Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore was born on Jul 25, 1958 in USA. Thurston Moore's big-screen debut came with Hippy Porn directed by Jacques Boyreau in 1991. Thurston Moore is known for William S. Burroughs: A Man Within directed by Yony Leyser, Fred Aldrich stars as Self and Laurie Anderson as Self. The most recent award Thurston Moore achieved is Academy of Country Music Awards. The upcoming new movie Thurston Moore plays is William S. Burroughs: A Man Within which will be released on Dec 12, 2010.

In 1980, Thurston Moore formed the band Sonic Youth as a lead guitarist and singer with Kim Gordon (bass guitars/vocals) and Lee Ranaldo (lead guitars/vocals). In 1981, they released their debut album "Sonic Youth", which attracted lots of attention for using feedback in music. They later released the highly acclaimed albums "Sister", "Daydream Nation" (1988), "Goo" (1990), "Dirty" (1992), etc, which inspired bands like Nirvana, Pavement and Radiohead. By 1998, they had released 14 albums, their latest one, "a thousand leaves", getting incredible reviews. In 1983, Thurston married Kim Gordon, and their daughter, Coco Gordon-Moore, was born in 1994. Moore has been described as the world's greatest and most innovative guitarist, and Sonic Youth as the greatest guitar band ever. He also admits to experimenting with cannabis and LSD, but no longer takes drugs, or smokes.