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{{short description|American guitarist, singer and songwriter (born 1958)}}
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| name              = Thurston Moore
| image             = Thurston Moore at 100 Club 02 (2018) (cropped).jpg
| caption           = Moore performing in 2018
| birth_name        = Thurston Joseph Moore
| alias             = Mirror<br />Fred Cracklin
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Kim Gordon]]|1984|2013|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Eva Prinz|2020}} }}
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1958|7|25}}
| birth_place       = [[Coral Gables, Florida]], U.S.
| death_date        = <!--{{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}}-->
| instrument        = {{flatlist|
* Guitar
* vocals
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| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Alternative rock]]<ref>{{cite web |first=Heather |last=Phares |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/thurston-moore-mn0000588183#biography |title=Thurston Moore |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 15, 2024}}</ref>
* {{nowrap|[[noise rock]]}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/live/thurston-moore-oslo-london | title=Thurston Moore @ Oslo, London | publisher=[[musicOMH]] | date=May 17, 2015 | access-date=October 24, 2015 | author=Ashton-Smith, Alan}}</ref>
* [[avant-rock]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.factmag.com/2013/11/14/thurston-moore-to-release-solo-7-inspired-by-stoke-newington-activists-supporting-lee-ranaldo-in-london-next-week/ | title=Thurston Moore to release solo 7" inspired by Stoke Newington activists; supporting Lee Ranaldo in London next week | work=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]] | date=November 14, 2013 | access-date=October 24, 2015}}</ref>
* {{nowrap|[[post-punk]]}}<ref>{{cite web |first=James|last=Grebey| url=http://www.spin.com/2015/07/thurston-moore-pussy-riot-maria-alyokhina-putin-fifa/ | title=Thurston Moore and Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina Discuss Putin and FIFA | magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] | publisher=[[SpinMedia]]|location=San Francisco, California|date=July 7, 2015 | access-date=October 24, 2015 }}</ref>
}}
| occupation        = {{flatlist|
* Musician
* songwriter
}}
| years_active      = 1976–present
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[Caroline International]]
* [[Matador Records|Matador]]
* [[Ecstatic Peace!]]
* [[DGC Records|DGC]]
* [[SST Records|SST]]
}}
| past_member_of   = {{flatlist|
* [[Sonic Youth]]
* [[The Coachmen]]
* [[Swans (band)|Swans]]<ref name="YGR">{{cite web|url=http://younggodrecords.com/press/98-swans/1392-jonathan-kane-and-swans |title=Jonathan Kane and Swans |access-date=2013-07-02 |work=Young God Records |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103090328/http://younggodrecords.com/press/98-swans/1392-jonathan-kane-and-swans |archive-date=November 3, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> 
* Thurston Moore Band<ref name="cos">{{cite magazine | url=https://consequence.net/2014/08/thurston-moore-forms-new-band-with-sonic-youths-steve-shelley-and-mbvs-debbie-googe/ | title=Thurston Moore forms new band with Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley and MBV's Debbie Googe | magazine=[[Consequence of Sound]] | date=August 4, 2014 | access-date=August 5, 2014 | author=Young, Alex}}</ref>
* [[Even Worse (band)|Even Worse]]
* [[Velvet Monkeys]]
* [[Dim Stars]]
* [[Chelsea Light Moving]]
* [[Twilight (band)|Twilight]]
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'''Thurston Joseph Moore''' (born July 25, 1958)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor1-first=Holly|editor1-last=George-Warren|editor2-first=Patricia|editor2-last=Romanowski|encyclopedia=The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll |title=Sonic Youth |date=2005|publisher=Fireside|location=[[New York City]] |isbn= 978-0-7432-9201-6 |page=912}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Fricke|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time-19691231/thurston-moore-19691231|title=100 Greatest Guitarists: David Fricke's Picks: 34: Thurston Moore|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|location=New York City|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121082635/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-of-all-time-19691231/thurston-moore-19691231 |archive-date=January 21, 2013 }}</ref>

In 2012, Moore started a new band [[Chelsea Light Moving]],<ref name="thelineofbestfit1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/thurston-moore-starts-new-band-100108 |title=Thurston Moore starts new band |publisher=The Line of Best Fit |access-date=2012-09-25}}</ref> whose [[Chelsea Light Moving (album)|eponymous debut]] was released on March 5, 2013. In 2015, Chelsea Light Moving disbanded after one studio album release.<ref name="disband">{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/07/30/thurston-moore-carries-now-under-his-own-name/VaX8XJwbfnZEA9Y5PQWqAJ/story.html |title=Chelsea Light Moving disbands |publisher=Boston Globe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629154334/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2015/07/30/thurston-moore-carries-now-under-his-own-name/VaX8XJwbfnZEA9Y5PQWqAJ/story.html |archive-date=June 29, 2017 }}</ref> Moore and the other members of the band continue to make music under his solo project and other bands.

==Early years==
Moore was born July 25, 1958, at Doctors Hospital in [[Coral Gables, Florida]], to George E. Moore, a professor of music, and Eleanor Nann Moore. In 1967, he and his family (including brother Frederick Eugene Moore, born 1953, and sister Susan Dorothy Moore, born 1956) moved to [[Bethel, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Ken|last=Dixon|title=Music Hall of Fame proposed for state|newspaper=[[Connecticut Post]]|publisher=[[Hearst Newspapers]]|location=Bridgeport, Connecticut|date=April 26, 2007 }}</ref> Raised [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], he attended St. Joseph's School in [[Danbury, Connecticut|Danbury]], CT followed by St. Mary's School in Bethel and attended Bethel High School from 1973 to 1976. In the summer of 1963, he experienced his first exposure to rock music through his brother bringing home the record "[[Louie Louie]]" and bought him his first electric guitar.<ref>{{cite web|date=22 October 2023 |first=Sean |last=O'Hagan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/22/sonic-youth-thurston-moore-sonic-life-kurt-cobain-iggy-pop-memoir|title=The band, the scene... I put it all in there': Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore on his memoir of a rock'n'roll life |publisher=theguardian.com|access-date=22 April 2024 }}</ref> 

