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{{short description|American guitarist (born 1958)}}
{{short description|American guitarist, singer and songwriter (born 1958)}}
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* [[The Coachmen]]
* [[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>  
* [[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=http://consequenceofsound.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>
* 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]]
* [[Even Worse (band)|Even Worse]]
* [[Velvet Monkeys]]
* [[Velvet Monkeys]]
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==Sonic Youth==
==Sonic Youth==
{{Main|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 | pages=45 }}</ref> Red Milk,<ref name="browne45" /> and the Arcadians,<ref>{{cite book | last = Browne | first = David | title = Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth | publisher =Da Capo Press | year =2008 | pages=46 }}</ref> before settling on Moore's choice of Sonic Youth just before June 1981.<ref>{{cite book | last = Browne | first = David | title = Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth | publisher =Da Capo Press | year =2008 | pages=47 }}</ref> 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>
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]]
[[File:Sonic1991.jpg|thumb|left|Live in the Netherlands (with Sonic Youth), 1991]]
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==Work outside Sonic Youth==
==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>{{cite book |last1=Soulsby |first1=Nick |title=Thurston Moore: We Sing A New Language |date=2017 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9781785581366 |pages=30–34}}</ref> Don Dietrich and Jim Sauter of [[Borbetomagus]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Soulsby |first1=Nick |title=Thurston Moore: We Sing A New Language |date=2017 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9781785581366 |pages=35–41}}</ref> [[DJ Spooky]], [[William Hooker (musician)|William Hooker]], [[Daniel Carter (musician)|Daniel Carter]], [[Christian Marclay]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Soulsby |first1=Nick |title=Thurston Moore: We Sing A New Language |date=2017 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9781785581366 |pages=113–115}}</ref> [[Mike Watt]], [[Loren Mazzacane Connors]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Soulsby |first1=Nick |title=Thurston Moore: We Sing A New Language |date=2017 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9781785581366 |pages=70–73}}</ref> [[Dredd Foole]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Soulsby |first1=Nick |title=Thurston Moore: We Sing A New Language |date=2017 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9781785581366 |pages=134–135}}</ref> [[William Winant]], [[The Thing (jazz band)|the Thing]], [[Nels Cline]], [[Cock E.S.P.]], [[John Moloney (musician)|John Moloney]], [[Glenn Branca]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Soulsby |first1=Nick |title=Thurston Moore: We Sing A New Language |date=2017 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9781785581366 |pages=19–23}}</ref> [[Yamantaka Eye]], [[Beck]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Soulsby |first1=Nick |title=Thurston Moore: We Sing A New Language |date=2017 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9781785581366 |pages=116}}</ref> [[My Cat is an Alien]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Soulsby |first1=Nick |title=Thurston Moore: We Sing A New Language |date=2017 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9781785581366 |pages=139–140}}</ref> [[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 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 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>
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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.
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= http://consequenceofsound.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 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 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>
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>
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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>
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 />
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===
===Work on soundtracks===
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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>
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>


==Politics and activism==
==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>
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>
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== Discography ==
== Discography ==
[[File:Thurston Moore circa 2004 in music is (Speaking Portraits) (Vol. I).jpg|thumb|Moore, circa 2004]]
{{main|Thurston Moore discography}}
===Solo===
===Solo===
* ''[[Psychic Hearts]]'' ([[Geffen Records|Geffen]], 1995)
'''Selected studio albums'''
* ''[[Trees Outside the Academy]]'' ([[Ecstatic Peace!]], 2007)
* ''[[Psychic Hearts]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Demolished Thoughts]]'' ([[Matador Records|Matador]], 2011) (UK chart peak: No. 119)<ref>{{cite web|first=Tobias|last=Zywietz |url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/110604cluk.txt |title=Chart Log UK – Update 4.06.2011 |website=Zobbel|access-date=2011-06-05}}</ref>
* ''[[Trees Outside the Academy]]'' (2007)
* ''[[The Best Day (Thurston Moore album)|The Best Day]]'' (Matador, 2014) (UK chart peak: No. 78)<ref name="OCC">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/37138/THURSTON-MOORE |title=Thurston Moore {{!}} full Official Chart history |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=2017-05-06}}</ref>
* ''[[Demolished Thoughts]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Rock n Roll Consciousness]]'' ([[Caroline Distribution|Caroline]], 2017) (UK chart peak: No. 65)<ref name="OCC"/>
* ''[[Yokokimthurston]]'' {{small|(with [[Yoko Ono]] and [[Kim Gordon]])}} (2012)
* ''Spirit Counsel'' (2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/thurston-moore-group-announces-new-album-spirit-counsel/|title=Thurston Moore Group Announces New Album Spirit Counsel|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|last=Monroe|first=Jazz|date=May 16, 2019|access-date=May 17, 2019}}</ref>
* ''[[@ (album)|@]]'' {{small|(with [[John Zorn]])}} (2013)
* ''[[By the Fire]]'' (2020)<ref name="OCC"/>
* ''[[The Best Day (Thurston Moore album)|The Best Day]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Screen time (album)|Screen Time]]'' (2021)<ref name="blistein"/>
* ''[[Rock n Roll Consciousness]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Flow Critical Lucidity]]'' (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>
* ''[[Spirit Counsel]]'' (2019)
* ''[[By the Fire]]'' (2020)
* ''[[Screen time (album)|Screen Time]]'' (2021)
* ''[[Flow Critical Lucidity]]'' (2024)


