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Lee Ranaldo
- Born February 3, 1956 in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
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.
Known for
Daddy Longlegs2010
Submit to Me1985
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost2004
The Hardcore Collection2012
Desolation Center2018
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)2003
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes2005
Sublapse Video Mag 11986
Filmography
- TBASonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985Film
- TBAVinyl: An Unlikely HistoryFilmHimself
- TBASonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996Film
- TBASonic Youth: Full Set From The BasementFilmSelf
- 2026She Put Away Her Heart in the FridgeFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2026About Space and DepthFilmMusic
- 2025The SystemFilmCompositor
- 2025Peas and CarrotsFilmLee, Songs
- 2025Sonic Youth: Live in 1991Film
- 2025Salt MarshFilmMusic
- 2023Velvet SuiteFilmhimself
- 2022Fragments of ParadiseFilmSelf
- 2021Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.FilmCamera Operator
- 2019Swans: Where Does a Body End?FilmSelf
- 2019We Still Have the Deep Black NightFilmMusic Producer
- 2019SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover SessionsFilmSelf
- 2019Sonic Youth: Daydream NationFilm
- 2019Sonic Youth: NYC and BeyondFilm
- 2019The TaxidermistFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2018Desolation CenterFilm
- 2018Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY UndergroundFilmMusic
- 2017Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric TrimFilmSelf
- 2016OmegaFilmSelf
- 2014Sex and BroadcastingFilmSelf
- 2014Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC StudioFilmHimself
- 2012The Hardcore CollectionFilm(archive footage)
- 2011Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011Film
- 2011Sonic Youth: Maquinaria FestivalFilm
- 2010Daddy LonglegsFilmStepfather
- 2010William S. Burroughs: A Man WithinFilmMusic
- 2009Late Night with Jimmy FallonSeriesSelf - Musical Guest
- 2009From the BasementFilmSelf - Sonic Youth
- 2009From The BasementFilmSelf - Sonic Youth
- 2008New York Rock at the BBCFilmSelf - Sonic Youth
- 2007365 Day ProjectFilmSelf
- 2006NoiseFilmSelf
- 2005We Jam Econo: The Story of the MinutemenFilmSelf
- 2005Sonic Youth: Live at EurockéennesFilm
- 2005DRIFTFilmMusic
- 2004Kill Your IdolsFilmSelf
- 2004Sonic Youth: Corporate GhostFilm
- 2004(This Is Known as) The Blues ScaleFilmSelf
- 200412 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2Film
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!SeriesSelf - Musical Guest
- 2003Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)Film
- 2003Sonic Youth: Live at SoundstageFilmPerformer
- 2002DemonloverFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2001Things Behind the SunFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 2000Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic YouthFilmSelf
- 2000Record Player: Christian MarclayFilmHimself
- 2000Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000Film
- 1998Free TibetFilmSelf - Sonic Youth
- 1998Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de BenicàssimFilm
- 1997SubUrbiaFilmMusician
- 1997Don't Bring A DogFilmHimself
- 1996FriskFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1996Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996Film
- 1996Tibetan Freedom ConcertFilmSelf
- 1995The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween SpecialFilmSelf
- 1995Sonic Youth: Blood on the BeachFilmSelf
- 1995Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic LoveFilm
- 1993Late Show with David LettermanSeriesSelf - Musical Guest
- 1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSeriesSelf - Musical Guest
- 1993Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno LisboaFilm
- 1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeriesSelf - Musical Guest
- 19921991: The Year Punk BrokeFilmSelf, Additional Director of Photography
- 1991GooFilmSelf, Writer
- 1991Skeeno H.C. RulesFilm
- 1991NotebookFilmDirector
- 1988Put More Blood Into the MusicFilmHimself
- 1988Sonic Youth: 930 ClubFilm
- 1987Made in U.S.A.FilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1986Sublapse Video Mag 1Film
- 1986Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. LouisFilm
- 1985Submit to MeFilm
- 1985Sonic Youth: Gila Monster JamboreeFilm