He enrolled at [[Western Connecticut State University]] in fall 1976, but left after one quarter and moved to East 13th Street between Avenues A and B in New York City to join the burgeoning [[post-punk]] and [[no wave]] music scenes.<ref name="our-band-could-be-your-life">{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Azerrad|author-link=Michael Azerrad|title=[[Our Band Could Be Your Life]]|publisher=[[Little, Brown, and Company]]|location=New York City|date=2001|isbn=978-0316787536}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=2014-09-11|title=Thurston Moore's New Day: Inside His Upbeat Rock & Roll LP|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/thurston-moores-new-day-inside-his-upbeat-rock-roll-solo-album-100299/|access-date=2021-07-17|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> It was there that he was able to watch shows by the likes of [[Patti Smith]] and spoken-word performances by [[William S. Burroughs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kevinegperry.com/2014/02/05/william-s-burroughs-at-100-thurston-moore-on-seeing-him-watch-patti-smith-at-cbgb-his-response-to-kurt-cobains-suicide-and-cut-up-songwriting/|title=William Burroughs at 100: Thurston Moore on seeing him watch Patti Smith at CBGB, his response to Kurt Cobain's suicide and 'cut-up' songwriting – The Collected Works of Kevin EG Perry|work=The Collected Works of Kevin EG Perry|date=February 5, 2014 |access-date=October 18, 2014}}</ref> At that time, the arrival of new groups changed his view on music and all of his records "got kind of put into the basement. And they were supplanted by [...] the [[Sex Pistols]] and [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] and [[Talking Heads]] and [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]. It was a completely new world, a new identity of music that was an option for youth culture."<ref>{{cite web|date=23 October 2020 |first=Evan |last=Haga|url=https://tidal.com/magazine/article/a-conversation-with-thurston-moore/1-75086 |title=A Conversation With Thurston Moore |publisher=Tidal.com|access-date=10 December 2021 }}</ref> In 1980, he moved in with Kim Gordon to an apartment at 84 Eldridge St. below artist [[Dan Graham]], eventually befriending him, sometimes using records from Graham's collection for mix tapes.<ref name="joyfulnoiserecordings.com">{{cite web|title='H/C' by Thurston Moore|url=http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/journal/hc-by-thurston-moore-mixtape/|publisher=Joyfulnoiserecording.com|access-date=May 8, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621133241/http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/journal/hc-by-thurston-moore-mixtape/|archive-date=June 21, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Once in the city, Moore was briefly a member of the [[hardcore punk]] band [[Even Worse (band)|Even Worse]], featuring future ''[[The Big Takeover]]'' editor (and future Springhouse drummer) Jack Rabid. After exiting the band, Moore and [[Lee Ranaldo]] learned experimental guitar techniques in [[Glenn Branca]]'s "guitar orchestras".<ref name="our-band-could-be-your-life" /> Moore has spoken about influences on his music tastes at this time, including British bands [[Wire (band)|Wire]], [[the Pop Group]], [[the Raincoats]], [[the Slits]], and [[Public Image Ltd]] ("I used to have these fantasies in the 70s about leaving New York and coming to London to hang out with Public Image").<ref name="soundci">{{cite web|title='Sound City Liverpool onstage interview|url=https://soundcloud.com/dave-8-2/thurston-moore-2|publisher=Soundcloud.com|access-date=May 6, 2014}}</ref>

==Sonic Youth==
{{Main|Sonic Youth}}
Moore met [[Kim Gordon]] in 1980 at the final gig of [[the Coachmen]], the band he was in with J.D. King, Daniel Walworth (replaced by Dave Keay), and Bob Pullin. Moore, with Gordon, Anne Demarinis and Dave Keay formed a band, appearing under names like Male Bonding,<ref name="browne45">{{cite book | last=Browne | first=David | title=Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth | publisher=Da Capo Press | year=2008}}</ref>{{rp|45}} Red Milk,<ref name="browne45" />{{rp|45}} and the Arcadians,<ref name="browne45" />{{rp|46}} before settling on Moore's choice of Sonic Youth just before June 1981.<ref name="browne45" />{{rp|47}} The band played [[Noise Fest]] in June 1981 at New York's [[White Columns]] gallery, where [[Lee Ranaldo]] was playing as a member of [[Glenn Branca]]'s electric guitar ensemble as well as in duo with David Linton as Avoidance Behavior.<ref>{{cite book|first=Alec|last=Foerge|title=Confusion is Next|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers]]|location=London, England|date=1994|isbn=978-0312113698|page=[https://archive.org/details/confusionisnexts00foeg/page/66 66]|url=https://archive.org/details/confusionisnexts00foeg/page/66}}</ref> Moore invited Ranaldo, who he had known when the Coachmen shared a [[CBGB]] stage with Ranaldo's 1970s band the Flux, to join the band. The new trio played three songs at the festival later in the week without a drummer.<ref>{{cite web|first=Chris|last=Ford|url=http://diffuser.fm/sonic-youth-facts/|title=11 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Sonic Youth|website=[[diffuser.fm]]|publisher=[[Townsquare Media]]|location=Greenwich, Connecticut|date=August 18, 2015|access-date=October 28, 2018}}</ref> Each band member took turns playing the drums, until they met drummer [[Richard Edson]].<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Lynn|last=Gellar|url=https://bombmagazine.org/articles/richard-edson/|title=Richard Edson|magazine=[[Bomb (magazine)|Bomb]]|publisher=New Art Publications, Inc.|location=New York City|date=July 1, 1989|access-date=October 28, 2018}}</ref> The band signed to [[Neutral Records]], then to [[Homestead Records]], and then to [[SST Records]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Owen|last=Adams|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/nov/03/label-love-sst|title=Label of love: SST|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London, England|date=3 November 2008|access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Sonic1991.jpg|thumb|left|Live in the Netherlands (with Sonic Youth), 1991]]

Moore and Ranaldo make extensive use of unusual guitar tunings, often heavily modifying their instruments to provide unusual timbres and drones. They are known for bringing upwards of fifty guitars to every gig, using some guitars for one song only.<ref name="our-band-could-be-your-life" /> In 2004, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked Moore and Ranaldo the 33rd and 34th ''Greatest Guitarists of All Time''.

