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Thurston Moore

American guitarist · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1958 · age 68

Thurston Joseph Moore is an American musician, singer and songwriter best known as guitarist and vocalist of alternative rock band Sonic Youth. He has participated in many solo and group collaborations outside Sonic Youth, as well as running the Ecstatic Peace! record label.

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  1. Tonight I am going to defecate on stage because I think that is the only way to express the nature of my soul according to rock and roll.

    1991 · As quoted from 1991: The Year Punk Broke, Own words

  2. When you're playing in standard tuning all the time, you're sounding pretty...standard.

    As quoted by Michael Azerrad in Our Band Could Be Your Life, Own words

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Moore was ranked 34th in Rolling Stone's 2004 edition of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
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Born 1958 · age 68

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