Editing Lee Ranaldo (section)

==Biography==

Ranaldo was born in [[Glen Cove, New York|Glen Cove]], [[Long Island]], studied art and graduated from [[Binghamton University]]. He has three sons, Cody, Sage and Frey, and has been married twice, first with Amanda Linn in 1981 but later divorced, and later with [[avant-garde art|experimental artist]] [[Leah Singer]] since 1989.

Ranaldo started his career in New York in several bands, including The Flucts,<ref>[https://thequietus.com/articles/23541-lee-ranaldo-sonic-youth-interview-bakers-dozen-favourite-albums-the-beatles-leonard-cohen-einsturzende-neubaten?page=3 ''Maximum Drama: Lee Ranaldo's 13 Favourite Albums'']</ref> and by playing guitar in ''Guitar Trio'' with [[Rhys Chatham]]<ref>[https://thequietus.com/articles/23541-lee-ranaldo-sonic-youth-interview-bakers-dozen-favourite-albums-the-beatles-leonard-cohen-einsturzende-neubaten?page=3 ''Maximum Drama: Lee Ranaldo's 13 Favourite Albums'']</ref> before joining the electric guitar orchestra of [[Glenn Branca]]. In Branca's orchestra he played mainly electric guitar, but he also played some of the harmonic guitars Branca designed and built. In 1981, Ranaldo and David Linton briefly joined the band Plus Instruments that had been formed by Truus de Groot. With this line-up they recorded the album ''February - April 1981'', released on the Dutch Kremlin label.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tikibosko.com/pi/chron.html |title=Official Website for Plus Instruments |publisher=Tikibosko.com |access-date=October 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419012631/http://www.tikibosko.com/pi/chron.html |archive-date=April 19, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After the release of the album, Ranaldo left the band and started [[Sonic Youth]] with Thurston Moore and [[Kim Gordon]].