Thurston Moore has explained the band's decision to sign with [[DGC Records]] at a time when many were fiercely dedicated to [[independent record labels]] like [[SST Records|SST]], [[Dischord]] and [[Sub Pop]]:<ref name=goldberg>{{cite book |last1=Goldberg |first1=Danny |title=Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain |date=2019}}</ref>
<blockquote>We noticed [[Hüsker Dü]]'s music hadn't changed when they signed to Warner. On the independent labels we dealt with, SST Records, [[Blast First Records]] and [[Neutral Records]], if there was accounting, it was always somewhat suspect. With Geffen, we would get an advance that would allow us to be able to pay our rents, get health insurance, have a slightly better lifestyle, and maybe, just maybe, not have to work day jobs. We felt like we could negotiate a contract that would make sense.</blockquote>

When [[Steve Albini]] accused corporate labels of ripping off artists, Moore wrote in response that a band "getting butt fucked by corporate labels [must] be really ''stupid''". He defended the band's decision to sign with DGC Records explaining that they knew what they were getting into and viewed it more as "buying in" than "selling out".<ref name=goldberg />

In 2011, Moore and his wife, Sonic Youth bassist [[Kim Gordon]], separated; shortly afterward, Sonic Youth went on indefinite hiatus.<ref name="separate">{{cite web|first=Amy|last=Phillips|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/44318-kim-gordon-thurston-moore-separate/|title=Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore Separate|work=[[pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]]|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=October 14, 2011|access-date=October 18, 2014}}</ref> Though his marriage was ending Moore never claimed that Sonic Youth was finished.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collideartandculture.com/#!thurston-moore-collide-exclusive/cpl4|title=Thurston Moore interview|last=Lennon|first=Andi|website=Collide Art & Culture Mag|access-date=2016-08-10}}</ref>

==Work outside Sonic Youth==
In addition to his work with Sonic Youth, Moore has also released albums as a solo artist. He and Gordon released a few songs as Mirror/Dash. Moore established [[Protest Records]] as an online gesture of activism but the project has since lapsed. Moore has collaborated with scores of musicians, including [[Maryanne Amacher]], [[Lydia Lunch]],<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|30–34}} Don Dietrich and Jim Sauter of [[Borbetomagus]],<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|35–41}} [[DJ Spooky]], [[William Hooker (musician)|William Hooker]], [[Daniel Carter (musician)|Daniel Carter]], [[Christian Marclay]],<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|113–115}} [[Mike Watt]], [[Loren Mazzacane Connors]],<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|70–73}} [[Dredd Foole]],<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|134–135}} [[William Winant]], [[The Thing (jazz band)|the Thing]], [[Nels Cline]], [[Cock E.S.P.]], [[John Moloney (musician)|John Moloney]], [[Glenn Branca]],<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|19–23}} [[Yamantaka Eye]], [[Beck]],<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|116}} [[My Cat is an Alien]],<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|139–140}} [[John Russell (musician)|John Russell]], Steve Noble, John Edwards, [[Haino Keiji]], [[John Zorn]], [[Yoko Ono]], [[Takehisa Kosugi]], and others. Moore was a member of the earliest incarnations of [[Swans (band)|Swans]] in 1982 and '83, playing bass guitar.<ref name="Swans allmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/swans-mn0000034988/biography|title=Swans Bio|access-date=February 4, 2020|work=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref><ref name="Jonathan Kane and Swans">{{cite journal |last=Carden |first=Andrew |date=January 3, 2002 |title=Jonathan Kane and Swans |journal=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |url=https://younggodrecords.com/blogs/press/13026405-jonathan-kane-and-swans |access-date=January 1, 2019}}</ref>

In the early 1990s, Moore formed the side band [[Dim Stars]], with [[Richard Hell]], [[Don Fleming (musician)|Don Fleming]], [[Steve Shelley]] with a guest appearance by [[Robert Quine]]. Moore performed solo on the side stage of the 1993 [[Lollapalooza]] tour. Additionally, Moore contributed backing vocals to "[[Crush with Eyeliner]]", which appeared on [[R.E.M.]]'s ''[[Monster (R.E.M. album)|Monster]]''. He played Fred Cracklin in the ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]'' episode dedicated to [[Sonny Sharrock]]. In 2000 he contributed improvised guitar pieces for a collaborative project with conceptual artist/guitarist Marco Fusinato.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.physicsroom.org.nz/archive/log/archive/12/rhodes/|title=TM/MF Thurston Moore/Marco Fusinato - Log illustrated 12 - The boy-girl pink and blue issue - A publication from the Physics Room|website=www.physicsroom.org.nz|access-date=2018-01-23}}</ref> Since 2004, he has recorded and performed with the noise collective [[To Live and Shave in L.A.]], the lineup of which also features [[Andrew W.K.]] He recorded with the band at Sonic Youth's former studio in [[Manhattan]], and later performed with them at the [[George W. Bush]] "anti-inaugural" Noise Against Fascism concert in Washington, D.C., which Moore curated, named in reference to Sonic Youth's 1992 song "Youth Against Fascism". Moore curated the "Nightmare Before Christmas" weekend of the [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] music festival in 2006.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2006/04/all-tomorrows-p/|title=ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES' NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|publisher=[[Condé Nast]]|location=New York City|date=April 5, 2006|access-date=October 28, 2018}}</ref>

In 2007, Moore's label Ecstatic Peace released a solo album titled ''[[Trees Outside the Academy]]''. The album was recorded at [[J Mascis]]' studio in [[Amherst, Massachusetts]]. The album features Sonic Youth drummer [[Steve Shelley]] and violinist [[Samara Lubelski]]. The album also features collaborations between Mascis and [[Charalambides]]' Christina Carter, who performs a duet with Moore on the track, "Honest James".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.spin.com/2007/10/thurston-moore-trees-outside-academy-ecstatic-peace/|title=reviews: Thurston Moore, ''Trees Outside the Academy'' (Ecstatic Peace!)|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|SPIN]]|location=San Francisco, California|date=October 25, 2007|access-date=October 28, 2018}}</ref>

In 2008, Moore and former [[Be Your Own Pet]] vocalist [[Jemina Pearl]] recorded a cover of the [[Ramones]] song "[[Sheena Is a Punk Rocker]]" for the ''[[Gossip Girl (TV series)|Gossip Girl]]'' episode "There Might Be Blood".

Since 2008, Moore has provided narration for a variety of documentaries on the [[National Geographic Channel]]. His work includes ''Inside: Straight Edge'' and the ''Hard Time'' series about life in prison.

