Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore

Acting

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

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The Last Critic The Last Critic 2026 The Best Summer The Best Summer 2026 Broken English ★ 7.0 Broken English 2026 The Wizard of the Kremlin ★ 6.5 The Wizard of the Kremlin 2026 Sonic Youth: Live in 1991 Sonic Youth: Live in 1991 2025 Pavements ★ 6.8 Pavements 2025 Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt 2025 The Road to Ruane The Road to Ruane 2024 Uncropped ★ 8.3 Uncropped 2024 Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story 2024 Scala!!! ★ 7.8 Scala!!! 2024 Louder Than You Think ★ 6.0 Louder Than You Think 2023 Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. ★ 7.8 Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. 2021 Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson ★ 7.4 Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson 2021 The Sparks Brothers ★ 7.3 The Sparks Brothers 2021 Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché ★ 6.6 Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché 2021 Thick Air ★ 6.8 Thick Air 2020 Swans: Where Does a Body End? ★ 7.9 Swans: Where Does a Body End? 2019 Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond 2019 Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over ★ 7.0 Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over 2019 SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions ★ 10.0 SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions 2019 Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine ★ 6.7 Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine 2019 Punk ★ 7.8 Punk 2019 Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation 2019 Desolation Center ★ 9.3 Desolation Center 2018 Teenage Superstars ★ 7.5 Teenage Superstars 2017 The Public Image Is Rotten ★ 7.4 The Public Image Is Rotten 2017 Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape ★ 6.3 Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape 2016 Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) ★ 7.0 Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) 2015 Station to Station ★ 6.8 Station to Station 2014 It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline 2014 Lou Reed - Remembered ★ 6.5 Lou Reed - Remembered 2013 I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney ★ 7.0 I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney 2013 Ben Lee: Catch My Disease ★ 2.0 Ben Lee: Catch My Disease 2012 The Hardcore Collection ★ 7.7 The Hardcore Collection 2012 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 ★ 7.5 Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard 2011 Blank City ★ 7.1 Blank City 2011 Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011 Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011 2010 Ecstatic Peace Archives Ecstatic Peace Archives 2010 Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child ★ 7.3 Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child 2010 No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York ★ 10.0 No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York 2009 Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB ★ 8.0 Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB 2009 From the Basement ★ 6.0 From the Basement 2009 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon ★ 5.9 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2009 New York Rock at the BBC ★ 6.5 New York Rock at the BBC 2008 I Need That Record! ★ 6.4 I Need That Record! 2008 365 Day Project ★ 10.0 365 Day Project 2007 Welcome to My Castle! Welcome to My Castle! 2007 Llik Your Idols ★ 4.0 Llik Your Idols 2007 You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson ★ 6.4 You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson 2007 Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East 2007 Cut Shorts ★ 8.0 Cut Shorts 2006 Kill Your Idols: More. ★ 7.8 Kill Your Idols: More. 2006 Noise ★ 4.8 Noise 2006 The Devil and Daniel Johnston ★ 7.7 The Devil and Daniel Johnston 2006 Punk: Attitude ★ 7.1 Punk: Attitude 2005 Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes ★ 4.5 Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes 2005 Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind ★ 7.0 Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind 2005 We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen ★ 6.7 We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen 2005 Day Trip Maryanne Day Trip Maryanne 2005 Cecil Taylor: All The Notes Cecil Taylor: All The Notes 2005 Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet ★ 8.0 Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet 2005 (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale ★ 7.0 (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale 2004 Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost ★ 6.2 Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost 2004 Kill Your Idols ★ 7.5 Kill Your Idols 2004 Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage 2003 Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003) ★ 5.0 Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003) 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ★ 5.3 Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003 Pavement: Slow Century ★ 7.6 Pavement: Slow Century 2002 Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002 Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002 2002 25 Years of Punk ★ 7.0 25 Years of Punk 2001 Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music Money for Nothing: Behind the Business of Pop Music 2001 Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000 Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000 2000 Gilmore Girls ★ 7.9 Gilmore Girls 2000 Record Player: Christian Marclay Record Player: Christian Marclay 2000 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 David S. Ware David S. Ware 1999