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.
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Top Tracks
- Waiting on a Dream
- Surrender Your Gender
- Off the Wall
- Xtina As I Knew Her
- Guitar Too, For Four - Massed Version
- Angles
- Fire Island (Phases)
- Hammer Blows
- Stranded
- Lost
- Tomorrow Never Comes
- Shouts
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- Thy Sins Are Forgiven, Wichita!
- Future Speeding on Swift Wheels
- II Face the Nation
- By The Window
- Konstantin Raudive - Remix
- 329 Overtones for John Cage
- First Computer Piece - Backwards
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