In 2012, Moore and Kim Gordon released a collaborative album with [[Yoko Ono]] titled ''[[Yokokimthurston]]''.<ref name="collaborative">{{cite news |last=Young |first=Alex |url= https://consequence.net/2012/06/yoko-ono-thurston-moore-and-kim-gordon-team-up-for-collaborative-album/ |title=Yoko Ono, Thurston Moore, and Kim Gordon team up for collaborative album |work=[[Consequence of Sound]] |publisher=Consequence Holdings, LLC|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=June 20, 2012 |access-date=July 15, 2012}}</ref> Also that year, Moore joined the [[black metal]] super group [[Twilight (band)|Twilight]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the1stfive.com/news/nachtmystium-interview-part-2-fuzzy-synths-working-with-thurston-moore-and-the-possibility-of-happy-black-metal |title=Nachtmystium Interview Part 2: Fuzzy Synths, Working With Thurston Moore, And The Possibility of Happy Black Metal |publisher=The 1st Five |date=July 30, 2012 |access-date=September 25, 2012}}</ref> He then started a new band called [[Chelsea Light Moving]]. Their first track, "Burroughs", was released as a free download.<ref name="thelineofbestfit1"/> Their [[Chelsea Light Moving (album)|eponymous debut album]] came out in 2013. The release coincided with the SXSW Festival where they made numerous appearances including a free show at Mellow Johnny's bike shop. He played guitar on "[[This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us]]" alongside [[Ron Mael|Ron]] and [[Russell Mael]] in a 2013 [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] concert at the [[Union Chapel, Islington|Union Chapel]], Islington, London. In 2014, Moore released ''[[The Best Day (Thurston Moore album)|The Best Day]]'', a solo album featuring [[Steve Shelley]] and [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]]'s [[Debbie Googe]] as rhythm section, and [[James Sedwards]] on guitar.<ref name="cos"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theecho.com/event/634233-thurston-moore-sebadoh-los-angeles |title=The Echo and Echoplex " Thurston Moore / Sebadoh – Tickets – Echoplex – Los Angeles, CA – October 10th, 2014 |publisher=Theecho.com |date=November 21, 2013 |access-date=2014-07-24}}</ref>

In 2018, Moore presented at London's [[Barbican Centre]] his work 'Galaxies', an experimental 12-string guitar ensemble. Among the twelve person orchestra were Deb Googe, [[Jonah Falco]], [[Ray Aggs]], Joseph Coward and others. In 2019, Moore released ''[[Spirit Counsel]]'', an avant-garde rock three-disc box set.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cush|first=Andy|title=Thurston Moore Group Announces New 3-Disc Album Spirit Counsel|url=https://www.spin.com/2019/05/thurston-moore-new-album-spirit-counsel/|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=May 16, 2019|access-date=May 7, 2021}}</ref><ref name="bermanspirit">{{cite web|last=Berman|first=Stuart|title=Thurston Moore: Spirit Counsel|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/thurston-moore-spirit-counsel/|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=September 21, 2019|access-date=May 7, 2021}}</ref> The first track, "Alice Moki Jayne", is a 63-minute long song named for the spouses of [[John Coltrane]], [[Don Cherry (trumpeter)|Don Cherry]], and [[Ornette Coleman]].<ref name="bermanspirit"/> The 28-minute "8 Spring Street" is named for the former address of [[Glenn Branca]].<ref name="bermanspirit"/> The 55-minute final track, "Galaxies (Sky)", was inspired by a poem by [[Sun Ra]].<ref name="bermanspirit"/>

In 2020, Moore released a solo album entitled ''[[By the Fire]]'' which featured guitarist James Sedwards and bassist Debbie Googe as on the earlier ''The Best Days'' album.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Berman|first=Stuart|title=Thurston Moore: By the Fire|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/thurston-moore-by-the-fire/|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=September 29, 2020|access-date=May 5, 2021}}</ref> In 2021, Moore surprise-released an instrumental album entitled ''[[Screen time (album)|Screen Time]]''.<ref name="blistein">{{Cite magazine|last=Blistein |first=Jon|title=Thurston Moore Surprise-Releases New Instrumental Album, 'Screen Time' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/thurston-moore-new-instrumental-album-screen-time-1124303/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=February 5, 2021|access-date=May 5, 2021}}</ref>

Moore is an executive producer of the industrial metal opera "Black Lodge" by [[David T. Little]] and [[Anne Waldman]] featuring Timur and the Dime Museum, in 2023 on [[Cantaloupe Music]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cantaloupemusic.com/albums/black-lodge|title=Black Lodge|website=Cantaloupe Music|date=June 2, 2023|access-date=2024-03-15}}</ref>

His most recent album, ''[[Flow Critical Lucidity]]'', was released on September 20, 2024.<ref name=flow_reldate>{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=2024-06-20 |title=Thurston Moore Announces Album, Shares New Song Featuring Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/thurston-moore-announces-album-shares-new-song-featuring-stereolab-laetitia-sadier-listen/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Work on soundtracks===
[[File:Thurstonmoore.JPG|thumb|Thurston Moore performing with Sonic Youth at the [[Roskilde Festival|2005 Roskilde Festival]]]]

In 1994, Moore teamed up with Greg Dulli of [[the Afghan Whigs]], [[Don Fleming (musician)|Don Fleming]] of Gumball, [[Mike Mills]] of [[R.E.M.]], and [[Dave Grohl]] of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]/[[Foo Fighters]], to form the Backbeat Band, which recorded the soundtrack album to the movie ''[[Backbeat (film)|Backbeat]]''. In 1998, Moore played on the soundtrack of the film ''[[Velvet Goldmine]]'' as a member of [[Wylde Ratttz]]. Moore composed original music for such films as ''[[Heavy (film)|Heavy]]'' (1995), ''[[Bully (2001 film)|Bully]]'' (2001), and ''[[Manic (2001 film)|Manic]]'' (2001). In 2007, Moore also appeared with noise/improv group Original Silence, featuring Norwegian drummer Paal Nilssen-Love, guitarist Terrie Ex, Jim O'Rourke, saxophonist [[Mats Gustafsson]] and bassist Massimo Pupillo. The group released the live album ''The First Original Silence'' in 2007, on Oslo (Norway) label SmallTown Superjazz, and a second album ''The Second Original Silence'' in 2008.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Marc|last=Masters|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12199-the-second-original-silence/|title=The Second Original Silence|magazine=[[Pitchfork (magazine)|Pitchfork]]|publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]]|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=September 15, 2008|access-date=October 28, 2018}}</ref>

Moore scored the 2022 HBO miniseries ''[[Irma Vep (miniseries)|Irma Vep]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shachat |first1=Sarah |title=Thurston Moore on the 'Irma Vep' Score's Tense Tug-of-War Between Sound and Picture |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2022/07/irma-vep-score-thurston-moore-1234743246/ |website=IndieWire |access-date=2 August 2022 |language=en |date=20 July 2022}}</ref>

==Record label==
Moore runs the record label [[Ecstatic Peace!]] Beginning in 1993, this label jointly released records with rock critic [[Byron Coley]]'s label, [[Father Yod]], as Ecstatic Yod Records.

