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. [1] Sonic Youth's greatest songs - ranked! Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Steve Shelley, Lee Ranaldo, 1988. Photograph: Everett Collection Inc/Alamy As they release two live albums to benefit.
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Lee Ranaldo first worked with Raül Refree on his 2017 solo album, Electric Trim. The former Sonic Youth guitarist and the adventurous producer/multi-instrumentalist hit it off and the pair released a full-length collaboration, Names of North End Women, earlier this year. While rehearsing for their (now-postponed) European tour, Ranaldo and. Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth co-founder and guitarist): We were not a band in freefall or anything. The Eternal and our last self-released SYR album, a soundtrack for this French movie called Simon. Features Interview: Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo Discusses Gear and His New Album, 'Between the Times and the Tides' By Damian Fanelli published 6 April 2012 Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo released Between The Times and The Tides, his first purely song-based, non-experimental solo outing, March 20 via Matador Records. Sonic Youth was an American rock band based in New York City and formed in 1981.
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Sonic Youth and the Business of Keeping a Dead Band Alive A decade after their break-up, the experimental rock legends are back with a new album of rarities and a bounty of live recordings. By. Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo was a big fan of Fender's Telecaster Deluxe and Jaguars throughout the 1980s, but sometime late in the decade he and bandmate Thurston Moore came across the Jazzmaster. Lee Ranaldo on Beatles-Inspired New Solo LP, Life After Sonic Youth. Now that the experimental-rock group is done, the singer-songwriter has made 'Electric Trim,' a studio-centric album with an. A musician, composer, visual artist, writer and producer, Lee Ranaldo is best known as part of seminal underground rock outfit Sonic Youth. Growing up on Long Island, he developed a love for psychedelic rock and early punk before finding his way into New York City's thriving avant-garde and No Wave scene in the late '70s and early '80s.
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Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo is the long-running New York art-rock band's answer to George Harrison : He's not nearly as prolific as a songwriter as band leaders Thurston Moore and Kim. Out of this milieu came Lee Ranaldo, '78, founding member of Sonic Youth. Ranaldo was drawn to BU, or "SUNY B" as they called it back in his day, for the same reasons kids still come here — a great price and a reputation as the best SUNY school. He initially was a math and science guy, but wasn't feeling engaged by his studies.
Fri 25 September 2020 20:00, UK The combination of Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon and Lee Ranaldo made Sonic Youth an unstoppable force, one who went on to redefine alternative rock music forever. The pioneering New Yorkers took their influences from unexpected corners from the people who inspired them in unconventional ways. Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo on Grateful Dead Fare Thee Well - Billboard Upon entering Chicago's Soldier Field, the first thing Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo -- and 70,000 grateful.
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Easy Answers: Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth Reflects On The Grateful Dead. Believe it or not, the Grateful Dead had a far-reaching influence that stretched way beyond their inner circle of improvisational minded bands. Since playing their first shows 50 years ago the Dead have earned their place in the lexicon of culture as perhaps the. Musician, composer, visual artist, writer, producer. Founding member of Sonic Youth, from debut in 1981 thru 2011 when activities ceased. SY archival projects are ongoing. Recent albums include: Names of North End Women - Lee Ranaldo & Raul Refree (2020) Mute Lee Ranaldo/Jim Jarmusch/Marc Urselli/Balazs Pandi (2019) Trost Records