Thurston Moore Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets

8^th October 2014

Fact: Former Sonic Youth star Kim Gordon is to pour out her heart about her split from bandmate and husband Thurston Moore in a new memoir. Girl in a Band will hit bookstores in February (15) via Dey Street Books, an imprint of publisher Harper Collins. The tome will also explore Gordon's childhood, her life in art, her move to New York City, her "love affairs", and "her relationship with her daughter and her band".

21^st February 2010

Fact: Indie rock couple Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, of Sonic Youth, have formed a new trio with Yoko Ono.

21^st December 2007

Fact: Lou Reed will follow The Who's Pete Townshend and serve as the keynote speaker at the 2008 South By Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas in March (08). Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore, Daryl Hall and Sire Records founder SEYMOUR STEIN will also address music fans at the annual mix of seminars and concerts.

10^th April 2006

Fact: Rock couple Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon will join their daughter COCO on the upcoming season finale of US drama Gilmore Girls. The Sonic Youth duo will perform an acoustic version of new track WHAT A WASTE on the show next month (MAY06).

6^th March 2006

Quote: "I heard that a lot of artists who had the 666 release date had requested to be moved. We demanded it." Sonic Youth rocker Thurston Moore has no qualms about releasing the veteran band's latest album on 6 June 2006.