Show Us Your Junk! Ep. 18 - Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) | EarthQuaker Devices

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    We’ve had a running bet around the office about who might be the first artist to drop trou in an episode of Show Us Your Junk! Today’s your lucky day, Sonic Youth fans, because Lee Ranaldo is not that artist.
    But he came close. And he did expose us to a custom sixteen-string guitar built by Steve Albini with only high E strings and a penis inlay. It says, “Sonic Sixteen.”
    “That’s one of the bossest headstocks you’ll ever see in your life,” says Ranaldo.
    “So that’s that.”
    In thirty short years, Sonic Youth produced one of the largest and most stimulating bodies of work of any American rock band. Their catalog spans 16 studio albums, 4 “best-of” compilations, 6 feature-length videos, 46 music videos, 8 Eps, 21 singles, 8 improvised SYR recordings, 8 authorized bootlegs, 16 soundtrack and compilation appearances; and hundreds - actual hundreds - of guitars. They married hardcore punk with fine art, free-improvisation, beatnik poetry, musiqué concrete, contemporary classical composition, pop-rock, and selfless democratic collaboration to produce a polyamorous cacophony of tension and release that’s often imitated, but never replicated.
    During the latter third of their career, Sonic Youth set up camp in their Echo Canyon East recording studio on Manhattan’s Murray St. where they recorded their 2002 album with the same name. In 2006, they decamped to the opposite shore of the Hudson River to Hoboken, NJ to set up shop at Echo Canyon West, where their junk currently resides.
    The control room in Echo Canyon West is built around a 2” 16-track Studer A800 tape machine and a modified Neve 5106 mixing console. Since the 5106 was built for broadcast applications, it has no mic preamps. Audio signals are routed to preamps, outboard gear, and tape - bypassing the console entirely. Likewise, they shun plugins and prefer to commit sounds to tape as early as possible. Edits are performed manually using a grease pencil and razorblade to slice and dice entire takes captured on tape.
    The studio’s live room is lined with amplifiers - combos mostly - including an early ‘60s Fender Super Reverb (Lee’s amp of choice), a brownface Princeton modded by NYC amp tech Harry Kolbe, and the exact ‘50s Tweed Deluxe model like those used onstage by Neil Young during the Goo tour back in 1991. “It’s not really roadworthy,” says Ranaldo, “but it’s got that classic old Fender sound.”
    Guitar-wise, Lee mainly plays his signature Jazzmaster modified with Fender Wide Range humbuckers like those in his early ‘70s Telecaster Deluxe ¬- his first “serious” guitar. When Sonic Youth’s gear was stolen in 1999, Lee’s first Telecaster was among the guitars taken and was one of the few pieces recovered, albeit with a new powder blue finish courtesy of the thieves.
    Perhaps the most interesting lost-and-found item is Lee’s Travis Bean Artist (no. 375) played on the song “Kool Thing” (Goo, 1991) which “looked like someone had stuck it in a campfire for an hour or two” and “looked kind of cool,” but has been restored to its original condition at the request of Sonic Youth’s crew who “couldn’t stand the way it looked,” says Lee.
    Upstairs is the master tape archive where the entirety of Sonic Youth’s recorded output is painstakingly cataloged. If you’ve made it this far, then we probably don’t need to say too much about the mixdown reels for Evol, Daydream Nation, Sister, and so on. But we’ll keep a lookout for the possibility of an SYR record with Nels Cline.
    Video: Vice Cooler
    Music: Lee Ranaldo
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  • @EarthQuakerDevices
    @EarthQuakerDevices  4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Subscribe for more content like this! We have a bunch to watch already and more on the way!

    • @samueld92
      @samueld92 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Please interview Kevin Shields ❤️

  • @wado1942
    @wado1942 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1882

    I met this guy last year and had no clue who he was! He just came up to me and started talking about my band and wanted to check out some other local groups. He mentioned he was a musician too but didn't say much aside from that. What a nice, cool dude!

    • @Spitson7771
      @Spitson7771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +366

      wado1942 you met one of Alternative music’s greatest guitarist

    • @deborahchesser7375
      @deborahchesser7375 4 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      Humility sure makes a great person

    • @tianbarretosebas8380
      @tianbarretosebas8380 4 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      Same guy who bullied nardwuar tho

    • @__________e5437
      @__________e5437 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      like when dave grohl met paul mac cartney and he got annoyed

    • @alexanderclaylavin
      @alexanderclaylavin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      SY are pretty much the nicest, most unassuming people you could meet

  • @kylfyre
    @kylfyre 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1028

    Refreshing to see instruments being treated as noise making tools instead of being seen as some 'holy grail' type object by some collector/ investor.

