Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore

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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Movies starring Thurston Moore (89)

The Wizard of the Kremlin (2026)

Synthesizer Player

Pavements (2025)

Self (Uncredited)

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt (2025)

Self

The Road to Ruane (2024)

Self

Uncropped (2024)

Self

Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story (2024)
Scala!!! (2024)

Self

Louder Than You Think (2023)

Self (Archive Footage)

Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. (2021)

Himself

The Sparks Brothers (2021)

Self

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché (2021)

Self

Thick Air (2020)

Himself

Sonic Youth: From The Basement (2020)

Self

Swans: Where Does a Body End? (2019)

Self

Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond (2019)
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over (2019)

Self

SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions (2019)

Self

Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine (2019)

Self - Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation (2019)
Desolation Center (2018)
Teenage Superstars (2017)

Self

The Public Image Is Rotten (2017)

Himself

Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape (2016)

Himself

Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) (2015)

Self

Station to Station (2014)
It's Not Repetition, It's Discipline (2014)

Himself

Lou Reed - Remembered (2013)
I'm Now: The Story of Mudhoney (2013)
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease (2012)

Self

Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard (2011)

Self

Blank City (2011)

Self

Sonic Youth & The Black Keys: Live at Austin City Limits 2011 (2010)
Ecstatic Peace Archives (2010)
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010)

Self

No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York (2009)

Self

Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB (2009)

Self

From the Basement (2009)

Self - Sonic Youth

New York Rock at the BBC (2008)

Self - Sonic Youth

I Need That Record! (2008)

Himself

365 Day Project (2007)

Self

Welcome to My Castle! (2007)

Self

Llik Your Idols (2007)

Himself

You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson (2007)

Self

Dinosaur Jr: Live in the Middle East (2007)

Himself

Cut Shorts (2006)
Kill Your Idols: More. (2006)

Self

Noise (2006)

Self

The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006)

Self

Punk: Attitude (2005)

Himself

Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes (2005)
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind (2005)

Self

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005)

Self

Sun Ra: Brother From Another Planet (2005)

Self

Day Trip Maryanne (2005)
Cecil Taylor: All The Notes (2005)

Himself

(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale (2004)

Self

Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (2004)
Kill Your Idols (2004)

Self

Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage (2003)

Performer

Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003) (2003)
Pavement: Slow Century (2002)

Self

25 Years of Punk (2001)

Self

Record Player: Christian Marclay (2000)

Himself

Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth (2000)

Self

David S. Ware (1999)

Himself

Turn of the Century (1999)

Himself

Free Tibet (1998)

Self - Sonic Youth

Don't Bring A Dog (1997)

Himself

Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996 (1996)
An Introduction to Harmolodics (1995)
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special (1995)

Self

Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times (1995)

Self

Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach (1995)

Self

Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! (1994)
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos (1994)

Self

Changing Fashions (1993)
Grunge Pedal (1993)
1991: The Year Punk Broke (1992)

Self

Sonic Youth - Goo (1991)

Himself

Skeeno H.C. Rules (1991)
Goo (1991)

Self

Rap Damage (1991)
Notebook (1991)
Weatherman '69 (1989)

Jeff Jones

Put More Blood Into the Music (1988)

Himself

Lou Believers (1988)

Himself

Sublapse Video Mag 1 (1986)
Submit to Me (1986)
Death Valley '69 (1986)

Movies Made by Thurston Moore (17)

Black Lodge (2022)

Executive Producer

2020 (2021)

Music

Fire Music (2021)

Executive Producer

Clean (2011)

Original Music Composer

Street (2011)

Music

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010)

Music

I Was Jack Goldstein (2010)

Music

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2007)

Music

Demonlover (2002)

Original Music Composer

Things Behind the Sun (2001)

Original Music Composer

Heavy (1995)

Original Music Composer

1991: The Year Punk Broke (1992)

Title Designer

Goo (1991)

Director

Hippy Porn (1991)

Original Music Composer

Made in U.S.A. (1987)

Original Music Composer

Submit to Me Now (1987)

Music

Rock My Religion (1984)

Idea

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