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


'''With [[Chelsea Light Moving]]'''
'''[[Velvet Monkeys]]'''
* 2013 ''[[Chelsea Light Moving (album)|Chelsea Light Moving]]''
* ''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}}
'''With Pvre Matrix'''
* 2015 ''Burning Sulfur''


'''With Twilight'''
'''[[Dim Stars]]'''
* 2014 ''[[III: Beneath Trident's Tomb]]''
* ''Dim Stars'' (1991, EP, [[Ecstatic Peace!]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|44}}
* 2018 ''Trident Death Rattle''
* ''Dim Stars'' (June 1992, [[Caroline Records|Caroline]]/[[Paperhouse Records|Paperhouse]])<ref name=grd />{{rp|688}}


===Collaborations===
'''Mirror/Dash'''
[[File:Thurston Moore circa 2004 in music is (Speaking Portraits) (Vol. I).jpg|thumb|Moore, circa 2004]]
* "Electric Pen" / "Gum" (1992, [[Ecstatic Peace!]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|311}}
* 1990 – ''Barefoot in the Head'' – with [[Jim Sauter (musician)|Jim Sauter]] & [[Don Dietrich (musician)|Don Dietrich]]
* "Sweetface" / "Rom Supply Co." {{small|(with [[Dan Graham]])}} (2003, En/Of)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|130–131}}
* 1993 – ''Shamballa'' – with [[William Hooker (musician)|William Hooker]] & [[Elliott Sharp]]
* ''I Can't Be Bought'' (2006, Three Lobed)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|132}}
* 1995 – ''Klangfarbenmelodie & the Colorist Strikes Primitive'' – with Tom Surgal
* ''Noise'' – "Hotel Athiti" (2006, DVD compilation, MK2)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|316}}
* 1996 – ''Pillow Wand'' – with [[Nels Cline]]
* Untitled single (2006, AA)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|316}}
* 1996 – ''Piece for Yvonne Rainer'' – with [[Yoshimi]] & [[Mark Ibold]]
* ''X Plural U.S.'' – "Black Metal Boyfriend" (2007, compilation, Mystra)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|317}}
* 1997 – ''MMMR'' – with [[Loren Mazzacane Connors]], [[Jean-Marc Montera]] & Lee Ranaldo (Numero Zero Audio)
* "Come Across" (2008, Schunck/Glaspaleis)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|318}}
* 1998 – ''Foot'' – with [[Don Fleming (musician)|Don Fleming]] & [[Jim Dunbar]]
* "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}}
* 1998 – ''[[Root (album)|Root]]'' – Remix Project
* 1999 – ''The Promise'' – with [[Evan Parker]] & Walter Prati
* 2000 – ''New York – Ystad'' – Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Mats Gustafsson
* 2000 – ''TM/MF'' – Thurston Moore, Marco Fusinato
* 2001 – ''[[In The Fishtank 9|In The Fishtank]]'' – Thurston Moore/Sonic Youth/ICP/The Ex (Koncurrent)
* 2001 – ''Three Incredible Ideas'' – Thurston Moore/Walter Prati/Giancarlo Schiaffini
* 2012 – ''[[Yokokimthurston]]'' – [[Yoko Ono]],/Thurston Moore/Kim Gordon
* 2013 – ''[["@" (album)|"@"]]'' – [[John Zorn]]/Thurston Moore
* 2014 – ''Cuts of Guilt, Cuts Deeper'' – [[Merzbow]]/[[Balázs Pándi]]/[[Mats Gustafsson]]/Thurston Moore
* 2014 – ''Live'' – [[The Thing (jazz band)|The Thing]] & Thurston Moore
* 2018 – ''Cuts Up Cuts Out'' - [[Merzbow]]/[[Balázs Pándi]]/[[Mats Gustafsson]]/Thurston Moore


