Thurston Moore

Thurston Joseph Moore (født 25. juli, 1958) er sanger, sangskriver og guitarist i det amerikanske støjrockband Sonic Youth, Chelsea Light Moving og kendt for at anvende et stort udvalg af (Fender)guitarer under deres shows. Udover at være en del af Sonic Youth, har han blandt andet grundlagt pladeselskabet; Ecstatic Peace!. Thurston giftede sig i 1984 med bassisten/sangerinden i Sonic Youth; Kim Gordon. Sammen har de en datter ved navn Coco Hayley Gordon Moore (født den 1. juli 1994). De bor i øjeblikket i Northampton i Massachusetts, USA.

Thurston Moore blev i 2015 udnævnt til adjungeret professor på Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium (RMC) i København, hvor han med jævne mellemrum afholder workshops og masterclasses.

Album 
 Solo
 Psychic Hearts (1995, Geffen Records)
 Trees Outside the Academy (2007, Ecstatic Peace)
 Demolished Thoughts (2011, Matador Records) (UK chart peak: #119)

 Root - Remix Project (1998, Lo Recordings)
 Solo Acoustic Volume Five - VDSQ (Vin Du Select Qualitite) acoustic guitar series (2011)

 Limited Edition Noise, experimentell, drone
 2006 - [[Flipped Out Bride 12]] (2006, Blossoming Noise)
 2006 - Free / Love EP (2006, Blossoming Noise)
 2007 - Black Weeds - White Death (2007, Meudiademorte)
 2008 - Sensitive / Lethal
 2008 - Blindfold (Destructive Industries)
 2008 - Built For Lovin (Lost Treasures of the Underworld)
 2010 - Suicide Notes For Acoustic Guitar EP
 2010 - Schwarze Polizei (with Kommissar Hjuler, Goaty Tapes)
 2012 - Fundamental Sunshine [Thurston Moore / John Moloney], Cassette 

 Collaboration
 1990 - Barefoot In The Head [& Jim Sauter & Don Dietrich, liner notes by Thomas Pynchon]
 1993 - Shamballa [With William Hooker & Elliott Sharp]
 1995 - Klangfarbenmelodie & the Colorist Strikes Primitive [& Tom Surgal
 1996 - Pillow Wand (& Nels Cline)
 1996 - Piece For Yvonne Rainer [with Yoshimi & Mark Ibold]
 1997 - MMMR [with Loren Mazzacane Connors, Jean-Marc Montera & Lee Ranaldo (Numero Zero Audio)
 1998 - Foot (with Don Fleming & Jim Dunbar)
 1999 - The Promise [& Evan Parker & Walter Prati]
 2000 - New York - Ystad [Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Mats Gustafsson]
 2000 - TM/MF [Thurston Moore, Marco Fusinato]
 2001 - Three Incredible Ideas [Thurston Moore / Walter Prati / Giancarlo Schiaffini]
 2012 - Yokokimthurston Yoko Ono / Thurston Moore / Kim Gordon

 Free Improvisation Albums
 2007 - The Roadhouse Session Vol.1 [Thurston Moore / Chris Corsano / Paul Flaherty / Wally Shoup 4tet]
 2008 - Untitled [Paul Flaherty / Thurston Moore / Bill Nace]
 2011 - Les Anges Du Péché [Jean-Marc Montera / Thurston Moore / Lee Ranaldo]

 Live
 1996 - Piece for Jetsun Dolma [live Tom Surgal & William Winant (Les Disques VICTO)]

 Chelsea Light Moving
 2013 - Chelsea Light Moving Diskaholics Anonymous Trio [[[Jim O'Rourke]], Mats Gustafsson, Thurston Moore]
 2001 - Diskaholics Anonymous Trio
 2006 - Weapons Of Ass Destruction (Recorded in 2002)

 Original Silence
 2007 - The First Original Silence (Live Teatro Ariosto, Reggio Emilia, Italy)
 2008 - The Second Original Silence (Live Brancaleone, Rome)

 Glenn Branca
 1981 - Symphony No. 1 "Tonal Plexus" (w/Glenn Branca, Lee Ranaldo, Anne DeMarinis & others)
 1982 - Symphony No. 2 "The Peak Of The Sacred"
 1983 - Symphony No. 3 "Gloria" - Music for the first 127 intervals of the harmonic series

 Coachmen
 1979 - Failure to Thrive

 Singles
 "Sputnik" 7" (1997) Thurston Moore og Don Fleming side 1, Pete Kember aka Sonic Boom side 2. 
 "Wonderful Witches" single (2007)
 1995 - The Church Should Be For The Outcasts, Not A Church That Casts People Out (7") [As Male Slut]

 Split LPs
 From The Earth To The Spheres (2004, med My Cat Is An Alien)
 Thrash Sabbatical (2008, Deathbomb Arc, four-way split 12" + 2x7" w/ Men Who Can't Love, Barrabarracuda, Kevin Shields)
 Mature, Lonely + Out of Control/Alternative Hair Styles'' (2008, Nihilist Records, split LP med Graham Moore)

Referencer 

 bio allmusic

Eksterne lenker 
 wwwsonicyouth.com/thurston
 Ecstatic Peace!

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