==Writings==
Moore and other Sonic Youth members published the irreverent music zine called ''Sonic Death''. Moore reviewed new music in ''[[Arthur (magazine)|Arthur]]'' in a column entitled "Bull Tongue" written jointly with [[Byron Coley]]. Since the demise of ''Arthur'', ''Bull Tongue'' exists as a fanzine edited by Coley and features underground music writing. Moore created, with Chris Habib, the website Protest Records, named for its protest against United States' invasions in the Middle East. 

Moore was the editor/overseer of the 2005 book ''[[Mix Tape: The Art of Cassette Culture]]''. He published a highly influential list of collectible free jazz records in Grand Royal magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saucerlike.com/articles.php?x=display&id=2|title=SAUCER-LIKE SONIC YOUTH # ARTICLES|publisher=Saucerlike.com|access-date=October 18, 2014}}</ref>

[[Ecstatic Peace Library]] is the book publishing company founded by Thurston Moore and visual book editor Eva Prinz in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|first=Alan|last=Rapp|url=http://www.printmag.com/interviews/ecstatic-peace-library-thurston-moore-eva-prinz/ |title=Ecstatic Publishing: Thurston Moore, Eva Prinz Discuss Their New Venture |website=Printmag.com |date=August 17, 2010 |access-date=October 7, 2016}}</ref> The company publishes mainly poetry, but also a collection of books about the [[early Norwegian black metal scene]], [[experimental jazz]] from the 70s and other niche subjects.

In the fall of 2023, a hardcover memoir written by Moore called ''[[Sonic Life: A Memoir]]'' was published by [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/18/sonic-life-a-memoir-by-thurston-moore-review-nerds-eye-view/] Review of ''Sonic Life: A Memoir'' at [[The Guardian]]</ref>

==Teaching==
In 2015 Moore was appointed honorary professor at the [[Rhythmic Music Conservatory|Rhythmic Music Conservatory (RMC)]] in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark, where he periodically conducts workshops and master classes.<ref>{{cite web|title=RMC appoints Thurston Moore|url=https://rmc.dk/en/news/rmc-appoints-thurston-moore|website=rmc.dk|access-date=5 September 2017}}</ref>

==Political views==

Moore is [[anti-capitalism|anti-capitalist]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Greene |first1=Andy |title=Thurston Moore: 5 Songs That Influenced Me Early On |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/thurston-moore-sonic-youth-influences-patti-smith-glenn-branca-880204/ |website=Rollingstone |date=September 6, 2019 |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref> and since the 1980s, Moore and his bandmates have been described as [[anarchism|anarchists]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=CROMELIN |first1=RICHARD |title=Weekend Review : The Demystification of Sonic Youth at Palladium : Pop music: The New Yorkers come out of the underground and play just like rock 'n' rollers. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-20-ca-801-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 20, 1990 |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref> a label Moore has denied.<ref>{{cite web |last1=FITZMAURICE |first1=LARRY |title=We've Got A File On You: Thurston Moore |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2097758/thurston-moore-interview-bernie-sanders-black-metal-steve-albini/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/ |website=Stereogum |date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref> However, in 2013, he would commend the [[Occupy Wall Street]] protests by announcing his support for its [[anarcho-communism|anarcho-communist]] elements.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perla |first1=Cory |title=Thurston Plugs Back In |url=http://artvoice.com/issues/v12n37/music_interview |website=Artvoice |access-date=12 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917010125/http://artvoice.com/issues/v12n37/music_interview |archive-date=17 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Since the founding of Sonic Youth, Moore and members of the band have been famously critical of the music industry<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kosanovich |first1=Kevin |title=That's 5 {{!}} Thurston Moore |url=https://stockx.com/news/en-gb/thurston-moore-thats-5/ |website=StockX |date=October 28, 2020 |access-date=12 March 2022}},</ref> and what he calls the monopolization of youth culture, with Moore stating in 1991 during filming of ''[[The Year Punk Broke]]'', 
<blockquote>People see rock and roll as youth culture, and when youth culture becomes monopolized by [[big business]], what are the youth to do? I think we should destroy the bogus capitalist process that is destroying youth culture ...</blockquote>

Since 2004, Moore has participated in a [[boycotts of Israel|cultural boycott of Israel]], likening the [[Israel and apartheid|country to an apartheid state]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Palestinians, Thurston Moore call on Dinosaur Jr. to cancel apartheid Israel concert |url=https://bdsmovement.net/news/dinosaur-jr |website=bdsmovement |date=March 17, 2020 |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref> and criticizing bands like [[Dinosaur Jr.]] and [[Radiohead]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Read Roger Waters' Response to Thom Yorke Over Radiohead Israel Controversy |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/read-roger-waters-response-to-thom-yorke-over-radiohead-israel-controversy-198319/ |website=Rollingstone |date=June 5, 2017 |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref> for performing in the country.

