Lee Mark Ranaldo is an American musician, singersongwriter, guitarist, writer, visual artist and record producer, best known as a cofounder of the alternative rock band Sonic Youth. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Ranaldo at numberon its Greatest Guitarists of All Time list. In May 2012, Spin published a staff selected top 100 list, ranking Ranaldo and his Sonic Youth bandmate Thurston Moore together at number 1.
Ranaldo was born in Glen Cove, Long Island, studied art and graduated from Binghamton University. He has three sons, Cody, Sage and Frey, and is married to the experimental artist Leah Singer.
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