Thurston Moore
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.
Filmography
The Last Critic
2026
The Best Summer
2026
as Self
Broken English
2026
as Self
The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026
as Synthesizer Player
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
2025
Pavements
2025
as Self (uncredited)
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2025
as Self
The Road to Ruane
2024
as Self
Uncropped
2024
as Self
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
2024
Scala!!!
2024
as Self
Louder Than You Think
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
2021
as himself
The Sparks Brothers
2021
as Self
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021
as Self
Thick Air
2020
as Himself
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019
as Self
- No poster
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
2019
as Self
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
2019
as Self
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
2019
as Self - Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2019
Desolation Center
2018
Teenage Superstars
2017
as Self