Lee Ranaldo

Personal Info

Birthday

February 3, 1956

(69 years old)

Place of Birth

Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA

Also Known As

Lee Mark Ranaldo

Sonic Youth

Lee Ranaldo

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.

Known For

Daddy Longlegs

Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

The Hardcore Collection

Filmography

2023
Velvet Suite
as himself
2022
Fragments of Paradise
as Self
2020
Sonic Youth: From The Basement
as self
2019
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
as Self
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
as Self
2017
Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim
as Self
2016
Omega
as Self
2014
Sex and Broadcasting
as Self
Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
as Himself
2012
The Hardcore Collection
as (archive footage)
2010
Daddy Longlegs
as Stepfather
2009
From the Basement
as Self - Sonic Youth
2008
New York Rock at the BBC
as Self - Sonic Youth
2006
Noise
as Self
2005
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
as Himself
2004
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
as Self
Kill Your Idols
as Self
2003
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
as Performer
2000
Record Player: Christian Marclay
as Himself
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth
as Self
1998
Free Tibet
as Self - Sonic Youth
1997
Don't Bring A Dog
as Himself
1995
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
as Self
Blood on the Beach
as Self
1992
1991: The Year Punk Broke
as Self
1991
Goo
as Self
1988
Put More Blood Into the Music
as Himself