    • @marilynjean9689
      @marilynjean9689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you!! 🙌🏼

    • @Quattro79
      @Quattro79 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Jonny greenwood also believes in this philosophy. He was once asked by fender if he wanted a replica of his brown sunburst tele made and he replied “I’ve already got a guitar, why would I want another?”

    • @torontotonto6189
      @torontotonto6189 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Quattro79 they probably asked him 10-20k too thought for it

    • @ejspookyify
      @ejspookyify 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Agreed! I never treat my guitars with special care. If they get a dent or scratch? Character. I noticed how nonchalant he was about picking up and putting down small amps. Loved it. Musical gear is made to make music, not money. And worn out/trashed guitar gear has a much cooler and authentic look and feel. I treat even my most valuable guitars like everyday instruments. Except unlike everyday instruments I have to insure them. Hahaha.

    • @thc_freebaser
      @thc_freebaser 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@ejspookyify I don't think its necessarily about purposefully treating your instruments so preciously, but just not being so uptight as to not recognize these are mass produced noisemaking tools at the end of the day that happen to border into art. On top of that, its Lee fucking Ronaldo, the man can probably afford to and should be allowed to handle a guitar any way he goddamned pleases.

  • @f.g.6019
    @f.g.6019 4 ปีที่แล้ว +531

    Love how Lee handles all that gear as...gear, and not as porcelain vases or museum pieces.

    • @Thee_Attic
      @Thee_Attic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Exactly, I love seeing worn out guitars !

    • @fueu2617
      @fueu2617 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yep I was thinkig that, how he just drops everything with a thud!

    • @lucianopoveretti
      @lucianopoveretti 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Yeah but don't blame people taking care of objects that cost 2k on average

    • @therapist6328
      @therapist6328 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My kids are not allowed to play my guitars with drums sticks, same as they cant play the drums with my guitar necks. This man obviously had less rules.

    • @davidhaab5558
      @davidhaab5558 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@therapist6328 😂

  • @simonreverb619
    @simonreverb619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +443

    Ah yes, the old rub the headstock against the door technique.

    • @ejspookyify
      @ejspookyify 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I learned that one in my first lesson. Might've been my second lesson after "how to tune."

  • @stuartphelps3293
    @stuartphelps3293 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1025

    One of those videos you wish would never end.

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      i could spend months, years, even, in that studio. thanks for watching!

    • @RastaSaiyaman
      @RastaSaiyaman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@EarthQuakerDevices So I can imagine, it's such a shame they don't rent it out, I'd love to record there and have Lee as producer.

    • @troyholio4997
      @troyholio4997 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      agree

    • @Skumbomb
      @Skumbomb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      so true, want to see & hear more

    • @davidharbilas4185
      @davidharbilas4185 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Couldn't agree more. So sad that this band is no longer with us.

  • @jasonelambeth
    @jasonelambeth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +894

    Any video that begins with Lee Ronaldo and some sort of buzzing noise gets all of my attention.

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      same. thanks for watching!

    • @jasonelambeth
      @jasonelambeth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@EarthQuakerDevices omg. thanks for posting it. It's a glorious history lesson!

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      it's our pleasure! i've probably watched it 8 times by now and i learn something new every time.

    • @jasonelambeth
      @jasonelambeth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      EarthQuakerDevices haha! I don’t doubt it!

    • @grandudetonesnob7107
      @grandudetonesnob7107 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ditto that, brother!

  • @dougthealligator
    @dougthealligator 5 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    Can we just get weekly installments of Lee making noises and talking SY stuff?

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      i wish

    • @grandudetonesnob7107
      @grandudetonesnob7107 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That would be schweet!

