Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958) is an American musician best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist 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 Stones 2004 edition of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." In May 2012,
Spin published a staff-selected top 100 ranking Moore and his Sonic Youth bandmate
Lee Ranaldo together on number 1.