(1958-07-25) July 25, 1958 (age 65) Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.
Genres
Alternative rock[1]
noise rock[2]
avant-rock[3]
post-punk[4]
Occupation(s)
Musician
songwriter
Instrument(s)
Guitar
vocals
Years active
1976–present
Labels
Caroline International
Matador
Ecstatic Peace!
DGC
SST
Formerly of
Sonic Youth
The Coachmen
Swans[5]
Thurston Moore Band[6]
Even Worse
Velvet Monkeys
Dim Stars
Chelsea Light Moving
Twilight
Spouses
Kim Gordon
(m. 1984; div. 2013)
Eva Prinz
(m. 2020)
Musical artist
Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958)[7] is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known as a member of the rock band Sonic Youth. He has also participated in many solo and group collaborations outside 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".[8]
In 2012, Moore started a new band Chelsea Light Moving,[9] whose eponymous debut was released on March 5, 2013. In 2015, Chelsea Light Moving disbanded after one studio album release.[10] Moore and the other members of the band continue to make music under his solo project and other bands.
^Phares, Heather. "Thurston Moore". Allmusic. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
^Ashton-Smith, Alan (May 17, 2015). "Thurston Moore @ Oslo, London". musicOMH. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
^"Thurston Moore to release solo 7" inspired by Stoke Newington activists; supporting Lee Ranaldo in London next week". Fact. November 14, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
^Grebey, James (July 7, 2015). "Thurston Moore and Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina Discuss Putin and FIFA". Spin. San Francisco, California: SpinMedia. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
^"Jonathan Kane and Swans". Young God Records. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
^Young, Alex (August 4, 2014). "Thurston Moore forms new band with Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley and MBV's Debbie Googe". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
^George-Warren, Holly; Romanowski, Patricia, eds. (2005). "Sonic Youth". The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. New York City: Fireside. p. 912. ISBN 978-0-7432-9201-6.
^Fricke, David. "100 Greatest Guitarists: David Fricke's Picks: 34: Thurston Moore". Rolling Stone. New York City. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013.
^"Thurston Moore starts new band". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
^"Chelsea Light Moving disbands". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on June 29, 2017.
Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known as a member of the rock band Sonic Youth. He has...
formed in 1981. Founding members Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar), ThurstonMoore (guitar, vocals) and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals) remained together...
2024. The Torn Skirt established a cult following with fans including ThurstonMoore and Mary Gaitskill and made an appearance on Season 3 of Gossip Girl...
begin an art career. There, she formed Sonic Youth with ThurstonMoore in 1981. She and Moore married in 1984, and the band released a total of six albums...
Chris Nelson (of Mofungo and The Scene Is Now) in New York Rocker. ThurstonMoore of Sonic Youth claimed to have seen the term spray-painted on CBGB's...
Bloody Valentine. She has also worked with Snowpony, Primal Scream and ThurstonMoore. Googe was born in Yeovil, Somerset, England. Prior to joining My Bloody...
project of Sonic Youth members Steve Shelley, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and ThurstonMoore, featuring contributions from Minutemen/Firehose member Mike Watt and...
to Manhattan with a friend, living in the apartment of Sonic Youth's ThurstonMoore and Kim Gordon for dog sitting purposes while the band was in Europe...
top 100 guitarist list, ranking Ranaldo and his Sonic Youth bandmate ThurstonMoore together at number 1. Ranaldo was born in Glen Cove, Long Island, studied...
departure affected the sound of Rather Ripped, with singer and guitarist ThurstonMoore stating that the new record "is just a far more straight up rock and...
it as a strong introduction to the band's music. On June 15, 2007, ThurstonMoore announced that Sonic Youth was recording a new song for a compilation...
who praised the lengthy, quiet guitar interplay between band members ThurstonMoore and Lee Ranaldo. However, some criticized the forced vocal delivery...
stages of the band, The Death Archives: Mayhem 1984–94, published by ThurstonMoore's publishing house Ecstatic Peace Library. During promotional interviews...
19, 2012. Arm, Mark (1993). "ThurstonMoore interviews Mark Arm backstage". Junk (Interview). Interviewed by ThurstonMoore. Aloha Tower, Hawaii. Video...
rock such as Carla Bozulich and the Geraldine Fibbers, Mike Watt and ThurstonMoore. He leads the Nels Cline Singers, Nels Cline Trio, and the Nels Cline...
remixers of Rising material included Cibo Matto, Ween, Tricky, and ThurstonMoore. In 1997, Rykodisc reissued Ono's catalog of solo recordings on CD,...
side projects, including Rodney & the Tube Tops, which he formed with ThurstonMoore of Sonic Youth, and RRIICCEE with Vincent Gallo. While studying creative...
insignia is an A in a circle. @ (album), a 2013 album by John Zorn and ThurstonMoore @ (unit), a custom unit (arroba) A (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
"Jigsaw Feeling" from The Scream as being among his favourite songs. ThurstonMoore of Sonic Youth cited "Hong Kong Garden" in his top 25 all-time favourite...
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