    • @JohnDoe-zq1ho
      @JohnDoe-zq1ho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@EarthQuakerDevices If you have any B-roll footage of him messing around with any of the stuff from this video, you'd have to be a damn fool not to compile ALL of it, unedited, into a single video, and post it on your channel.
      I'm not joking, if you want SERIOUS views, do this. Do you have any idea how badly people *actually want* more long form content like that? Despite what trends may tell you, people really respond to that kind of stuff. And jesus christ, it's LEE from the Sonic Youth we're talking about here! And seeing him make noises with all of these incredibly unique devices is a one in a million chance. You're sitting on youtube gold man.
      You've got to talk to your video guys and get them to do it. I will personally share it EVERYWHERE, it would blow up on ALL music websites. Please please please do it, there's literally not a single reason not to. If I could come there and do all the editing myself, I would.
      PLEASE

  • @alexanderclaylavin
    @alexanderclaylavin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    The moral of the story is... Have fun, embrace creativity, savor the good times, and you will stay young forever

  • @furlag2
    @furlag2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +302

    Imagine: you are a teenager who is into guitars and Lee is your the best grandpa ever 👍👍👍

  • @longacre4932
    @longacre4932 5 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    What a warm, unassuming guy.

    • @keithklassen5320
      @keithklassen5320 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      His eyes are so open and kind!

    • @juliogurrola3645
      @juliogurrola3645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Just watch the Nardwuar interview lol

  • @Eliguitar1
    @Eliguitar1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +692

    "16 high E strings" classic sonic youth.

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      haha yep

    • @Eliguitar1
      @Eliguitar1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@EarthQuakerDevices The world said "12 string guitar" and SY said "nah 16 string high E is more like it".

    • @allaboutdatGDA
      @allaboutdatGDA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Eli Friedmann well, Steve Albini took it to that next level for them. And I thought Steve’s guitar shrieked. Imagine what that one sounds like. I wonder if it’s ever been on any of their tracks.

    • @stulora3172
      @stulora3172 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah, 12 just don't cut it!

    • @mt_vu_rx_jukeboxhero
      @mt_vu_rx_jukeboxhero 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@allaboutdatGDA I been in the SoniC Youth Groove befoRe seems like abouT a College Course to geT on the AgeNDA. 👃👂🎶🎸🎤🎧📢📱 U NaMe iT.💤😁

  • @sprthhfk
    @sprthhfk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +255

    16:40 honestly thought Lee was going to climb up the ladder and elbow drop his guitar

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      that'd be more badass than the time the Undertaker tossed Mankind off the top of the cage

    • @5882300rickroll
      @5882300rickroll 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I was thinking along the same lines. First he's running the headstock along the wall then going up the ladder. What is gonna happen??

    • @stulora3172
      @stulora3172 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      so did I

    • @jhonnycagexrage7458
      @jhonnycagexrage7458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@EarthQuakerDevices
      What the hell i just watched a video about that and now i see your comment

    • @redielg
      @redielg 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I read this two second before he got on the ladder lmfao

  • @1m2a3t4t5
    @1m2a3t4t5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    "the thieves had painted it blue...and we left it that way because we thought it was kind of funny"

  • @jopestv1063
    @jopestv1063 5 ปีที่แล้ว +270

    18:16 - made me cry...my mum who passed away in 2007 had one of these cassette players. She was a voracious reader but suffered with macular degeneration in her twilight years. She got tapes from Readers Digest & Newsweek. Every 3-4 months I would clean & demagnetize the heads. Of course she would listen to the news on radio and TV, and even tho she was so proper she wouldn't say 'shit' even if she had a mouthful, she called Sean Hannity 'a prick'. I miss her & her judgement of character. Sure do miss you, Mom.

    • @stankcooter
      @stankcooter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      JopesTV sorry for your loss may she rest in peace

    • @chadhiggins9944
      @chadhiggins9944 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I really appreciated this.. your mom reminds me of my late mother.

    • @MarceloRomero360
      @MarceloRomero360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That is a very sweet tribute to your mom❤

    • @i.t9390
      @i.t9390 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is beautiful

    • @ohlookseeker
      @ohlookseeker 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      sorry for your lose, seems like your mom was the coolest around

  • @rileywebb9
    @rileywebb9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    I could watch 5 hours of this.

  • @Spencergundersenmusic
    @Spencergundersenmusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +575

    Whoever stole sonic youths gear is hella cursed

    • @4everfree
      @4everfree 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      I hope they got bleeding ulcers with perpetual pink eye along with whooping cough.

    • @marilynjean9689
      @marilynjean9689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Imagine a couple of crack heads with no idea of the true value of what was stolen??? Breaks my heart more than the robbery.

    • @undergroundnation6423
      @undergroundnation6423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I did it, sorry guys.

