Show Us Your Junk Ep. 18 Lee Ranaldo ( Sonic Youth), Earth Quaker Devices

Learn more: Weve 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 Todays 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 sixteenstring guitar built by Steve Albini with only high E strings and a penis inlay. It says, Sonic Sixteen. Thats one of the bossest headstocks youll ever see in your life, says Ranaldo. So thats 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 bestof compilations, 6 featurelength 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, freeimprovisation, beatni