Lee Ranaldo

Lee Ranaldo

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.

  • Title: Lee Ranaldo
  • Popularity: 1.592
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1956-02-03
  • Place of Birth: Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: Lee Mark Ranaldo, Sonic Youth
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Lee Ranaldo Movies

  • 1992
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    1991: The Year Punk Broke
    1991: The Year Punk Broke

    6.8 1992 HD

    David Markey's documentary of life on the road with Sonic Youth and Nirvana during their tour of Europe in late 1991. Also featuring live...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Mark Arm

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  • 2004
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    Kill Your Idols
    Kill Your Idols

    7.409 2004 HD

    A 2004 documentary on thirty years of alternative rock 'n roll in NYC.Documenting the history from the genuine authenticity of No Wave to the current...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Glenn Branca

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  • 2004
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    Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
    Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost

    7.7 2004 HD

    A compilation of 24 music videos by Sonic Youth ranging from 1990 to 2002. Collaborators include Harmony Korine, Spike Jonze, Todd Haynes, Mark...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Kim Gordon

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  • 2000
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    Record Player: Christian Marclay
    Record Player: Christian Marclay

    1 2000 HD

    Christian demonstrates some techniques and preparations and meditates on the turntable, improvisation, and the difference between the sonic and the...

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    Cast: Christian Marclay

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  • 1996
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    Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
    Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996

    1 1996 HD

    Live at Rocknacht, Germany 1996. Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from NewYork City, formed in 1981. In their early career, Sonic...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Thurston Moore

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  • 2005
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    Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
    Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes

    1 2005 HD

    Sonic Youth's 2005 performance at Les Eurockéennes de Belfort festival, one of France's largest rock music festivals.

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Kim Gordon

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  • 2005
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    We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
    We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

    6.6 2005 HD

    A feature-length documentary chronicling early '80s punk rock band the Minutemen, from their beginnings in San Pedro, California, to their demise...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Milo Auckerman

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  • 2014
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    Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
    Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio

    6.5 2014 HD

    For over 30 years, Martin Bisi has been recording music from his studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn. He has worked with many influential musicians,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Martin Bisi

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  • 1991
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    Goo
    Goo

    4.8 1991 HD

    In 1991, a long-form music video version of Goo was released on VHS and LaserDisc. A music video for each song from the album was included; the track...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Thurston Moore

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  • 2010
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    Daddy Longlegs
    Daddy Longlegs

    6.513 2010 HD

    After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ronald Bronstein

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

    1 2004 HD

    While planning the eventual DVD release for "1991: The Year Punk Broke", Dave Markey cut a 40-minute film out of unused footage to create a companion...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kurt Cobain

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  • 1991
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    Sonic Youth - Goo
    Sonic Youth - Goo

    1 1991 HD

    Promotional music video collection

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Thurston Moore

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  • 2018
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    Desolation Center
    Desolation Center

    9.3 2018 HD

    The untold story of a series of Reagan-era guerrilla punk and industrial desert happenings in Southern California that are now recognized as the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Anthony Ausgang

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  • 1970
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    Vinyl: An Unlikely History
    Vinyl: An Unlikely History

    1 1970 HD

    A documentary about the recent resurgence in sales of vinyl records and its impact on the industry.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Mac DeMarco

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  • 2003
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    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

    1 2003 HD

    Quintessential alternative rockers, Sonic Youth, celebrate free-form experimentalism while reinforcing their performance-art driven tradition in this...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Kim Gordon

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  • 1988
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    Put More Blood Into the Music
    Put More Blood Into the Music

    7 1988 HD

    PBS produced documentary in two parts: the first is dedicated to saxophonist and composer John Zorn; the second is about Sonic Youth at the height of...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Thurston Moore

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  • 2014
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    Sex and Broadcasting
    Sex and Broadcasting

    6.393 2014 HD

    SEX AND BROADCASTING is a feature length documentary about New Jersey's WFMU, the world's strangest and most unique radio station, and one man's...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Dave Abramson

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  • 2019
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    Daydream Nation
    Daydream Nation

    1 2019 HD

    A concert film of Sonic Youth performing their Daydream Nation album in full at the ABC in Glasgow.

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Thurston Moore

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  • 2019
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    Swans: Where Does a Body End?
    Swans: Where Does a Body End?

    7.8 2019 HD

    From their roots as a brutal, confrontational industrial band, through breakups and chaos, to their odds-defying current status as one of the most...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Michael Gira

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  • 2004
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    12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2
    12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2

    1 2004 HD

    Ground breaking music videos from some of the most influential bands of the 90s Punk/Grunge scene such as the Flaming Lips, Mudhoney, Bad Brains,...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Jon Spencer

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  • 1970
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    Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
    Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond

    1 1970 HD

    As a fixture of the New York music scene for 30 years, Sonic Youth performed in New York City innumerable times, and served as ersatz cultural...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Kim Gordon

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  • 2019
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    SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions
    SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions

    1 2019 HD

    A fly-on-the-wall documentary about the recording of the music score by Sonic Youth.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Olivier Assayas

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  • 2006
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    Noise
    Noise

    4.8 2006 HD

    Footage from 2005’s Festival Art Rock in Saint-Brieuc, France, featuring Metric, Sonic Youth, Jeanne Balibar, and other acts.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Jeanne Balibar

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  • 2017
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    Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim
    Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim

    6.7 2017 HD

    Filmed during dozens of recording sessions, Hello Hello Hello is a story of the creative process - Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) collaborating with...

