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Thurston Moore is an American musician best known as a singer and guitarist for Sonic Youth.

Moore was born in Coral Gables, Florida and was raised in Bethel, Connecticut. Although he enrolled at Western Connecticut State University, he opted to move to New York City instead. There he learned to play guitar from Glenn Branca and soon co-founded Sonic Youth, serving as the band’s guitarist and lead vocalist.

In 1985, he married Sonic Youth bassist, guitarist and vocalist Kim Gordon, with whom he has a daughter, Coco Hayley Gordon Moore. Thurston is known for playing Fender Jazzmaster guitars along with a host of other Fender models like the Mustang and Jaguar. Thurston is also very well known for being very harsh on his guitars.

In addition to his work with Sonic Youth, Moore has also released albums as a solo artist, one under the moniker David Adelmen, including 1995’s “Psychic Hearts”. He has collaborated with scores of artists, including My Cat Is An Alien, DJ Spooky, Nels Cline, William Hooker, Christian Marclay, Loren MazzaCane Connors, R.E.M. and Cock E.S.P. In the mid-90’s Moore formed a side band, The Dim Stars, with punk legend Richard Hell of Richard Hell and the Voidoids. In 2004, Moore performed in and produced an album for the all-star noise band To Live and Shave in L.A., the lineup of which also features Andrew W.K..
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  • NoahIsCool

    Trees Outside the Academy was way better than I was expecting

    18 days ago
  • wilcaz

    pretty awesome show with John Zorn last friday

    24 days ago
  • Nessyliz

    Trees Outside the Academy isn't scrobbling for me, but suffice it to say, it's a favorite.

    27 days ago
  • BulmaPunkRocker

    Great show in Chile! Even wit the flu, Thurston always gives a great performance and have a great humor.

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  • rimamimamira

    un aplauso para él.

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  • liu_

    He's a fucking genius! [2]

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  • stubba666

    Groovy & Linda (new song) http://youtu.be/zQEKSOHPVco

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  • ln2x

    He was "mad" at you, man! And I remember he called you virgin haha that part of the concert was fucking hilarious! Thurston was awesome last night. Beautiful songs and a good amount of sonic noise. He was kind to the audience, talked to us and made jokes. Thurston (still) is THE man. Bow down to the king of noise!

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