    • @dakistle
      @dakistle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      For sure. What would you even do with the best pieces? It's like stealing the Mona Lisa! The only way it has any worth is if you can prove you own it legitimately.

    • @nataroonytrontime3976
      @nataroonytrontime3976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@undergroundnation6423 lel

  • @premierguitar
    @premierguitar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +435

    Looks like we're gonna take our lunch break now! Thanks EQD!!

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      what's for lunch?

    • @nataroonytrontime3976
      @nataroonytrontime3976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@EarthQuakerDevices And they never knew.

    • @bioof4
      @bioof4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nataroonytrontime3976 the unsolved mystery will live on

    • @rosegateave.
      @rosegateave. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nataroonytrontime3976 never.

  • @allisonwatling9565
    @allisonwatling9565 5 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    you guys should get Kevin Shields on this lol

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว +183

      we'd love to. you got his number?

    • @fkorekore265
      @fkorekore265 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Fender just have done a long video in his studio too, in Ireland, similiar to this. Supercool.

    • @larskappeler
      @larskappeler 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I rehearsed in the same studio in London as MBV before they went on tour. Every day they got plenty of new FX pedals and their roadies build them into a rack. But when they wanted to move it, it doesn't fit through the door anymore. :-D

    • @hdouglasotto
      @hdouglasotto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      "And over here is my Dyson DC33 Bagless..."

    • @allaboutdatGDA
      @allaboutdatGDA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      haha how to use a wammy bar and delay pedal.

  • @markbrooks4471
    @markbrooks4471 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Totally fascinating but I wished there was more time to explore some of what is touched on here. Lee is the most mysterious member of Sonic Youth, sort of the George Harrison of the group I guess, so it is great to hear him elaborate on some of the iconistic pieces of gear that set them apart from the mainstream. Thank you Earthquaker for making this happen.

  • @74vibrolux
    @74vibrolux 5 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    Holy hell they need to release those recordings with Nels!!! Thank you for this Earthquaker. From the bottom of my gear-loving heart I thank you.

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      You know what to do: www.change.org/

    • @TheSamfromalabam
      @TheSamfromalabam 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I just went to the "30 Years of Daydream Nation" screening tonight and mentioned the recordings of Nels to Steve Shelley. I mentioned this comment and all the likes and he said he saw your comment. haha So...if anyone catches the show then keep on asking and maybe well get to hear them someday.

  • @Aldebaran135
    @Aldebaran135 5 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    6:19 I thought Lee was coming up with a new SY song but he was literally just looking through cymbals

  • @gianttreeproductions3947
    @gianttreeproductions3947 5 ปีที่แล้ว +638

    That blue tele he showed was also played by Kurt Cobain at a show he played with sonic youth and mudhoney in ‘92
    Edit 1 Year Later: HOLY SHIT this blew up lol, still a great video :)

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      OMG

    • @revolutionday1
      @revolutionday1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Pin this comment!

    • @noesunyoutuber7680
      @noesunyoutuber7680 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Clearly somebody at Earthquaker is a big Nirvana fan.

    • @northernblue8921
      @northernblue8921 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Did he play it upside down?

    • @PepisMusicmx
      @PepisMusicmx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Here it is being used by Cobain in "the money will roll right in" : bit.ly/2RdHC9r

  • @rickg8015
    @rickg8015 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    J Mascis next.. Same length please. Sloth-like J needs all the time to stretch out..

  • @Kaz377
    @Kaz377 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Does anybody else noticed when he talked about his first guitar being stolen and getting it back, he showed his true passion about music such a nice human being, so inspiring !!!!

    • @MitchellMaichak-ze7mr
      @MitchellMaichak-ze7mr 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's NO FUN having ANY of your tools and toys stolen !!!

  • @evanmcdoniels
    @evanmcdoniels 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Amazing stories and tones! It kind of feels like meeting a wizard in a forest and he has all these different mushrooms and herbs that have a story to them and then he plays them into music with crazy effect. Please come back to Milwaukee sometime Sonic Youth!

  • @cocobongo1867
    @cocobongo1867 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I basically "learned" to play listening to him and Thurston. That was 30 years ago. I'm still trying to learn to play like them.

    • @noesunyoutuber7680
      @noesunyoutuber7680 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      True elder statesmen of noise-based rock guitar. I too have longed to play like them.

