Thurston Moore
ActingThurston 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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Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
2026
The Last Critic
2026
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The Best Summer
2026
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Broken English
2026
Synthesizer Player
The Wizard of the Kremlin
2026
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
2025
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Pavements
2025
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The Road to Ruane
2024
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Uncropped
2024
Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story
2024
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Scala!!!
2024
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Louder Than You Think
2023
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Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
2021
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The Sparks Brothers
2021
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Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
2021
Himself
Thick Air
2020
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Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019
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Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
2019
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SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
2019
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Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
2019
TV Shows
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Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2021
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Punk
2019
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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Cool Dad Troubadour
Gilmore Girls
2000
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Classic Albums
1997
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Hi Octane
1994
Fred Cracklin
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
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Late Show with David Letterman
1993
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
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