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. Among Ranaldo's solo records are
Dirty Windows, a collection of spoken texts with music,
Amarillo Ramp… read more