In June 2016, Moore endorsed the candidacy of [[Bernie Sanders]], releasing a track featuring excerpts from Sanders' speeches to coincide along his endorsement.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reed |first1=Ryan |title=Thurston Moore Meets Bernie Sanders on Limited-Edition Vinyl |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/thurston-moore-meets-bernie-sanders-on-limited-edition-vinyl-31556/ |website=Rollingstone |date=June 2016 |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref>

In November 2019, along with other public figures, Moore signed a letter supporting [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] leader [[Jeremy Corbyn]] describing him as "a beacon of hope in the struggle against emergent [[far-right]] [[nationalism]], [[xenophobia]] and [[racism]] in much of the democratic world" and endorsed him in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 UK general election]].<ref name="nme">{{cite news |last=Neale|first=Matthew|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/new-letter-supporting-jeremy-corbyn-2568734|title=Exclusive: New letter supporting Jeremy Corbyn signed by Roger Waters, Robert Del Naja and more |work=[[NME]]|date=16 November 2019|access-date=27 November 2019}}</ref>

In October 2022, Moore expressed support for former president [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva|Lula]] in the [[2022 Brazilian general election]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ernani |first=Felipe |date=2021-12-25 |title=Lula 2022: Thurston Moore, ícone do Sonic Youth, declara apoio ao ex-presidente |url=https://www.tenhomaisdiscosqueamigos.com/2021/12/25/lula-2022-thurston-moore-sonic-youth/ |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=Tenho Mais Discos Que Amigos! |language=pt-BR}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Thurston Moore at the Brooklyn Book Festival.jpg|upright|thumb|Moore at the [[Brooklyn Book Festival]] in 2008]]
On June 9, 1984, Moore married Sonic Youth bassist/vocalist [[Kim Gordon]]. They have a daughter: Coco Hayley Moore (b. July 1, 1994), a fashion model. On October 14, 2011, the couple announced that they were separating<ref name="separate"/> due to an extramarital affair Moore engaged in with art book editor Eva Prinz, who was also married at the time.<ref>{{cite web|first=Tracie Egan|last=Morrissey|url=https://jezebel.com/is-this-the-woman-who-broke-up-kim-gordon-and-thurston-478479027|title=Is This the Woman Who Broke Up Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore?|website=[[Jezebel (website)|Jezebel]]|publisher=[[Univision Communications]]|location=Los Angeles, California|date=April 23, 2013|access-date=October 27, 2018}}</ref> Moore and Gordon divorced in 2013. {{As of|2017|post=,}} Moore was residing in [[Stoke Newington]], [[London]], with Prinz.<ref>{{cite news|first=Roisin|last=O'Connor|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/thurston-moore-interview-on-living-in-london-patti-smith-viv-albertine-sonic-youth-and-musical-10289350.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/thurston-moore-interview-on-living-in-london-patti-smith-viv-albertine-sonic-youth-and-musical-10289350.html |archive-date=May 7, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Thurston Moore interview: Former Sonic Youth frontman on London, Patti Smith and musical memoirs|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=June 1, 2015|access-date=August 10, 2016|language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigissue.com/interviews/letter-to-my-younger-self/thurston-moore-i-complete-trust-affairs-heart/|title=Thurston Moore: "I have complete trust in the affairs of my heart"|date=2017-04-27|website=The Big Issue|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> Moore and Prinz were married in late 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yarm|first=Mark|title=Thurston Moore's Electrifying History Lesson|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/arts/music/thurston-moore-sonic-life.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019131444/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/arts/music/thurston-moore-sonic-life.html|archivedate=October 19, 2023|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 19, 2023|access-date=October 20, 2023}}</ref>

Moore released his memoirs, ''[[Sonic Life: A Memoir]]'', in October 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Petridis |first1=Alexis |title=Sonic Life: A Memoir by Thurston Moore review – nerd's eye view |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/18/sonic-life-a-memoir-by-thurston-moore-review-nerds-eye-view |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=19 October 2023 |date=18 October 2023}}</ref>

==Equipment==
Moore uses a large selection of [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]] guitars during Sonic Youth gigs, most frequently a [[Jazzmaster]].  His primary stage amp has been the [[Peavey Electronics|Peavey]] Roadmaster paired with a [[Marshall Amplification|Marshall]] cabinet.  He has used the [[ProCo Rat]], [[Big Muff]], and [[MXR]] Blue Box pedals in various combinations to achieve his unique [[Distortion (music)|distorted]] and [[Audio feedback|feedback]]-laden guitar sound.<ref>{{cite web|first=Miguel |last=Ángel Ariza|url=https://guitarsexchange.com/en/psych-out/548/in-the-style-of-thurston-moore/|title=In The Style Of Thurston Moore|website=Guitars Exchange|access-date=October 17, 2019 }}</ref>

Moore is a key figure in the popularization and resurrection of the [[Fender Jazzmaster]]. In 2009, [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]] introduced a Lee Ranaldo signature edition of a Sapphire Blue Transparent version featuring two [[Fender Wide Range]] [[humbucking pickup]]s and a Forest Green transparent finish for Moore, equipped with a pair of [[Seymour Duncan]] Antiquity II Jazzmaster [[single-coil]] pickups.<ref>[http://www.fender.com/sonicyouth/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618055314/http://www.fender.com/sonicyouth/|date=June 18, 2010}}</ref>

In 2016, [[Yuri Landman]] made a special 10-string drone guitar for Moore at the request of [[Premier Guitar]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Yuri |last=Landman|author-link=Yuri Landman|url=http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/Yuri_Landman_Makeover_Flying_Double_Dutchman_Crunch|title=DIY: Yuri Landman's Flying Double Dutchman Crunch Project|website=[[Premier Guitar]]|publisher=Gearhead Communications, LLC|location=Marion, Iowa|date=January 30, 2013|access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref>

== Discography ==
[[File:Thurston Moore circa 2004 in music is (Speaking Portraits) (Vol. I).jpg|thumb|Moore, circa 2004]]
{{main|Thurston Moore discography}}

===Solo===
'''Selected studio albums'''
* ''[[Psychic Hearts]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Trees Outside the Academy]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Demolished Thoughts]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Yokokimthurston]]'' {{small|(with [[Yoko Ono]] and [[Kim Gordon]])}} (2012)
* ''[[@ (album)|@]]'' {{small|(with [[John Zorn]])}} (2013)
* ''[[The Best Day (Thurston Moore album)|The Best Day]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Rock n Roll Consciousness]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Spirit Counsel]]'' (2019)
* ''[[By the Fire]]'' (2020)
* ''[[Screen time (album)|Screen Time]]'' (2021)
* ''[[Flow Critical Lucidity]]'' (2024)

=== As member ===
'''[[Sonic Youth]] / Ciccone Youth'''
{{main|Sonic Youth discography}}

'''[[Velvet Monkeys]]'''
* ''Rake'' (October 1990, [[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]])<ref name=grd>{{Cite book |first=Martin C. |last=Strong |author-link=Martin C. Strong |year=2004 |title=The Great Rock Discography |edition=7th |publisher=[[Canongate Books]] |location=Edinburgh |isbn=1-84195-615-5}}</ref>{{rp|420, 1408}}
* "Rock the Nation" b/w "[[Why Don't We Do It in the Road?]]" {{small|([[The Beatles]] cover)}} (1991, [[Sub Pop]])<ref name=soulsby>{{cite book | title=Thurston Moore: We Sing a New Language | last=Soulsby | first=Nick | publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] | isbn=978-1-78558-136-6 | date=September 19, 2017}}</ref>{{rp|43}}

