Lee Ranaldo
Born
3 February 1956 (70)
Place of Birth
Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
Also known as
Lee Mark Ranaldo, Sonic Youth
Biography
Lee Mark Ranaldo (born February 3, 1956) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known as a co-founder of the rock band Sonic Youth. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Ranaldo at number 33 on its "Greatest Guitarists of All Time" list. In May 2012, Spin published a staff-selected top 100 guitarist list, ranking Ranaldo and his Sonic Youth bandmate Thurston Moore together at number 1.
Filmography (40)
Peas and Carrots
2025
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991
2025
Velvet Suite
2023
Fragments of Paradise
2022
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
2019
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
2019
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
2019
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
2019
Desolation Center
2018
Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim
2017
Omega
2016
Sex and Broadcasting
2014
Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
2014
The Hardcore Collection
2012
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011
2011
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival
2011
Daddy Longlegs
2010
From the Basement
2009
New York Rock at the BBC
2008
365 Day Project
2007
Noise
2006
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
2005
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
2005
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
2004
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2004
12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2
2004
Kill Your Idols
2004
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
2003
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
2003
Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002
2002
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000
2000
Record Player: Christian Marclay
2000
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth
2000
Free Tibet
1998
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
1998
Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998
1998
Don't Bring A Dog
1997
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
1996
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
1995
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love
1995