Lou Reed News: Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music: Re-mastered

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Since its release in 1975, Metal Machine Music (MMM) has remained one of the most notorious and misunderstood albums in rock history. Untrue myths have long circulated about it, some based on deliberate disinformation. Suffice to say, Lou Reed did not record it to get out of his RCA contract.

In stark contrast to the popular Reed albums that preceded it, such as Transformer and Berlin, MMM featured no songs or vocals. Instead, the double album contained four sides �" each one lasting 16 minutes �" of electric guitars feeding back to create a complex multi-layered sound collage.

On release,...