'''[[Dim Stars]]'''
* ''Dim Stars'' (1991, EP, [[Ecstatic Peace!]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|44}}
* ''Dim Stars'' (June 1992, [[Caroline Records|Caroline]]/[[Paperhouse Records|Paperhouse]])<ref name=grd />{{rp|688}}

'''Mirror/Dash'''
* "Electric Pen" / "Gum" (1992, [[Ecstatic Peace!]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|311}}
* "Sweetface" / "Rom Supply Co." {{small|(with [[Dan Graham]])}} (2003, En/Of)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|130–131}}
* ''I Can't Be Bought'' (2006, Three Lobed)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|132}}
* ''Noise'' – "Hotel Athiti" (2006, DVD compilation, MK2)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|316}}
* Untitled single (2006, AA)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|316}}
* ''X Plural U.S.'' – "Black Metal Boyfriend" (2007, compilation, Mystra)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|317}}
* "Come Across" (2008, Schunck/Glaspaleis)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|318}}
* "Blues for Proposition Joe" {{small|(Mirror/Dash)}} / "Sign Stars", "101 on Semlow", "Seychelles" {{small|(Kit)}} (2008, [[split single (music)|split single]], Nothing Fancy Just Music)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|133–134}}

'''Male Slut'''
* "The Church Should Be for the Outcast, Not a Church That Casts People Out" b/w "Thoodblirsty Thespians" (1995, Stomach Ache)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|62}}
* ''Godz Is Not a Put-On'' – "Quack, I'm a Quack" (1996, compilation, Lissy's)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|312}}
* ''Blatant Doom Trip'' – "Stabbing a Star" {{small|([[Guided by Voices]] cover)}} (1998, [[tribute album]])<ref>{{cite web | website=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]] | title=Guided by Voices tribute album features Flaming Lips, Blitzen Trapper, Thurston Moore | last=Young | first=Alex | date=October 22, 2010 | url=https://consequence.net/2010/10/guided-by-voices-tribute-album-features-flaming-lips-blitzen-trapper-thurston-moore/ | access-date=October 21, 2025}}</ref>
* ''Tracks & Fields'' – "Industral Noise Blues" (2004, compilation, [[Kill Rock Stars]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|315}}

'''Foot'''
* ''Foot'' (1998, God Bless)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|86}}
* ''Jeg Gleder Meg Til År 2000'' – "Armageddon" {{small|(Holy Toy cover)}} (1999, compilation, [[Universal Music Group|Universal]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|91}}
* ''Live at [[The Cooler (night club)|The Cooler]]'' (1999, live, Breathmint)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|91}}
* ''This Is NeMocore'' {{small|(with several other musicians)}} (1999, Instant Mayhem)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|90}}
* ''Why Foot?'' (2021, Glass Modern)<ref>{{cite web | publisher=[[Bandcamp]] | author=Glass Modern | title=Why foot? by foot | url=https://glassmodern.bandcamp.com/album/why-foot-2 | access-date=October 19, 2025}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=October 2025}}

'''Dapper'''
* ''[[Naked in the Afternoon: A Tribute to Jandek]]'' – "Painted My Teeth" {{small|([[Jandek]] cover)}}<ref name=soulsby /> (2000, [[Summersteps Records|Summersteps]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|118–119}}
* ''Dapper'' (2001, oTo)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|119}}
* ''Corona Classic Volume 1'' – "Oh You Fine Bird!" (2002, compilation, E.F. Tapes)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|314}}

'''Diskaholics Anonymous Trio'''
* ''Diskaholics Anonymous Trio'' (2001, Crazy Wisdom)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|314}}
* "Yellow Label Silence" / "Come Back Archimedes Bad Car, All Is Forgiven" (2002, no label)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|122}}
* ''Weapons of Ass Destruction'' (2006, recorded 2002, [[Smalltown Superjazz]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|123}}
* ''Live in Japan Vol. 1'' (2006, recorded 2002, [[Load Records|Load]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|123}}

'''[[To Live and Shave in L.A.]]'''
* ''[[Noon and Eternity]]'' (2006, Menlo Park)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|154}}
* ''Horóscopo: Sanatorio de Molière'' (2006, Blossoming Noise)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|154}}
* ''The Grief That Shrieked to Multiply'' (2013, Monotype)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|320}}
* ''Absence Blots Us Out'' (2015, Blossoming Noise)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|321}}

'''The Bark Haze'''
* ''LP'' (2007, live, [[Important Records|Important]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|165–166}}
* ''Total Joke Era'' (2007, Important)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|166–167}}
* ''McCannabis'' (2007, live, Arbor)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|167}}
* ''One for Merz'' (2008, Three Lobed)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|168}}
* ''Basement Psychosis'' (2008, [[Ecstatic Peace!]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|168–169}}
* ''Monolith: Jupiter'' {{small|([[split album]] with Traum)}} (2008, Music Fellowship)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|169}}
* ''Wild and Free'' (2009, not on label)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|169}}
* "Can We Just Talk Instead?" {{small|(The Bark Haze)}} / "Sadnessfinalamen" {{small|(Our Love Will Destroy the World)}} (2009, split single, Krayon)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|170}}

'''Northampton Wools'''
* ''Northampton Wools'' (2007, 100 copies, Bonescraper)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|171–172}}
* ''Valley of Shame'' (2009, live, Open Mouth)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|172–173}}
* ''Live at All Tomorrow's Parties 2010'' (2010, Digital Music Archive)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|319}}
* ''Tarp'' – "Grey Matter Books, April 2010" {{small|(with Tarp)}} (2013, Feeding Tube)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|319}}

'''Original Silence'''
* ''The First Original Silence'' (2007, live, [[Smalltown Superjazzz]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|179–181}}
* ''The Second Original Silence'' (2008, live, Smalltown Superjazzz)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|181}}