'''Limited edition noise, experimental, drone'''
'''Male Slut'''
* 2006 – ''Flipped Out Bride 12'' (Blossoming Noise, 2006), limited edition of 500 blue marbled vinyl
* "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}}
* 2006 – ''Free/Love'' (Blossoming Noise, 2006), limited edition of 90 cassettes
* ''Godz Is Not a Put-On'' – "Quack, I'm a Quack" (1996, compilation, Lissy's)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|312}}
* 2007 – ''Black Weeds-White Death'' (Meudiademorte, 2007), limited edition of 200 cassettes
* ''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>
* 2008 – ''Sensitive/Lethal''
* ''Tracks & Fields'' – "Industral Noise Blues" (2004, compilation, [[Kill Rock Stars]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|315}}
* 2008 – ''Blindfold'' (Destructive Industries), limited edition of 200 cassettes
* 2008 – ''Built for Lovin'' (Lost Treasures of the Underworld), limited edition of 500 vinyl
* 2010 – ''Suicide Notes for Acoustic Guitar'' EP
* 2010 – ''Schwarze Polizei'' with [[Kommissar Hjuler]], Goaty Tapes, limited edition of 50 cassettes
* 2021 – ''Screen Time''


'''Free improvisation'''
'''Foot'''
* 2004 – ''Thurston Moore - Kapotte Muziek'' by Thurston Moore Korm Plastics, [[Kapotte Muziek]])
* ''Foot'' (1998, God Bless)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|86}}
* 2007 – ''The Roadhouse Session Vol. 1'' with Chris Corsano/Paul Flaherty/Wally Shoup
* ''Jeg Gleder Meg Til År 2000'' – "Armageddon" {{small|(Holy Toy cover)}} (1999, compilation, [[Universal Music Group|Universal]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|91}}
* 2008 – ''Untitled'' with Paul Flaherty, [[Bill Nace]]
* ''Live at [[The Cooler (night club)|The Cooler]]'' (1999, live, Breathmint)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|91}}
* 2011 – ''Les Anges Du Péché'' with Jean-Marc Montera, Lee Ranaldo
* ''This Is NeMocore'' {{small|(with several other musicians)}} (1999, Instant Mayhem)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|90}}
* 2011 – ''Solo Acoustic Volume Five'' – Part of the VDSQ (Vin Du Select Qualitite) acoustic guitar series
* ''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}}
* 2013 – ''@'' with John Zorn


'''Live'''
'''Dapper'''
* 1996 – ''Piece for Jetsun Dolma'' with Tom Surgal and William Winant at [[Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville]], released by Les Disques VICTO
* ''[[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}}
* 2012 – ''Play Some Fucking Stooges'' with [[Mats Gustafsson]] on tour in 2009. Limited edition of 450 copies.
* ''Dapper'' (2001, oTo)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|119}}
* 2013 – ''Vi Är Alla Guds Slavar'' with Mats Gustafsson, Cafe OTO, September 22 & 23, 2012. Limited edition of 1000 copies.
* ''Corona Classic Volume 1'' – "Oh You Fine Bird!" (2002, compilation, E.F. Tapes)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|314}}
* 2013 – ''The Only Way to Go is Straight Through'' with [[Loren Connors]], NYC 2012. Limited edition of 3,000 copies.
* 2013 – ''Comes Through in the Call Hold'' with [[Clark Coolidge]], [[Anne Waldman]]], [[Harry Everett Smith|Harry Smith]] cottage at Naropa, June 30, 2012, released by [[Fast Speaking Music]].
* 2013 – ''Last Notes'' with Joe McPhee, Bill Nace, Roulette NYC, May 31, 2012. Limited vinyl edition of 250 copies.