    • @markferguson3745
      @markferguson3745 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I grew up in the era in NYC playing in similarly then despised " Noise" bands; still playing now.
      Key is to remove variables and then selectively reintroduce them; use alt tunings, but use the same tunings on guitars that can hold them.Much of the staleness of traditional Rock is the familiarity of the structures and standard tuning; interupt the expectations of the ear, and compositions will go to fresh places.
      More so now than then, effect pedals are your friend; they now make effects to do absolutely everything to a signal.Not so back then; they were hard to find, and they were not reliable.
      Don't be guitar dependent. Keyboards, bass, and varied percussion often do the job better.
      Listen to and watch how The Fall and Mark E. did it; planned improv., 50/50.Good drummers are vital.
      Live, it's not always going to gel; accept that the cost of inspired music is failing a decent amount of the time.Magic isn't consistent.

  • @sergiosavini4817
    @sergiosavini4817 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    "The composer Steve Reich my neighbor in Manhattan"

  • @s1ayd
    @s1ayd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Lee's the kind of guy who manages to get strings slipping off of a mastery bridge

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      he makes his guitars do work, that's for sure

  • @avillazamora3660
    @avillazamora3660 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It's so educational seeing how he makes noise, making good noise is surprisingly hard...

  • @iainking671
    @iainking671 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    The guitar he couldn’t remember the name of is called a Harmony Bobkat.

    • @revolutionday1
      @revolutionday1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My first "serious" guitar was also a Harmony. It was a Strat' copy, in a metal flake silver, with a black pickguard, and....gold hardware. Long gone now (traded it to a local shop for a Danelectro "Black Coffee" Metal Distortion mini pedal), but I started collecting Harmonys afterwards, before they became "the thing to have".

  • @danalog76
    @danalog76 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    When he says this was their setlist from the night which became our last show it brings a tear to my eye. I was lucky enough to see every tour from the Dirty tour all the way to some of the final shows in the U..S. including the Matador 21 show and the Hollywood Bowl with Pavement. Thank you Sonic Youth for those amazing years and inspiring the World forever.

  • @FabianSalomonsson
    @FabianSalomonsson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    If i got to listen to Sonic Youth + Nels jamming my life would be complete

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      you could try watching this video and our Nels Cline Board to Death at the same time and see what happens

    • @allenschmitz9644
      @allenschmitz9644 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EarthQuakerDevices Is Nels from Cincinnatti?

    • @fkorekore265
      @fkorekore265 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      And there's a video here of Thurston and Nels doing a 2 gtr improv show, in a store, in fact I think it was called "In Store as it eventually was released as a record, around ten years ago. Check it out too.

    • @movimentodoscacos
      @movimentodoscacos 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      RELEASE THE RECORDINGS FFS lmao

  • @surrealchemist
    @surrealchemist 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    TH-cam's algorithm must suck because it took this long before I saw this awesome vid.

  • @grodot5317
    @grodot5317 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Lee Ranaldo is such a great guy. He came out to meet the fans after a solo gig in my hometown and was so nice to everyone. Thanks Lee!

  • @Cesiumswimsuit
    @Cesiumswimsuit 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I’m pretty concerned for the 4 people who disliked this glimpse into SY history. Thanks for this Earthquaker!

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      there's no accounting for taste, I suppose. thanks for watching!

    • @revolutionday1
      @revolutionday1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      .....right?! The only Sonic Youth song I really know is "100%", but....I mean...c'mon!!

  • @dlawlis
    @dlawlis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    When I was in college 30 years ago Daydream Nation literally changed the way I listen to music. Nevertheless when Lee started playing the guitar with the drum stick it reminded me of Nigel Tufnel from Spinal Tap playing his guitar with his violin.

  • @grandudetonesnob7107
    @grandudetonesnob7107 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    GENIUS!!!!!! I am so thankful for the show us your junk series. All of the music that matters revealed, yet still mysterious pieces of time. SYw/ Nels would be an opiate for these ears!

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      thanks for the kind words! I'm determined to hear that SY / Nels tape if it kills me.

  • @weareripley
    @weareripley 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Lee, as played by Robert De Niro.

  • @deborahchesser7375
    @deborahchesser7375 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve loved their music since 83’, so cool to see all the memories

  • @mfdebian
    @mfdebian 5 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    I'm so ready to lose 25 minutes from my work day.

