Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore also established himself as an influential
solo performer and an energetic champion of do-it-yourself music with his own
label, Ecstatic Peace. From Coral Gables, Florida he moved with his family to
Connecticut and was heavily influenced by seeing Patti Smith and Wiliam
Burroughs play in New York. He joined punk band Even Worse and learned
experimental techniques in Glenn Branca's guitar orchestras. He played with The
Coachmen and, with his then girlfriend and future wife Kim Gordon, teamed up
with Anne Demarinis and Dave Kearns in the band th...