Thurston Moore
Thurston Moore
Thurston Joseph Moore 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 Stone's 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth25 July 1958
CityCoral Gables, FL
CountryUnited States of America
Rock'n'roll saved my soul.
I never do releases to try and make or break some contemporary band.
A lot of the lyrical ideas do have a lot of meaning in a way, although it is somewhat abstracted.
We're playing all these weird festivals, usually outdoors.
So lots of respect for all you boys and girls out there who tab out songs like all the time. You bring rock and roll music closer to the people. Gratefully yours
Most people can't tell now who wrote what. I like that blurring of identities within the band. because it becomes a unified thing that can't be related to other forms of historical poetry
Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it
It's hard for bands to stick it out because people grow up, and it never really pays off. If you're looking for some sort of payoff, it's not gonna happen
DEVO was like the punk band that non Punk America saw as Punk and so when people who were really into Punk rock would be walking around on the streets the jocks who learned about Punk through Devo would roll down their windows and yell at the Punks: 'HEY, DEVO!!'
I never go back and listen to the recorded document. The thrill comes when the balance can be attained. Everyone in the room can have a shared, communal rock experience.
People... of the universe! Tonight... is the night.. when the skies will open, and spray forth a divine hand with pointed finger! And it will say... everybody... you're not just a duck... YOU ARE HUMAN! YOU ARE HUMAAAAN!!!
The band has a liberal philosophy - that's sort of a given.
We've never had a gold record. We make more money from being active, working, publishing, we have a great catalog. We never really had any hits.
When we tour the songs, they tend to get more and more expansive, and actually evolve over time until they are something quite different.