  • @themanwhostolethetone
    @themanwhostolethetone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    16:00 great paint technique

  • @dittodong
    @dittodong 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    it's a museum

  • @lars-fenin
    @lars-fenin 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanx for the tour , and the music... lee !

  • @Skumbomb
    @Skumbomb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    25min of pure magic !! thank you sooo much for this !!!

  • @plunkadelicdaydream
    @plunkadelicdaydream 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I saw Lee on the street one time 100 years ago. I was like "What am I going to say?" I just left him alone, but after watching this clip, I realized that we actually have a few things in common besides the Continental electric twelve-string (which he didn't show in this video, and may have been stolen for all I know). Happy memories.

    • @electromuff7870
      @electromuff7870 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Kapa Continental got smashed in an Irvine gig in November 1990

  • @rudyf8333
    @rudyf8333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I can't believe how much I love Lee.

  • @workaccount1478
    @workaccount1478 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! That was so much better than I expected. What a great tour. Thanks so much. Lee is awesome.

  • @draculamountain
    @draculamountain 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lee is the best! I saw him around Hoboken all the time when I lived there and he was always so nice to chat with. Lovely human.

  • @larkstonguesinaspic4814
    @larkstonguesinaspic4814 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I enjoyed my coffee and watching this so much. what a great way to spend your evening.

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm gonna curl up by the fireplace and watch this again after work tonight. thanks for watching!

  • @killyourtvnotme
    @killyourtvnotme 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I was at that show when all their gear got swiped. Heartbreaking, but also heartening to see all the bands lend their guitars and cheer them on.

    • @rickg8015
      @rickg8015 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      killyourtvnotme GbV and Sleater-Kinney!

    • @amortiferaaj
      @amortiferaaj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was there too! I saw a guy that looked like Lou Barlow and of course I yelled "Lou!" I could tell it was him because he flinched but didn't turn around (classic). Later they thanked him for helping tune those guitars. Side note: how amazing was At The Drive-In?!

  • @nathanwilliams3049
    @nathanwilliams3049 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    these are sooooooo good! I love this series!! ..although I wish this episode with Lee was 6 hours long!!!..seriously I LOVE you for making these! thank you!!

  • @jonathandufern7421
    @jonathandufern7421 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    As a huge fan and played guitar for 3 decades Lee Renaldo is amazing. He not only plays out side the box but is one of the two keeping and recording SY’s legacy alive. Love you Lee and keep rocking! \oo/

  • @danielmcanulty1562
    @danielmcanulty1562 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks earthquaker, I had a ton of fun watching this video. This is the side of creativity and growing older that it warms an artist's heart to be able to see. And a reminder that the accumulation of junk is not only a farmer's delight, peril, and legacy, but also ours as well. Rust belt memories and fond wishes.

  • @awonderingoneil206
    @awonderingoneil206 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wish this would never end!

  • @kutteistheking
    @kutteistheking 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    im coming back to this video every like 3 - 5 weeks

  • @jeffreybiscoe6
    @jeffreybiscoe6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm impressed with the knowledge and history of every piece of equipment shown.

  • @OMNIFICPICTURES
    @OMNIFICPICTURES 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Better get all those tapes archived in digital and backed up. It’s art worthy of cathedral type safety. The work is godlike.

  • @macabre2007
    @macabre2007 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wow I have found home, thank you so much this is truly the best birthday present, to see Lee Ranaldo a guitar hero of mine to provide an insight to the magical place where Sonic Youth create. To see the gear, we gear addict love so to see, to hear gear and road stories from the mouth of a person I respect so much for his guitar work. Again thank you - truly wonderful

  • @elpupogriton
    @elpupogriton 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Easily, one of the best videos in the series so far. Love all your stuff EQD & Lee.
    SY fan since 1990.

  • @aisle_of_view
    @aisle_of_view 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lee, an integral member of Sonic Youth. Always great to see someone who is smart and kind. I couldn't believe how creative and different they were, stunning band live. Goo prepared the 90s kids for what was to come.

  • @GenteelCretin
    @GenteelCretin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I don't know what's weirder, the fact that Jim O'Rourke talked them out of a classic Neve mixing desk, or the fact that the albums of theirs he worked on sound more like they were recorded and mixed down on high-quality vintage gear than the ones that actually were done with the Neve.

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      ...and that's why you want Jim O'Rourke in your band.

