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