Overview
Thurston Moore
Known For
Louder Than You Think
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Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
The American indie rock band “Dinosaur Jr.” is a radical...
Sonic Youth: From The Basement
Enjoy Sonic Youth’s full From The Basement set! Track listing:...
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
From their roots as a brutal, confrontational industrial band, through...
Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
The first career-spanning documentary retrospective of Lydia Lunch's confrontational, acerbic...
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
Explores the seminal music magazine from its 1969 launch in...
Biography
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.