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
(2010)
Stepfather
Full Filmography
Acting
Submit to Me
(1985)
Death Valley '69
(1986)
Put More Blood Into the Music
(1988)
Himself
Goo VHS
(1991)
Self
Sonic Youth - Goo
(1991)
Himself
Goo
(1991)
Himself
1991: The Year Punk Broke
(1992)
Self
The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
(1995)
Self
Blood on the Beach
(1995)
Self
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
(1996)
Don't Bring A Dog
(1997)
Himself
Record Player: Christian Marclay
(2000)
Himself
Silver Rockets/Kool Things: 20 Years of Sonic Youth
(2000)
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
(2003)
Performer
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
(2003)
Kill Your Idols
(2004)
Himself
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
(2004)
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
(2004)
Himself
12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2
(2004)
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
(2005)
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
(2005)
Himself
Noise
(2006)
New York Rock at the BBC
(2008)
Self - Sonic Youth
From The Basement
(2009)
Self
Daddy Longlegs
(2010)
Stepfather
Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
(2014)
Himself
Sex and Broadcasting
(2014)
Himself
Omega
(2016)
Self
Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim
(2017)
Self
Desolation Center
(2018)
Daydream Nation
(2019)
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
(2019)
Self
SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
(2019)
Self
Fragments of Paradise
(2022)
Self
Velvet Suite
(2023)
himself
Sound
Made in U.S.A.
(1987)
Original Music Composer
Frisk
(1996)
Original Music Composer
Things Behind the Sun
(2001)
Original Music Composer
Demonlover
(2002)
Original Music Composer
DRIFT
(2005)
Music
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
(2010)
Music
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
(2018)
Music
We Still Have the Deep Black Night
(2019)
Music Producer
The Taxidermist
(2019)
Original Music Composer
Directing
Writing
Camera