    • @frankfionn
      @frankfionn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jim O'Rourke is so great. I love his solo work.

    • @enkiea8322
      @enkiea8322 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tortoise though? KILLER. J.O'R is a boss.

    • @dapperduckquack
      @dapperduckquack 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Its all about the ear, not the gear!

    • @TomCasey
      @TomCasey 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a funny thought. I guess it just proves how subjective these things can be.

  • @luispereztasso
    @luispereztasso 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Guys, you MUST design a pedal with him.

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      ooh that'd be fun

    • @luispereztasso
      @luispereztasso 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Just to clarify, whatever it could be, I'll buy it. No doubts.

    • @GarySheedyMusic
      @GarySheedyMusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@EarthQuakerDevices your own take on Slicie??

    • @myownparasite8284
      @myownparasite8284 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      YES PLS

    • @ebeep
      @ebeep 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm ready to preorder.

  • @watashiwanachodes
    @watashiwanachodes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a god that came from heaven letting us know where ultimate frontiers for guitar sound are really like. Thanks Lee, I love every aspect of your sound and experimentation!

  • @romulodornelas3206
    @romulodornelas3206 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Back to watch this is video and aways very emotional, to see the history of the band, who was so important on my teenage years, telling by every piece of equipment, guitars, posters, the original masters of the albums…❤

  • @Brieeeeeel
    @Brieeeeeel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    what a man, my favourite sonicyouther

  • @robotsongs
    @robotsongs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lee, you are truly an artist. Keep doing you.

  • @marceltiel7919
    @marceltiel7919 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a treasure trove this is....wonderful gear....great to see him using the guitar all pedaled up and just waving it for the body to pick up noise

  • @thewintereaglefly
    @thewintereaglefly 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lee passing the guitar around a door with the very tip of it is poetic to say the least

  • @dec0mposing
    @dec0mposing 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The older I get the more appreciation I hold for Lee, amazing artist, his solo and work with Sonic absolutely opened doors for me musically when I first discovered them, a child who had been shunned for making noise in the music class we had in year 8, Sonic Youth and especially Lee made young me realise what I had been creating wasn't that odd, I just hadn't discovered the subculture yet at that young age. Every time I watch a video of Lee it relights the huge spark and passion I had 10 years ago as a 14/15 year old for noise and the fascinating ways of creating it. Awesome seeing the equipment that has made some of my favourite songs, would be an amazing place to dig through!

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      thanks so much for watching the video Brittany!

    • @arturoacosta6583
      @arturoacosta6583 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      His work on 100% is his trademark track!

  • @mrtyreus0
    @mrtyreus0 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The editing on this video is brilliant in a Sonic Youth sense.

  • @tonezone2654
    @tonezone2654 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve listened to Sonic Youth since 1991 and have always loved everything they’ve done (especially early 80’s stuff). Lee has always inspired and intrigued me. Love that he gave a shout out to Old Town Music in PDX. I live in Portland and that is the place to go for anything worth while in this town. ❤️
    Love ya Lee!

  • @jackarts6901
    @jackarts6901 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never really listened to this band before but I loved this. I particularly liked the way they had archived every single recording they ever made, even their solo albums and live shows. A surprisingly well organised band

  • @mr.p6840
    @mr.p6840 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wonderful ! Thanx a lot.

  • @JobimSynthMusic
    @JobimSynthMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lee's a really nice guy. Saw him performing in Rio twice. and with SY in the (I guess) penultimate show with Iggy Pop in Rio. hope he comes back soon. it's cool that he's maintaining SY's archive and history. this video only gets better and better each minute. thanks to Lee and the people who made this possible.

  • @Wesley.Deuren
    @Wesley.Deuren 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I could listen to these amazing stories all day long. Thank you guys for this show, I love it so much!

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats awesome, we are very happy that you enjoyed it!! Thank you!

  • @troypeterson6057
    @troypeterson6057 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    When he shook the percussion rack I recognized the distinct sound of some of those bells and gongs from so many Sonic Youth songs. What a great video - thank you for this!

  • @H_Oscarsson
    @H_Oscarsson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Now do Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore!

    • @NESman-dm3wd
      @NESman-dm3wd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There's a video of Thurston showing shit in his apartment in 1988.

  • @HolographicSweater
    @HolographicSweater 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I met him once at a garage sale and bought a hair dryer from him, super great and humble guy. He reminds me of Austin Powers

  • @leftybass5860
    @leftybass5860 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Saw them on the '91 tour with Neil. Ears are still ringing.

