In 1980, Thurston Moore formed the band Sonic Youth as a lead guitarist and singer with Kim Gordon (bass guitars/vocals) and Lee Ranaldo (lead guitars/vocals). In 1981, they released their debut album "Sonic Youth", which attracted lots of attention for using feedback in music. They later released the highly acclaimed albums "Sister", "Daydream Nation" (1988), "Goo" (1990), "Dirty" (1992), etc, which inspired bands like Nirvana, Pavement and Radiohead. By 1998, they had released 14 albums, their latest one, "a thousand leaves", getting incredible reviews. In 1983, Thurston married Kim Gordon, and their daughter, Coco Gordon-Moore, was born in 1994. Moore has been described as the world's greatest and most innovative guitarist, and Sonic Youth as the greatest guitar band ever. He also admits to experimenting with cannabis and LSD, but no longer takes drugs, or smokes. Show less «