'''Caught on Tape series'''
'''Diskaholics Anonymous Trio'''
* 2012 – ''Fundamental Sunshine'' (Antwerp-Paris-Rotterdam-Amsterdam March 20–23, 2012. Cassette)
* ''Diskaholics Anonymous Trio'' (2001, Crazy Wisdom)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|314}}
* 2012 – ''Caught on Tape'' (Recorded live to cassette in Europe – March 2012. Limited edition of 133 hand numbered copies)
* "Yellow Label Silence" / "Come Back Archimedes Bad Car, All Is Forgiven" (2002, no label)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|122}}
* 2013 – ''Acting the Maggot'' (recorded at the Beachland Ballroom 2012. Limited edition of 120 lps)
* ''Weapons of Ass Destruction'' (2006, recorded 2002, [[Smalltown Superjazz]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|123}}
* 2013 – ''Fundamental Sunshine'' (Cassette)
* ''Live in Japan Vol. 1'' (2006, recorded 2002, [[Load Records|Load]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|123}}
* 2013 – ''Banjaxed Blues'' (Recorded in Baltimore, MD in December 2012 and Belfast, Northern Ireland in January 2013. Edition of 45 copies)
* 2013 – ''Irish-American Prayer'' (Live in Brooklyn December 2012. Limited CDr)


'''With Diskaholics Anonymous Trio'''
'''[[To Live and Shave in L.A.]]'''
* 2001 – ''Diskaholics Anonymous Trio'' (Recorded at Kulturbro Ystad-Österlen, Sweden, 2000)
* ''[[Noon and Eternity]]'' (2006, Menlo Park)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|154}}
* 2006 – ''Weapons of Ass Destruction'' (Recorded live, Ystads Teater, Sweden, October 6, 2002)
* ''Horóscopo: Sanatorio de Molière'' (2006, Blossoming Noise)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|154}}
* 2006 – ''Live in Japan Vol. 1'' (Recorded live, Tokyo, Japan, 2002)
* ''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}}


'''With Original Silence'''
'''The Bark Haze'''
* 2007 – ''The First Original Silence'' (Recorded live, Teatro Ariosto, Reggio Emilia, Italy, September 30, 2005 )
* ''LP'' (2007, live, [[Important Records|Important]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|165–166}}
* 2008 – ''The Second Original Silence'' (Recorded live, Brancaleone, Rome, September 28, 2005 )
* ''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}}


'''With Glenn Branca'''
'''Northampton Wools'''
* 1981 – ''Symphony No. 1'' "Tonal Plexus" with [[Glenn Branca]], [[Lee Ranaldo]], [[Anne DeMarinis]]
* ''Northampton Wools'' (2007, 100 copies, Bonescraper)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|171–172}}
* 1982 – ''Symphony No. 2'' "The Peak of the Sacred"
* ''Valley of Shame'' (2009, live, Open Mouth)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|172–173}}
* 1983 – ''Symphony No. 3'' "Gloria" – Music for the first 127 intervals of the harmonic series
* ''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}}


'''With the Coachmen'''
'''Original Silence'''
* 1979 – ''Failure to Thrive''
* ''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}}


'''Singles'''
'''Caught on Tape'''
* "The Church Should Be for the Outcasts, Not a Church That Casts People Out" (7") [as Male Slut] (1995)
* ''Caught on Tape'' (2012, live, Feeding Tube)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|208–209}}
* "Sputnik", with Don Fleming on one side, Pete Kember aka Sonic Boom on the other. Gilltery vinyl (1997)
* ''Fundamental Sunshine'' (2012, live, Manhand)<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|209–210}}
* "Wonderful Witches" (2007)
* ''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>


'''Split LPs'''
'''[[Chelsea Light Moving]]'''
* ''From the Earth to the Spheres'' (split with ''My Cat Is An Alien'', 2004)
{{main|Chelsea Light Moving discography}}
* ''Thrash Sabbatical'' ([[Deathbomb Arc]], 2008 four-way split 12" + 2x7" w/Men Who Can't Love, Barrabarracuda, Kevin Shields)
* ''Mature, Lonely + Out of Control/Alternative Hair Styles'' ([[Nihilist Records|Nihilist]], 2008 split LP with Graham Moore)


'''Remixes'''
'''[[Twilight (band)|Twilight]]'''
* ''Rising Mixes'' by Yoko Ono (1996)
* ''[[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>
* ''Sacrilege: The Remixes'' by [[Can (band)|Can]] (1996)
* ''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>
* ''Bustin'and Dronin'' by [[Blur (band)|Blur]] (1998)
* ''7/11'' by [[Un Drame Musical Instantané]] (1999)
* ''[[Celestica (song)|Celestica]]'' by [[Crystal Castles]] (2010)


