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Lee Ranaldo

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American rock musician (born 1956)

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Lee Ranaldo is an American musician who began his professional work period in 1980. He is associated with the Sonic Youth website and has released five works according to Crossref records. His musical style is categorized by tags including experimental, noise, noise rock, Avant-Garde, and indie.

Born on February 3, 1956, Ranaldo is a person of US nationality. He maintains an official website and has accumulated 35,266 social media followers. On Last.fm, his music has been played 951,089 times by 104,731 listeners. His profile is referenced by 334 other encyclopedia articles.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1956-02-03

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
104,731
Total plays
951,089

Tags

experimentalnoisenoise rockAvant-Gardeindie

Lee M. Ranaldo (born February 3, 1956) is an American singer, guitarist, writer, record producer, and visual artist, probably best known as a co-founder of the rock band Sonic Youth. Ranaldo was born in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, and graduated from Binghamton University. He has three sons, Cody Linn Ranaldo, Sage Ranaldo and Frey Ranaldo and is married to the experimental artist Leah Singer, with whom he has performed many live installation pieces with improvised music. <a href="https://

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Key facts

Born
Lee Mark Ranaldo , ( 1956-02-03 ) February 3, 1956 (age 70) , Glen Cove, New York , U.S.
Genres
Alternative rock , noise rock , no wave , experimental rock , art rock
Occupations
Musician, songwriter
Instruments
Vocals, guitar
Years active
1980–present
Website
www .sonicyouth .com /symu /lee /

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Official website

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Encyclopedic overview

Lee Mark Ranaldo (born February 3, 1956) is an American musician, singer and songwriter best known as guitarist and vocalist of alternative 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.

Biography

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