Thurston Moore
Born in Coral Gables, Florida, USA — Jul 25 1958
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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.
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Gilmore Girls
Cool Dad Troubadour
Classic Albums
Self
Irma Vep
Sound
Punk
Self
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
Self
Pavements
Self (uncredited)
Pavement: Slow Century
Self
Hi Octane
Self (Host)
Heavy
Sound
Scala!!!
Self
Demonlover
Sound
Black Lodge
Production
Blank City
Self
Broken English
Self
The Sparks Brothers
Self
Things Behind the Sun
Sound
Made in U.S.A.
Sound
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
Self
365 Day Project
Self
Free Tibet
Self - Sonic Youth
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
himself
From the Basement
Self - Sonic Youth
Submit to Me
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Self
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Self
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
Self
Tibetan Freedom Concert
Self
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Self
The Last Critic
New York Rock at the BBC
Self - Sonic Youth
1991: The Year Punk Broke
Self
Kill Your Idols
Self
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
Sound
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
Self
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
Self
Rap Damage
Weatherman '69
Jeff Jones
Put More Blood Into the Music
Himself
Noise
Self
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
Self
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
The Road to Ruane
Self
Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
25 Years of Punk
Self
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
Self
Goo
Self
Punk: Attitude
Himself
I Need That Record!
Himself
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Sound
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Self
Don't Bring A Dog
Himself
Submit to Me Now
Sound
Llik Your Idols
Himself
Fire Music
Production
Station to Station
Louder Than You Think
Self (archive footage)
Cut Shorts
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Self
Uncropped
Self
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes
Himself
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
Self
Changing Fashions
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
Self
Lou Believers
Himself
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
Self
Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
Self
Sublapse Video Mag 1
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
Self
The Public Image Is Rotten
Himself
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
Self - Sonic Youth
Skeeno H.C. Rules
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth
Self
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline
Himself
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
Self
Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music
Self - Narrator (voice)
You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson
Self
Notebook
The Hardcore Collection
Sonic Youth: 930 Club
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
Teenage Superstars
Self
Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet
Self
Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998
Desolation Center
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
Himself
Welcome to My Castle!
Self
Thick Air
Himself
Kill Your Idols: More.
Himself
Turn of the Century
Himself
Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
Record Player: Christian Marclay
Himself
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
Grunge Pedal
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
Rock My Religion
Writing
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
Self
Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002
Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East
Himself
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
An Introduction to Harmolodics
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis
David S. Ware
Himself
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
I Was Jack Goldstein
Sound
Hippy Porn
Sound
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
Performer
Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach
Self
Lou Reed - Remembered
Street
Sound
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa
Clean
Sound
Day Trip Maryanne
Ecstatic Peace Archives
Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011
2020
Sound
The Hardcore Collection
(archive footage)
Extra Action
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