Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore is a musician and writer who co-founded Sonic Youth in New York in 1981 with Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo. He moved to Manhattan’s East Village in 1978 and became part of the experimental music culture from which the band emerged. Sonic Youth helped bring the sounds of the downtown avant-garde into alternative rock.

Moore also works in poetry and publishing. His memoir Sonic Life, first published in 2023, recounts his musical upbringing, the formation of Sonic Youth and the artistic communities surrounding the band.