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Thurston Moore

real name Thurston Joseph Moore

US guitarist, singer and songwriter; Sonic Youth

Coral Gables, United States · b. 1958-07-25

Thurston Moore is credited on 713 releases across 334 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1981–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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713

Credits

334

Albums

5

Decades active

1,052

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American guitarist and vocalist born on 25 July 1958 in Coral Gables, Florida and raised in Bethel, Connecticut. He lived in New York City for most of his music career and was taught guitar by Glenn Branca. He has since relocated to Stoke Newington, in the United Kingdom.
Thurston Moore is best known as the guitarist and vocalist of Sonic Youth which he co-founded in 1981. In 1984 he married Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon. They have a daughter, Coco Hayley Gordon Moore. The couple separated in 2011 and divorced in 2013.
In addition to performing music, he also runs the Ecstatic Peace! label and The Daydream Library Series.
Married Eva Prinz in 2020.

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Credited work

713 releases · 334 albums · active 1981–2026

  • Performance · 882
  • Other credits · 192
  • Production · 42
  • Engineering · 8
  • Mastering · 3

Studios: BC Studio · Wharton's Studio · Radio Tokyo · Fun City

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