'''Guest appearances'''
'''Other groups'''
* 1992 – ''Do You Wanna Dance'', [[Dim Stars]]
* [[The Coachmen]] – ''Failure to Thrive'' (1988, recorded 1980, [[New Alliance Records|New Alliance]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|11}}
* 1994 – ''[[Monster (R.E.M. album)|Monster]]'', [[R.E.M.]]
* [[Swans (band)|Swans]] – ''[[Body to Body, Job to Job]]'' (1990, compilation, recorded 1982–85, [[Young God Records|Young God]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|26}}
* 1997 – ''Legend of the Blood Yeti'', XIII Ghosts & [[Derek Bailey (guitarist)|Derek Bailey]]
* The Backbeat Band – ''[[Backbeat (soundtrack)|Backbeat]]'' (1994, soundtrack, [[Virgin Records|Virgin]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|54}}
* 1998 – ''Velvet Goldmine – Music from the Original Motion Picture'', "T.V. Eye" with the Wylde Ratttz
* Society's Ills – ''Skins, Brains & Guts'' {{small|([[7 Seconds (band)|7 Seconds]] cover)}} (1994, EP, [[Ecstatic Peace!]])<ref name=soulsby />{{rp|56}}
* 2007 – ''Touch the Iceberg'', Owl Xounds Exploding Galaxy)
* 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}}
* 2016 – "Weight" – Joseph Coward
* [[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}}
* 2017 — ''7/11'', Moore's remix of ''L'homme à la caméra'' by [[Un Drame Musical Instantané]] (transparent vinyl)
* [[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}}


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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherTemplate:Main otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main other Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958)[1] 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 StoneTemplate:'s 2004 edition of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".[2]

In 2012, Moore started a new band Chelsea Light Moving,[3] whose eponymous debut was released on March 5, 2013. In 2015, Chelsea Light Moving disbanded after one studio album release.[4] 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.[5] Raised Catholic, he attended St. Joseph's School in 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.[6]

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.[7][8] It was there that he was able to watch shows by the likes of Patti Smith and spoken-word performances by William S. Burroughs.[9] 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 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."[10] 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.[11]

Once in the city, Moore was briefly a member of the hardcore punk 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".[7] Moore has spoken about influences on his music tastes at this time, including British bands 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").[12]

Sonic Youth

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". 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,[13]Template:Rp Red Milk,[13]Template:Rp and the Arcadians,[13]Template:Rp before settling on Moore's choice of Sonic Youth just before June 1981.[13]Template:Rp 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.[14] 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.[15] Each band member took turns playing the drums, until they met drummer Richard Edson.[16] The band signed to Neutral Records, then to Homestead Records, and then to SST Records.[17]

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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.[7] 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, Dischord and Sub Pop:[18]

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.

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".[18]

In 2011, Moore and his wife, Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon, separated; shortly afterward, Sonic Youth went on indefinite hiatus.[19] Though his marriage was ending Moore never claimed that Sonic Youth was finished.[20]

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,[21]Template:Rp Don Dietrich and Jim Sauter of Borbetomagus,[21]Template:Rp DJ Spooky, William Hooker, Daniel Carter, Christian Marclay,[21]Template:Rp Mike Watt, Loren Mazzacane Connors,[21]Template:Rp Dredd Foole,[21]Template:Rp William Winant, the Thing, Nels Cline, Cock E.S.P., John Moloney, Glenn Branca,[21]Template:Rp Yamantaka Eye, Beck,[21]Template:Rp My Cat is an Alien,[21]Template:Rp 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 in 1982 and '83, playing bass guitar.[22][23]

In the early 1990s, Moore formed the side band Dim Stars, with Richard Hell, 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. 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.[24] 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 in 2006.[25]

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".[26]

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 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.[27] Also that year, Moore joined the black metal super group Twilight.[28] He then started a new band called Chelsea Light Moving. Their first track, "Burroughs", was released as a free download.[3] Their 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 and Russell Mael in a 2013 Sparks concert at the Union Chapel, Islington, London. In 2014, Moore released The Best Day, a solo album featuring Steve Shelley and My Bloody Valentine's Debbie Googe as rhythm section, and James Sedwards on guitar.[29][30]

