People

Lee Ranaldo

Acting · follow into films and chains

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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Sex and Broadcasting

As Self

From the Basement

As Self - Sonic Youth

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Camera in the Mosh Pit

A documentary journey through punk and hardcore, from Los Angeles clubs to Washington basements, tracing how filmmakers caught the noise before it disappeared.

8 films

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