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So the cover art was revealed for the highly anticipated Lou Reed & Metallica collaboration, Lulu. While the artwork isn't revolutionary or anything, it does make sense given the concept of the album.
Many Lou Reed fans felt betrayed when 'Metal Machine Music' came out, but is it possible that there's more to it than noise?
Angel Olsen, The Afghan Whigs, and Joan Jett also contributed to the project. Lou Reed Tribute Album Announced with Keith Richards’ Cover of “I’m Waiting for the Man”: Stream Eddie Fu ...
Lou Reed’s greatest legacy might just be the number of groundbreaking musicians The Velvet Underground inspired to start a band.
When you're the lead guitarist in Metallica, you're not accustomed to being bluntly put in your place, but in this case, Kirk ...
Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music was more than an hour of feedback and noise with no noticeable structure. A new tribute album called Metal Machine Muzak interprets the spirit behind that work.
Lou Reed hated a lot of bands, and one of those he had the greatest disdain for came in the form of British art rockers, Roxy ...
Lou Reed's sonically confrontational 1975 work 'Metal Machine Music' is receiving a tribute album featuring members of Dinosaur Jr, Unrest and more.
Reed’s wife, the artist Laurie Anderson, supplied items such as guitars, tai chi weapons, and the handwritten lyrics from 1974’s Sally Can’t Dance.The entire album is plotted out, as well as ...
Schwartz gave Reed the enduring model of the writer as anti-commercial holdout and martyr to his art. Pushing against this, soon enough, came graduation and the need to eat.
Laurie Anderson on Steering Lou Reed’s Legacy: ... Anderson describes it as “a quiet version of Metal Machine Music,” Reed’s 1975 noise album, ... He approached it as a martial art.