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985

Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985 (N/A)

Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996

Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996 (N/A)

Tibetan Freedom Concert

Tibetan Freedom Concert (N/A)

as Self