Lee Ranaldo Movies

  • 1992
    1991: The Year Punk Broke

    1991: The Year Punk Broke

    1991: The Year Punk Broke

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    David Markey's documentary of life on the road with Sonic Youth and Nirvana during their tour of Europe in late 1991. Also featuring live performances...

    1991: The Year Punk Broke
  • 2004
    Kill Your Idols

    Kill Your Idols

    Kill Your Idols

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    A 2004 documentary on thirty years of alternative rock 'n roll in NYC.Documenting the history from the genuine authenticity of No Wave to the current...

    Kill Your Idols
  • 2004
    Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost

    Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost

    Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost

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    A compilation of 24 music videos by Sonic Youth ranging from 1990 to 2002. Collaborators include Harmony Korine, Spike Jonze, Todd Haynes, Mark Roman...

    Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost
  • 2000
    Record Player: Christian Marclay

    Record Player: Christian Marclay

    Record Player: Christian Marclay

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    Christian demonstrates some techniques and preparations and meditates on the turntable, improvisation, and the difference between the sonic and the vi...

    Record Player: Christian Marclay
  • 1996
    Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996

    Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996

    Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996

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    Live at Rocknacht, Germany 1996. Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from NewYork City, formed in 1981. In their early career, Sonic Yout...

    Sonic Youth: Rocknacht - Live In Dusseldorf 1996
  • 2005
    Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes

    Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes

    Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes

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    Sonic Youth's 2005 performance at Les Eurockéennes de Belfort festival, one of France's largest rock music festivals.

    Sonic Youth: Live at Eurockéennes
  • 2005
    We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

    We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

    We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

    6.62005HD

    A feature-length documentary chronicling early '80s punk rock band the Minutemen, from their beginnings in San Pedro, California, to their demise afte...

    We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen
  • 2014
    Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio

    Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio

    Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio

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    For over 30 years, Martin Bisi has been recording music from his studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn. He has worked with many influential musicians, including...

    Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
  • 1991
    Goo

    Goo

    Goo

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    In 1991, a long-form music video version of Goo was released on VHS and LaserDisc. A music video for each song from the album was included; the track...

    Goo
  • 2010
    Daddy Longlegs

    Daddy Longlegs

    Daddy Longlegs

    6.52010HD

    After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, a...

    Daddy Longlegs
  • 2004
    (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale

    (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale

    (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale

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    While planning the eventual DVD release for "1991: The Year Punk Broke", Dave Markey cut a 40-minute film out of unused footage to create a companion...

    (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
  • 1991
    Sonic Youth - Goo

    Sonic Youth - Goo

    Sonic Youth - Goo

    01991HD

    Promotional music video collection

    Sonic Youth - Goo
  • 2018
    Desolation Center

    Desolation Center

    Desolation Center

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    The untold story of a series of Reagan-era guerrilla punk and industrial desert happenings in Southern California that are now recognized as the inspi...

    Desolation Center
  • 2024
    Vinyl: An Unlikely History

    Vinyl: An Unlikely History

    Vinyl: An Unlikely History

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    A documentary about the recent resurgence in sales of vinyl records and its impact on the industry.

    Vinyl: An Unlikely History
  • 2003
    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

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    Quintessential alternative rockers, Sonic Youth, celebrate free-form experimentalism while reinforcing their performance-art driven tradition in this...

    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
  • 1988
    Put More Blood Into the Music

    Put More Blood Into the Music

    Put More Blood Into the Music

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    PBS produced documentary in two parts: the first is dedicated to saxophonist and composer John Zorn; the second is about Sonic Youth at the height of...

    Put More Blood Into the Music
  • 2014
    Sex and Broadcasting

    Sex and Broadcasting

    Sex and Broadcasting

    6.82014HD

    SEX AND BROADCASTING is a feature length documentary about New Jersey's WFMU, the world's strangest and most unique radio station, and one man's attem...

    Sex and Broadcasting
  • 2019
    Daydream Nation

    Daydream Nation

    Daydream Nation

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    A concert film of Sonic Youth performing their Daydream Nation album in full at the ABC in Glasgow.

    Daydream Nation
  • 2019
    Swans: Where Does a Body End?

    Swans: Where Does a Body End?

    Swans: Where Does a Body End?

    7.82019HD

    From their roots as a brutal, confrontational industrial band, through breakups and chaos, to their odds-defying current status as one of the most acc...

    Swans: Where Does a Body End?
  • 2004
    12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2

    12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2

    12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2

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    Ground breaking music videos from some of the most influential bands of the 90s Punk/Grunge scene such as the Flaming Lips, Mudhoney, Bad Brains, Afgh...

    12 O'Clock High: Volumes 1 & 2