Thurston Moore

Quick Facts

Full Name	Thurston Moore
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Jul 25, 1958(1958-07-25)
Age	66
Birthplace	Coral Gables
Country	United States
Birth City	Florida
Horoscope	Cancer

Thurston Moore Biography

Thurston Moore is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on July 25, 1958 in Coral Gables, Florida, United States. Guitarist, singer and songwriter in Sonic Youth, the group famous for its albums such as Washing Machine and Day Dream Nation.

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Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American musician best known as a member of 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.” In May 2012, Spin published a staff- selected list of the top 100 rock guitarists, and ranked Moore and his Sonic Youth bandmate Lee Ranaldo together at number 1.

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 and Red Milk and the Arcadians, before settling on Moore’s choice of Sonic Youth just before June 1981. 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. 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. Each band member took turns playing the drums, until they met drummer Richard Edson. The band signed to Neutral Records, then to Homestead Records, and then to SST Records.

His wife was Sonic Youth bassist and vocalist Kim Gordon from 1994 until 2011.

Thurston Moore Net Worth

Thurston Moore is one of the richest Guitarist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Thurston Moore 's net worth $8 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was slated to go to the college of his choice, but the decision was made to change his mind. He moved into New York to join the music scene.

The guitar was stolen twice the first time when Sonic Youth’s gear inside the Ryder truck was stolen , and later when a person walked away with his 1966 Fender Jazzmaster.

Moore was born July 25, 1958, at Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables, Florida, to George E. Moore and Eleanor Nann Moore, and moved with his family (including brother Frederick Eugene Moore, born 1953, and sister Susan Dorothy Moore, born 1956) in 1967 to Bethel, Connecticut. He attended St. Joseph’s School in Danbury, followed by St. Mary’s School in Bethel and attended Bethel High School from 1973–76. He enrolled at Western Connecticut State University in fall 1976, but left after one quarter and moved to East 13th Street between Aves A and B in New York City to join the burgeoning post-punk and no wave music scenes. It was there that he was able to watch shows by the likes of Patti Smith and spoken-word performances by William S. Burroughs. 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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Thurston Moore height 6 ft 6 in Thurston weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Thurston Moore Dating?

According to our records, Thurston Moore married to Kim Gordon. As of December 1, 2023, Thurston Moore’s is not dating anyone.

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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. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Moore and Ranaldo the 33rd and 34th Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

Facts & Trivia

Thurston Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Thurston Moore celebrates birthday on July 25 of every year.

On September 18, 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.”

What happened between Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon?

Last year, Gordon told Elle about their split, revealing that it was due to an affair Moore had been carrying on for years. “It ended in a kind of normal way—midlife crisis, starstruck woman,” Gordon said. “Thurston was carrying on this whole double life with her. He was really like a lost soul.”

Is Thurston Moore a good guitarist?

Now, more than three decades later, Moore is the ambassador for that same guitar’s latest iteration, Fender’s American Acoustasonic Jazzmaster, in recognition of his reputation as one of the greatest, most experimental guitarists of all time.

How old is Thurston Moore Sonic Youth?

63 years (July 25, 1958)

Where is Thurston Moore from?

Coral Gables, FL

Why did Sonic Youth breakup?

Sonic Youth split in 2011 after Moore and Kim Gordon divorced. It was subsequently revealed that the frontman cheated on his wife with a woman he then moved to London with. They played their last gig at a festival in São Paolo, Brazil.