Lee Ranaldo

Biography

Lee Ranaldo is an American guitarist and vocalist from Glen Cove, New York, and a co-founder of *Sonic Youth*, formed in 1981 with *Thurston Moore* and *Kim Gordon*. Emerging from New York's No Wave scene after playing in *Glenn Branca*'s guitar orchestra, he developed a vocabulary of alternate tunings, prepared guitar and sustained textures that became central to the band. Alongside *Sonic Youth* he has released solo records from 'From Here to Infinity' (1987) to 'Electric Trim' (2017), led the improvising group *Text of Light*, and worked as a producer, writer and visual artist.