
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Velvet Suite
as himself
2023

1991: The Year Punk Broke
as Self
1992

Kill Your Idols
as Self
2004

Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
2004

Omega
as Self
2016

Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth
as Self
2000

Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
2003

Record Player: Christian Marclay
as Himself
2000

Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
1996

Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
2005

Fragments of Paradise
as Self
2022

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
as Self
2005

From the Basement
as Self - Sonic Youth
2009
Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
as Himself
2014

Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach
as Self
1995
Don't Bring A Dog
as Himself
1997

Goo
as Self
1991

The Hardcore Collection
as (archive footage)
2012

Sublapse Video Mag 1
1986

365 Day Project
as Self
2007