  • @drzazgi666
    @drzazgi666 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best episode right here. Lee is such a passionate and lovable figure. Enjoyed this ep so much I watched it twice.

  • @YGroadcapitain
    @YGroadcapitain 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    best episode this far, period! 8)

  • @douglasarthur2673
    @douglasarthur2673 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    God do I miss Sonic Youth. They played Scotland a number of times and you never knew if you were in for that lo-fi invention or the 'wall of sound'. Always original and unique. Plus he can name-drop Steve Reich...........how cool is that ?

  • @Caniballe
    @Caniballe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Boy, how i love you guys from SY... Thanks for loving São Paulo too!

  • @cryptokirby
    @cryptokirby 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    PURE HISTORICAL GOLD HERE

  • @PJownsyoursoul
    @PJownsyoursoul 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    When all of those symbols were clashing together, I thought that was a Sonic Youth song.

  • @johnkontos
    @johnkontos 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ok, you have just released, The Benchmark. Insane video. Thank you.

  • @pschase722
    @pschase722 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had physical fun watching this...will never forget finding their music as kid and loving that soundworld so much

  • @AB-lx8cf
    @AB-lx8cf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ok... first off, how the heck did I not know you guys had a space in the same placed i had my artist studio in for nearly 2.5 years ?!?! i literally parked in the parking lot to the right of the door! i worked in the gallery in the same building. you guys were such a huge influence to me! my mind is blown!!! granted i was on the 5th floor on the other side facing the parking lot. i was there from 2012 to 2014 . i remember when sandy hit and no one could get in cause that street was flooded. so crazy. i miss you guys, my band would go to your shows all the time in the early 2000's. some of the best shows i've ever been to.

  • @njlwag
    @njlwag 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thank you for making my day.

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's our pleasure. Thanks for watching, Lance!

    • @enkiea8322
      @enkiea8322 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EarthQuakerDevices A multi drive (boost/drive/fuzz) with a toggle selectable envelope (kinda like the Fuck OD) controlled by a threshold/sensitivity knob. Oh, and a filter, a GNARLY one. Add switches to choose what the envelope blends in/blends from (gain/tone/filter sweeps, boost into drive, drive into fuzz etc) depending on how hard you dig in/ level of the threshold knob. Of coarse, an exp out to control it all manually. An octave circuit (tentacle would do) and a mod circuit (choppy square wave trem?). It's Sonic Youth so the drives should be like, preamp vibe kinda thing. Sputtery JFET fuzz, pushed mixing desk preamp overdrive. Sorry, I'm a windbag and I'm just spit balling, lol.

  • @ShawnStack1
    @ShawnStack1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a prince! My life would be very different absent Sonic Youth...thanks for this series, management at Earthquaker, it speaks volumes to who you are.

    • @EarthQuakerDevices
      @EarthQuakerDevices  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! I wouldn't be here (or have much of an interest in music, to be honest) were it not for Sonic Youth, so I feel ya.

  • @Justin-sr2wq
    @Justin-sr2wq ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So fucking cool. I wish ever town had a rec center for kids filled with band gear like this.

  • @ronnierockit4468
    @ronnierockit4468 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lee is a dude I very much want to meet, both because I think we would get along, but also because he would very casually bring up ideas that I would steal.

  • @ANDYWOUNDSABRXS
    @ANDYWOUNDSABRXS 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love this episode of Portlandia! but why is it on this channel?

  • @bigmaz4002
    @bigmaz4002 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Hey by the way the lack of a Steve albini episode is criminal

  • @huckleberrymack7865
    @huckleberrymack7865 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seeing this confirms my suspicion that I could talk with Lee for hours on end about music tech & gear. What a cool guy!

  • @user-mm4yt9qz6x
    @user-mm4yt9qz6x 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brilliant, thanks so much. An inspiration

  • @wolfqueenjubilee
    @wolfqueenjubilee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I like the way he just knocks stuff around, and I have to add my voice to the call to publish the Nels/SY jams!!

  • @cooperwhite7066
    @cooperwhite7066 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    J Mascis needs to be on Show Us Your Junk.

  • @Chris-5446
    @Chris-5446 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I listened to some noise rock back in 95 96 97. So cool to see all the history. It's an underappreciated art.