Editing Thurston Moore (section)

==Early years==
Moore was born July 25, 1958, at Doctors Hospital in [[Coral Gables, Florida]], to George E. Moore, a professor of music, and Eleanor Nann Moore. In 1967, he and his family (including brother Frederick Eugene Moore, born 1953, and sister Susan Dorothy Moore, born 1956) moved to [[Bethel, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Ken|last=Dixon|title=Music Hall of Fame proposed for state|newspaper=[[Connecticut Post]]|publisher=[[Hearst Newspapers]]|location=Bridgeport, Connecticut|date=April 26, 2007 }}</ref> Raised [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], he attended St. Joseph's School in [[Danbury, Connecticut|Danbury]], CT followed by St. Mary's School in Bethel and attended Bethel High School from 1973 to 1976. In the summer of 1963, he experienced his first exposure to rock music through his brother bringing home the record "[[Louie Louie]]" and bought him his first electric guitar.<ref>{{cite web|date=22 October 2023 |first=Sean |last=O'Hagan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/22/sonic-youth-thurston-moore-sonic-life-kurt-cobain-iggy-pop-memoir|title=The band, the scene... I put it all in there': Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore on his memoir of a rock'n'roll life |publisher=theguardian.com|access-date=22 April 2024 }}</ref> 

He enrolled at [[Western Connecticut State University]] in fall 1976, but left after one quarter and moved to East 13th Street between Avenues A and B in New York City to join the burgeoning [[post-punk]] and [[no wave]] music scenes.<ref name="our-band-could-be-your-life">{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Azerrad|author-link=Michael Azerrad|title=[[Our Band Could Be Your Life]]|publisher=[[Little, Brown, and Company]]|location=New York City|date=2001|isbn=978-0316787536}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=2014-09-11|title=Thurston Moore's New Day: Inside His Upbeat Rock & Roll LP|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/thurston-moores-new-day-inside-his-upbeat-rock-roll-solo-album-100299/|access-date=2021-07-17|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> It was there that he was able to watch shows by the likes of [[Patti Smith]] and spoken-word performances by [[William S. Burroughs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kevinegperry.com/2014/02/05/william-s-burroughs-at-100-thurston-moore-on-seeing-him-watch-patti-smith-at-cbgb-his-response-to-kurt-cobains-suicide-and-cut-up-songwriting/|title=William Burroughs at 100: Thurston Moore on seeing him watch Patti Smith at CBGB, his response to Kurt Cobain's suicide and 'cut-up' songwriting – The Collected Works of Kevin EG Perry|work=The Collected Works of Kevin EG Perry|date=February 5, 2014 |access-date=October 18, 2014}}</ref> At that time, the arrival of new groups changed his view on music and all of his records "got kind of put into the basement. And they were supplanted by [...] the [[Sex Pistols]] and [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] and [[Talking Heads]] and [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]. It was a completely new world, a new identity of music that was an option for youth culture."<ref>{{cite web|date=23 October 2020 |first=Evan |last=Haga|url=https://tidal.com/magazine/article/a-conversation-with-thurston-moore/1-75086 |title=A Conversation With Thurston Moore |publisher=Tidal.com|access-date=10 December 2021 }}</ref> In 1980, he moved in with Kim Gordon to an apartment at 84 Eldridge St. below artist [[Dan Graham]], eventually befriending him, sometimes using records from Graham's collection for mix tapes.<ref name="joyfulnoiserecordings.com">{{cite web|title='H/C' by Thurston Moore|url=http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/journal/hc-by-thurston-moore-mixtape/|publisher=Joyfulnoiserecording.com|access-date=May 8, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621133241/http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/journal/hc-by-thurston-moore-mixtape/|archive-date=June 21, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Once in the city, Moore was briefly a member of the [[hardcore punk]] band [[Even Worse (band)|Even Worse]], featuring future ''[[The Big Takeover]]'' editor (and future Springhouse drummer) Jack Rabid. After exiting the band, Moore and [[Lee Ranaldo]] learned experimental guitar techniques in [[Glenn Branca]]'s "guitar orchestras".<ref name="our-band-could-be-your-life" /> Moore has spoken about influences on his music tastes at this time, including British bands [[Wire (band)|Wire]], [[the Pop Group]], [[the Raincoats]], [[the Slits]], and [[Public Image Ltd]] ("I used to have these fantasies in the 70s about leaving New York and coming to London to hang out with Public Image").<ref name="soundci">{{cite web|title='Sound City Liverpool onstage interview|url=https://soundcloud.com/dave-8-2/thurston-moore-2|publisher=Soundcloud.com|access-date=May 6, 2014}}</ref>