Lee Ranaldo
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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
Credits
Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim (2017)
as Self
Velvet Suite (2023)
as himself
Omega (2016)
as Self
Daddy Longlegs (2010)
as Stepfather
Record Player: Christian Marclay (2000)
as Himself
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love (1995)
Actor
1991: The Year Punk Broke (1992)
as Self
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special (1995)
as Self
Submit to Me (1986)
Actor
Sonic Youth Full Set From The Basement (—)
as Self
Sonic Youth: 930 Club (1988)
Actor
Sex and Broadcasting (2014)
as Self
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions (2019)
as Self
Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree (1985)
Actor
Fragments of Paradise (2022)
as Self
From the Basement (2009)
as Self - Sonic Youth
365 Day Project (2007)
as Self
Noise (2006)
as Self
Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000 (2000)
Actor
Put More Blood Into the Music (1988)
as Himself
New York Rock at the BBC (2008)
as Self - Sonic Youth
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005)
as Self
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (2004)
Actor
Kill Your Idols (2004)
as Self
Free Tibet (1998)
as Self - Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach (1995)
as Self
Tibetan Freedom Concert (1996)
as Self
Skeeno H.C. Rules (1991)
Actor
Swans: Where Does a Body End? (2019)
as Self
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation (2019)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996 (1996)
Actor
Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985 (—)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage (2003)
as Performer
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim (1998)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival (2011)
Actor
Peas and Carrots (2025)
as Lee
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011 (2011)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa (1993)
Actor
Goo (1991)
as Self
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale (2004)
as Self
Sublapse Video Mag 1 (1986)
Actor
Don't Bring A Dog (1997)
as Himself
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes (2005)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991 (2025)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis (1986)
Actor
Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio (2014)
as Himself
Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996 (—)
Actor
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003) (2003)
Actor
Desolation Center (2018)
Actor
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth (2000)
as Self
Vinyl: An Unlikely History (—)
as Himself
12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2 (2004)
Actor
Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond (2019)
Actor
The Hardcore Collection (2012)
as (archive footage)