'''Caught on Tape'''
* ''Caught on Tape'' (2012, live, Feeding Tube)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|208–209}}
* ''Fundamental Sunshine'' (2012, live, Manhand)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|209–210}}
* ''Acting the Maggot'' (2013, live, Feeding Tube)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|210}}
* ''Banjaxed Blues'' (2013, live, Manhand)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|210}}
* ''Irish-American Prayer'' (2013, live, Manhand)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|210}}
* ''Full Bleed'' (February 10, 2015, [[Northern Spy Records|Northern Spy]])<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine=[[Exclaim!]] | date=January 12, 2015 | last=Hudson | first=Alex | title=Caught on Tape – 'Full Bleed' | url=http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/caught_on_tape-full_bleed | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603095919mp_/http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/caught_on_tape-full_bleed | archive-date=June 3, 2015 | access-date=October 18, 2025}}</ref>
* ''Parallelogram'' – "Ono Soul" {{small|([[split album]] with [[Alan Bishop]], [[Bill Orcutt]], and [[Chris Corsano]])}} (2015, Three Lobed)<ref>{{cite web | website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] | last=Currin | first=Grayson Haver | date=November 16, 2015 | title=Albums: ''Parallelogram'' – Various Artists (2015)  | url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20588-parallelogram/ | access-date=October 21, 2025}}</ref>

'''[[Chelsea Light Moving]]'''
{{main|Chelsea Light Moving discography}}

'''[[Twilight (band)|Twilight]]'''
* ''[[III: Beneath Trident's Tomb]]'' (March 17, 2014, [[Century Media Records|Century Media]])<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] | title=Thurston Moore's black metal band Twilight announce new album and split up on same day | date=January 16, 2014 | url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/thurston-moore-s-black-metal-band-twilight-announce-new-album-and-split-up-on-same-day-13451/ | access-date=October 23, 2025}}</ref>
* ''Trident Death Rattle'' (May 1, 2018, EP, Ascension Monuments Media)<ref>{{cite web | website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] | date=April 10, 2018 | title=Black Metal Supergroup TWILIGHT To Release 'Trident Death Rattle' EP In May | url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/black-metal-supergroup-twilight-to-release-trident-death-rattle-ep-in-may | access-date=October 23, 2025}}</ref>

'''Other groups'''
* [[The Coachmen]] – ''Failure to Thrive'' (1988, recorded 1980, [[New Alliance Records|New Alliance]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|11}}
* [[Swans (band)|Swans]] – ''[[Body to Body, Job to Job]]'' (1990, compilation, recorded 1982–85, [[Young God Records|Young God]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|26}}
* The Backbeat Band – ''[[Backbeat (soundtrack)|Backbeat]]'' (1994, soundtrack, [[Virgin Records|Virgin]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|54}}
* Society's Ills – ''Skins, Brains & Guts'' {{small|([[7 Seconds (band)|7 Seconds]] cover)}} (1994, EP, [[Ecstatic Peace!]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|56}}
* Puzzled Panthers – ''[[A Small Circle of Friends (album)|Germs (Tribute): A Small Circle of Friends]]'' – "Now I Hear the Laughter" {{small|([[Germs (band)|Germs]] cover)}} (1996, [[Grass Records|Grass]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|58}}
* [[Rodney & the Tube Tops]] – "[[I Hate the 90's]]" b/w "Tube Tops Forever" and "Cellphone Madness" (1997, [[Sympathy for the Record Industry]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|58}}
* [[Wylde Ratttz]] – ''[[Velvet_Goldmine#Music|Velvet Goldmine: Music from the Original Motion Picture]]'' – "T.V. Eye" {{small|([[The Stooges]] cover)}} (1998, soundtrack, [[London Records|London]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|89}}
* The Walter Sears – ''Fringe Benefits'' {{small|(soundtrack to the [[Walter Sear]]-produced film of the same name)}} (1999, Instant Mayhem)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|93}}
* [[Dredd Foole]] and the Din – ''The Whys of Fire'' (2003, Ecstatic Peace!/Father Yod)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|134–135}}
* Nipple Creek – "New Vietnam Blues" {{small|([[split single (music)|split single]] with [[Jessica Rylan|Can't]])}} (2003, live, U-Sound Archive)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|148}}
* Dream/Aktion Unit – ''Blood Shadow Rampage'' (2006, live, [[Volcanic Tongue]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|152–153}}
* Peeper – ''Time Machine'' (2008, Manhand)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|184}}
* Heretics – ''Heretics'' (2016, Unsound)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|267}}

== Music videos ==
* "Ono Soul" (1995)
* "Circulation" (2011)
* "Speak To The Wild" (2014)
* "Smoke Of Dreams" (2017)
* "Aphrodite" (2017)
* "Cantaloupe" (2020)
* "Isadora" (2023)

==Books==
* ''Alabama Wildman'' (2000)
* ''[[Mix Tape: The Art of Cassette Culture]]'' (2005)
* ''Grunge'' (with [[Michael Lavine]], 2009)
* ''Punk House: Interiors in Anarchy'' (with Abby Banks, Timothy Findlen, 2007)
* ''No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976–1980.'' (with Byron Coley, 2008)
* ''James Hamilton: You Should Have Heard Just What I Seen'' (with [[James Hamilton (photographer)|James Hamilton]], 2010)
* ''Lion: Only Noise (And Poems)'' (2011)
* ''[[Sonic Life: A Memoir]]'' (2023)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Garner |first=Dwight |date=2023-10-23 |title=Thurston Moore Revisits His Sonic Youth |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/23/books/review/thurston-moore-sonic-life.html |access-date=2023-11-27 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
*{{official website|http://www.thurstonmoore.com}}
**[https://www.myspace.com/llikyouridols Official Myspace page] for "Kill Your Idols", a documentary about the Cinema of Transgression featuring Thurston Moore
**[http://www.sonicyouth.com/ Sonic Youth.com] – Official Sonic Youth website
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*[http://www.ecstaticpeace.com/ Ecstatic Peace! Records].
*[http://www.spikemagazine.com/0600thurstonmoore.php ''Spike'' magazine interview].
*[http://www.3ammagazine.com/nonfiction/2003/oct/blackout.html Writings by Thurston on 2003 NYC power blackout].
*[http://www.ubu.com/sound/tellus_10.html Thurston Moore's "Skrewer Boy"] published on the [[Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine]] @ [[Ubuweb]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080925140021/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/145888-thurston-moore-jemina-pearl-from-be-your-own-pet-cover-the-ramones-sheena-for-gossip-girl Pichfork article Working with Jemina]

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