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.[31][32] The first track, "Alice Moki Jayne", is a 63-minute long song named for the spouses of John Coltrane, Don Cherry, and Ornette Coleman.[32] The 28-minute "8 Spring Street" is named for the former address of Glenn Branca.[32] The 55-minute final track, "Galaxies (Sky)", was inspired by a poem by Sun Ra.[32]

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.[33] In 2021, Moore surprise-released an instrumental album entitled Screen Time.[34]

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.[35]

His most recent album, Flow Critical Lucidity, was released on September 20, 2024.[36]

Work on soundtracks

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Thurston Moore performing with Sonic Youth at the 2005 Roskilde Festival

In 1994, Moore teamed up with Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs, Don Fleming of Gumball, Mike Mills of R.E.M., and Dave Grohl of Nirvana/Foo Fighters, to form the Backbeat Band, which recorded the soundtrack album to the movie 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 (1995), Bully (2001), and 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.[37]

Moore scored the 2022 HBO miniseries Irma Vep.[38]

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 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.[39]

Ecstatic Peace Library is the book publishing company founded by Thurston Moore and visual book editor Eva Prinz in 2010.[40] 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.[41]

Teaching

In 2015 Moore was appointed honorary professor at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory (RMC) in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he periodically conducts workshops and master classes.[42]

Political views

Moore is anti-capitalist,[43] and since the 1980s, Moore and his bandmates have been described as anarchists,[44] a label Moore has denied.[45] However, in 2013, he would commend the Occupy Wall Street protests by announcing his support for its anarcho-communist elements.[46]

Since the founding of Sonic Youth, Moore and members of the band have been famously critical of the music industry[47] and what he calls the monopolization of youth culture, with Moore stating in 1991 during filming of The Year Punk Broke,

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 ...

Since 2004, Moore has participated in a cultural boycott of Israel, likening the country to an apartheid state[48] and criticizing bands like Dinosaur Jr. and Radiohead[49] 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.[50]

In November 2019, along with other public figures, Moore signed a letter supporting 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 UK general election.[51]

In October 2022, Moore expressed support for former president Lula in the 2022 Brazilian general election.[52]

Personal life

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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[19] due to an extramarital affair Moore engaged in with art book editor Eva Prinz, who was also married at the time.[53] Moore and Gordon divorced in 2013. Template:As of Moore was residing in Stoke Newington, London, with Prinz.[54][55] Moore and Prinz were married in late 2020.[56]

Moore released his memoirs, Sonic Life: A Memoir, in October 2023.[57]

Equipment

Moore uses a large selection of Fender guitars during Sonic Youth gigs, most frequently a Jazzmaster. His primary stage amp has been the Peavey Roadmaster paired with a Marshall cabinet. He has used the ProCo Rat, Big Muff, and MXR Blue Box pedals in various combinations to achieve his unique distorted and feedback-laden guitar sound.[58]

Moore is a key figure in the popularization and resurrection of the Fender Jazzmaster. In 2009, Fender introduced a Lee Ranaldo signature edition of a Sapphire Blue Transparent version featuring two Fender Wide Range humbucking pickups and a Forest Green transparent finish for Moore, equipped with a pair of Seymour Duncan Antiquity II Jazzmaster single-coil pickups.[59]

In 2016, Yuri Landman made a special 10-string drone guitar for Moore at the request of Premier Guitar.[60]

Discography

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Moore, circa 2004

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Solo

Selected studio albums

As member

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Velvet Monkeys

Dim Stars

Mirror/Dash

Male Slut

  • "The Church Should Be for the Outcast, Not a Church That Casts People Out" b/w "Thoodblirsty Thespians" (1995, Stomach Ache)[21]Template:Rp
  • Godz Is Not a Put-On – "Quack, I'm a Quack" (1996, compilation, Lissy's)[21]Template:Rp
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  • Tracks & Fields – "Industral Noise Blues" (2004, compilation, Kill Rock Stars)[21]Template:Rp

Foot

Dapper

Diskaholics Anonymous Trio

To Live and Shave in L.A.

The Bark Haze

Northampton Wools

  • Northampton Wools (2007, 100 copies, Bonescraper)[21]Template:Rp
  • Valley of Shame (2009, live, Open Mouth)[21]Template:Rp
  • Live at All Tomorrow's Parties 2010 (2010, Digital Music Archive)[21]Template:Rp
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Original Silence

Caught on Tape

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Twilight

Other groups

Music videos

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

Books

References

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External links

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