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
The Sparks Brothers
(2021)
Self
Full Filmography
Acting
Submit to Me
(1985)
Death Valley '69
(1986)
Put More Blood Into the Music
(1988)
Himself
Lou Believers
(1988)
Himself
Weatherman '69
(1989)
Jeff Jones
Goo VHS
(1991)
Self
Goo
(1991)
Himself
Notebook
(1991)
Sonic Youth - Goo
(1991)
Himself
1991: The Year Punk Broke
(1992)
Self
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
(1994)
Self
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
(1995)
Self
An Introduction to Harmolodics
(1995)
Blood on the Beach
(1995)
Self
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
(1996)
Don't Bring A Dog
(1997)
Himself
David S. Ware
(1999)
Himself
Record Player: Christian Marclay
(2000)
Himself
Silver Rockets/Kool Things: 20 Years of Sonic Youth
(2000)
25 Years of Punk
(2001)
Self
Pavement: Slow Century
(2002)
Self
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
(2003)
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
(2003)
Performer
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
(2004)
Kill Your Idols
(2004)
Himself
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
(2004)
Himself
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
(2005)
Himself
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
(2005)
Day Trip Maryanne
(2005)
Punk: Attitude
(2005)
Himself
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes
(2005)
Himself
Kill Your Idols: More.
(2006)
Himself
Cut Shorts
(2006)
Noise
(2006)
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
(2006)
Self
Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East
(2007)
Himself
Llik Your Idols
(2007)
Himself
You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson
(2007)
Self
Welcome to My Castle!
(2007)
Himself
New York Rock at the BBC
(2008)
Self - Sonic Youth
I Need That Record!
(2008)
Himself
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB
(2009)
Self
From The Basement
(2009)
Self
Turn of the Century
(2009)
Himself
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
(2009)
Self
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
(2010)
Self
Ecstatic Peace Archives
(2010)
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
(2011)
Self
Blank City
(2011)
Self
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
(2012)
Self
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney
(2013)
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline
(2014)
Himself
Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)
(2015)
Himself
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape
(2016)
Himself
Teenage Superstars
(2017)
Himself
The Public Image Is Rotten
(2017)
Himself
Desolation Center
(2018)
Daydream Nation
(2019)
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
(2019)
Self
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
(2019)
Self - Sonic Youth
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
(2019)
Self
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
(2019)
Self
Thick Air
(2020)
Himself
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
(2021)
himself
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
(2021)
Self
The Sparks Brothers
(2021)
Self
Louder Than You Think
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
The Butthole Surfers Movie
(2023)
Self
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
(2023)
Scala!!!
(2024)
Self
The Road to Ruane
(2024)
Self
Writing
Sound
Submit to Me Now
(1987)
Music
Made in U.S.A.
(1987)
Original Music Composer
Heavy
(1995)
Original Music Composer
Things Behind the Sun
(2001)
Original Music Composer
Demonlover
(2002)
Original Music Composer
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
(2007)
Music
Extra Action
(2007)
Music
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
(2010)
Music
I Was Jack Goldstein
(2010)
Music
Street
(2011)
Music
Clean
(2011)
Original Music Composer
2020
(2021)
Music
Directing
Art
Production