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