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    Cast: Lee Ranaldo

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  • 1970
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    Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985
    Sonic Youth - Gila Monster Jamboree - January 5, 1985

    10 1970 HD

    A video documenting Sonic Youth's performance at the Gila Monster Jamboree. Taking place in a remote location in the Mojave Desert, this was the...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Thurston Moore

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

    4 1995 HD

    Comedy troupe The State hosts a Halloween special on CBS.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Kevin Allison

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  • 2008
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    New York Rock at the BBC
    New York Rock at the BBC

    6.5 2008 HD

    Celebrating the cream of the New York rock scene, including classic performances from the Ramones, New York Dolls, Television, Blondie, Lou Reed and...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Johnny Ramone

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  • 1985
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    Submit to Me
    Submit to Me

    5.3 1985 HD

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Adrienne Altenhaus

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  • 1970
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    Sonic Youth: From The Basement
    Sonic Youth: From The Basement

    1 1970 HD

    Track listing: 01:26 - The Sprawl 10:45 - Incinerate 16:15 - Hey Joni 20:42 - Jams Run Free 24:34 - Pink Steam Recorded August 2007 at Maida...

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    Cast: Thurston Moore

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  • 2016
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    Omega
    Omega

    6.3 2016 HD

    Documentary about the revolutionary flamenco-rock album "Omega", composed by maestro Enrique Morente and the Granada group Lagartija Nick in 1996. A...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Enrique Morente

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  • 2000
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    Silver Rockets/Kool Things: 20 Years of Sonic Youth
    Silver Rockets/Kool Things: 20 Years of Sonic Youth

    1 2000 HD

    This portrait of the New York band Sonic Youth marking the band’s 20th anniversary covers its history from the beginnings to today. Numerous...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Thurston Moore

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

    1 2003 HD

    Filmed April 12, 2003 at a benefit concert held at and for The Anthology Film Archives, the international center for the preservation, study, and...

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    Cast: Kim Gordon

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  • 2022
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    Fragments of Paradise
    Fragments of Paradise

    6.7 2022 HD

    For over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema, documented his life in what came to be known as his...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Jonas Mekas

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  • 2023
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    Velvet Suite
    Velvet Suite

    5 2023 HD

    Lee Renaldo, Pascal Comelade and Ramon Prats perform a legacy-inspired suite on the Velvet Undergroud. Manuel Huerga captured the dress rehearsal and...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Lee Ranaldo

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  • 1986
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    Death Valley '69
    Death Valley '69

    1 1986 HD

    Death Valley '69 was the first music video by Sonic Youth. The video features the majority of the band in various states of bloody dismemberment...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Lung Leg

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  • 2009
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    From The Basement
    From The Basement

    2 2009 HD

    First DVD release from this refreshingly basic UK music programme puts the music in the foreground with an impressive role call of acts. With sparse...

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    Cast: Thom Yorke

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  • 1995
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    Blood on the Beach
    Blood on the Beach

    1 1995 HD

    Sonic Youth's Blood on the Beach is comprised of two shows and interview clips recorded in November 1985 in Brighton, UK.

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    Cast: Sonic Youth

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  • 1997
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    Don't Bring A Dog
    Don't Bring A Dog

    1 1997 HD

    Don't Bring A Dog shows a part of the New York underground music scene - rooted in the early eighties - existing apart from MTV and billboard charts....

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Thurston Moore

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  • 2010
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    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
    William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

    6.6 2010 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Peter Weller

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  • 2018
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    Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
    Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

    1 2018 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Jonas Mekas

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  • 2019
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    We Still Have the Deep Black Night
    We Still Have the Deep Black Night

    5.1 2019 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ayla Gresta

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  • 1992
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    1991: The Year Punk Broke
    1991: The Year Punk Broke

    6.8 1992 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Mark Arm

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  • 1996
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    Frisk
    Frisk

    4.1 1996 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michael Gunther

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  • 2019
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    The Taxidermist
    The Taxidermist

    1 2019 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bjørn Sundquist

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  • 2021
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    Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.
    Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.

    8.5 2021 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: J. Mascis

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  • 1991
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    Notebook
    Notebook

    1 1991 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Thurston Moore

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  • 1991
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    Goo
    Goo

    4.8 1991 HD

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Thurston Moore

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  • 1987
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    Made in U.S.A.
    Made in U.S.A.

    5.8 1987 HD

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Adrian Pasdar

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  • 2005
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    DRIFT
    DRIFT

    1 2005 HD

    Genre:

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  • 2001
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    Things Behind the Sun
    Things Behind the Sun

    6.111 2001 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Kim Dickens

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  • 2002
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    Demonlover
    Demonlover

    5.6 2002 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Connie Nielsen

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  • 1997
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    SubUrbia
    SubUrbia

    6.317 1997 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Giovanni Ribisi

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