Lee Ranaldo

Lee Ranaldo

🎂 3rd February 1956 (70 yrs) 📍 Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA

Known For

Daddy Longlegs

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.

Lee Ranaldo

Movies Featuring Lee Ranaldo

Peas and Carrots

Peas and Carrots (2025)

as Lee
Sonic Youth: Live in 1991

Sonic Youth: Live in 1991 (2025)

Velvet Suite

Velvet Suite (2023)

as himself
Fragments of Paradise

Fragments of Paradise (2022)

as Self
Swans: Where Does a Body End?

Swans: Where Does a Body End? (2019)

as Self
No Image

Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond (2019)

SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions

SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions (2019)

as Self
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation (2019)

Desolation Center

Desolation Center (2018)

Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim

Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim (2017)

as Self
Omega

Omega (2016)

as Self
Sex and Broadcasting

Sex and Broadcasting (2014)

as Self
No Image

Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio (2014)

as Himself
The Hardcore Collection

The Hardcore Collection (2012)

as (archive footage)
Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011

Sonic Youth: Live at SWU Festival 2011 (2011)

Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival

Sonic Youth: Maquinaria Festival (2011)

Daddy Longlegs

Daddy Longlegs (2010)

as Stepfather
From the Basement

From the Basement (2009)

as Self - Sonic Youth
New York Rock at the BBC

New York Rock at the BBC (2008)

as Self - Sonic Youth
365 Day Project

365 Day Project (2007)

as Self
Noise

Noise (2006)

as Self
Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes

Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes (2005)

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005)

as Self
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale

(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale (2004)

as Self
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost

Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (2004)

12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2

12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2 (2004)

Kill Your Idols

Kill Your Idols (2004)

as Self
Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage (2003)

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

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

Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002

Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 2002 (2002)

Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000

Sonic Youth: Live in São Paulo 2000 (2000)

Record Player: Christian Marclay

Record Player: Christian Marclay (2000)

as Himself
Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth

Silver Rockets Kool Things - 20 Years of Sonic Youth (2000)

as Self
Free Tibet

Free Tibet (1998)

as Self - Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim

Sonic Youth: Festival Internacional de Benicàssim (1998)

Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998

Sonic Youth: Rockpalast 1998 (1998)

No Image

Don't Bring A Dog (1997)

as Himself
Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996

Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996 (1996)

The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special

The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special (1995)

as Self
Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love

Sonic Youth: Screaming Fields of Sonic Love (1995)

Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach

Sonic Youth: Blood on the Beach (1995)

as Self
Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa

Sonic Youth: Live at Campo Pequeno Lisboa (1993)

1991: The Year Punk Broke

1991: The Year Punk Broke (1992)

as Self
Skeeno H.C. Rules

Skeeno H.C. Rules (1991)

Goo

Goo (1991)

as Self
Sonic Youth: 930 Club

Sonic Youth: 930 Club (1988)

Put More Blood Into the Music

Put More Blood Into the Music (1988)

as Himself
Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis

Sonic Youth: Mississippi Nights, St. Louis (1986)

Sublapse Video Mag 1

Sublapse Video Mag 1 (1986)

Submit to Me

Submit to Me (1986)

Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree

Sonic Youth: Gila Monster Jamboree (1985)

Vinyl: An Unlikely History

Vinyl: An Unlikely History (N/A)

as Himself
Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985

Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985 (N/A)

Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996

Sonic Youth: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996 (N/A)

Tibetan Freedom Concert

Tibetan Freedom Concert (N/A)

as Self