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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Lee Ranaldo Bandmate in Sonic Youth, also in Goo (1991)
Steve Shelley Bandmate in Sonic Youth, also in Goo (1991)
Dave Grohl Bandmate in The Backbeat Band
Mike Mills Bandmate in The Backbeat Band
Richard Edson Bandmate in Sonic Youth
Dave Pirner Bandmate in The Backbeat Band
Greg Dulli Bandmate in The Backbeat Band
Bob Bert Bandmate in Sonic Youth
Don Fleming Bandmate in The Backbeat Band
Mark Ibold Bandmate in Sonic Youth
John Zorn Duets: “@” (2013)
Richard Kern Produced Goo (1991)
Yoko Ono Duets: Yokokimthurston (2012)
Beck Produced Demolished Thoughts (2011)- Paul Epworth Produced Rock n Roll Consciousness (2017)
Stephen Malkmus Thurston directed Slow Century (2002)
Charles Hayward Duets: Improvisations (2017)
Kramer Duets: They Came Like Swallows (2026)
Phil Morrison Produced Goo (1991)
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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.
When you're playing in standard tuning all the time, you're sounding pretty...standard.
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Moore was ranked 34th in Rolling Stone's 2004 edition of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".