question: Who was born first, Lee Ranaldo or Lauren Laverne?
answer: Lee Mark Ranaldo
context: Title: Last Night on Earth (Lee Ranaldo album)
  Passage: Last Night on Earth is the tenth studio album by the American alternative rock musician Lee Ranaldo, released on October 7, 2013 on Matador Records.  Recorded over a nine-month period at Echo Canyon West in Hoboken, New Jersey, the album features Ranaldo's backing band The Dust which comprises former Sonic Youth bandmate Steve Shelley, guitarist Alan Licht and bassist Tim Lüntzel.  In addition to studio recordings, "Last Night on Earth" incorporates field recordings of Ranaldo in Berlin, Germany and Valeggio sul Mincio, Italy.
  Title: Between the Times and the Tides
  Passage: Between the Times and the Tides is the ninth studio album by the American alternative rock musician Lee Ranaldo, released on March 20, 2012 on Matador Records.  His first release on Matador Records and since Sonic Youth's indefinite hiatus, the album features a more straightforward songwriting approach to his prior material and includes guest musicians such as Nels Cline, John Medeski and Leah Singer.  The album was originally intended to be a minimalist acoustic album but its sound was developed by Ranaldo during its recording at Echo Canyon West in Hoboken, New Jersey during a seven-month period in early 2011.
  Title: Broken Circle / Spiral Hill EP
  Passage: Broken Circle / Spiral Hill EP is the second EP by Lee Ranaldo.  It was released in 1994, and is Lee's third official release.  It was released on the Starlight Furniture Co. as a 7" single (containing just the first two tracks) and as a five track CD-EP.  The album is a mix of guitar drone and spoken word pieces, and ending with a Sebadoh cover.
  Title: From Here to Infinity
  Passage: From Here to Infinity (rendered on the cover and label art as From Here → Infinity) is the first solo album by Sonic Youth guitarist/songwriter Lee Ranaldo.  The album consists of several compositions performed by Ranaldo with guitar, amplifier feedback, and guitar stompbox effects recorded onto extended tape loops.
  Title: Lauren Laverne
  Passage: Lauren Cecilia Fisher (née Gofton, 28 April 1978), known professionally as Lauren Laverne, is an English radio DJ, model, television presenter, author, singer and comedian.
  Title: Lee Ranaldo
  Passage: Lee Mark Ranaldo (born February 3, 1956) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, guitarist, writer, visual artist and record producer, best known as a co-founder of the alternative rock band Sonic Youth.  In 2004, "Rolling Stone" ranked Ranaldo at number 33 on its "Greatest Guitarists of All Time" list.  In May 2012, "Spin" published a staff selected top 100 guitarist list, ranking Ranaldo and his Sonic Youth bandmate Thurston Moore together at number 1.
  Title: The Stinky Puffs
  Passage: The Stinky Puffs were an early 90's rock band started by then seven-year-old Simon Fair Timony, then-stepson of Jad Fair, and by Cody Linn Ranaldo, son of Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo.  After a 7" single an LP followed in 1995 titled "A Little Tiny Smelly Bit of...the Stinky Puffs" and an EP in 1996 titled "Songs and Advice for Kids Who Have Been Left Behind".
  Title: Kenickie
  Passage: Kenickie were an English four-piece pop punk band from Sunderland.  The band was formed in 1994 and consisted of lead vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Lauren Laverne (b. Lauren Gofton), drummer Johnny X (real name Pete Gofton, Lauren's brother), lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist Marie du Santiago (b. Anne Marie Nixon) and bass guitarist Emmy-Kate Montrose (b. Emma Jackson).  The band's name comes from their favourite character in the 1970s film "Grease".
  Title: Clouds (Lee Ranaldo album)
  Passage: Clouds is an album by Sonic Youth guitarist/vocalist Lee Ranaldo.  The album is a reworked recording of the concert performed by Ranaldo & William Hooker at the 1997 edition of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville.
  Title: Scriptures of the Golden Eternity
  Passage: Scriptures of the Golden Eternity is a solo album by guitarist Lee Ranaldo, who also performs in rock band Sonic Youth.  It was released on vinyl by the Father Yod label, and later reissued on CD by the Drunken Fish label.  The cover design is by visual artist Savage Pencil.  The album consists of three untitled tracks featuring a solo Ranaldo performing guitar, tape loops, and occasional vocal.  The first was recorded on 18 July 1988, and the remaining two were recorded on 28 November 1989.
citations: Lauren Laverne Lee Ranaldo