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http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs ... m-20110615

Does this make sense? Me thinks...no...

if Lou cranks out guitar solos like on the final 10 mins of the Zietkratzer MMM cd than maybe it will sound ok. On the other hand in the pic he's behind a keyboard. O dear.

bradski wrote:if Lou cranks out guitar solos like on the final 10 mins of the Zietkratzer MMM cd than maybe it will sound ok. On the other hand in the pic he's behind a keyboard. O dear.

We can only hope. He's ageing, feeling older, maybe there is still a bit of the old Lou left for a rock and roll album?

http://www.craveonline.com/music/articl ... d-an-album

Here's a link with a shot of Lou on GEETAR.

Hmmm... maybe will sound like a sped up version of the Blue Mask perhaps?

Hmmm...I wonder how this is gonna sound! I can't stand Metallica from Black Album on, but I'm curious to hear this. For the first time since...ever...Lou will be playing with a drummer that has no groove. THe article on Blabbermouth mentions Lou doesn't have a record deal.

David Fricke of RollingStone.com spoke to METALLICA and legendary rocker Lou Reed about their new collaborative studio album. The as-yet-untitled CD features 10 songs composed by Reed with significant arrangement contributions by METALLICA and is described by Fricke as "a raging union of [Reed's] 1973 noir classic, 'Berlin', and METALLICA's '86 crusher, 'Master Of Puppets'."

On their unlikely collaboration:

Reed: "A marriage made in heaven. I knew it from the first day we played together: 'Oh, man, this is perfection, right in front of me.' "?

Lars Ulrich (METALLICA drummer): "I don't think we've ever felt this free. There's nothing that's totally outside of the boundary for us, nothing that feels like 'Oh, what happens if we go there?' The strength of us" ? he gestures at Reed ? "is it feels like we cannot land on a wrong place."?

Reed: "They're bringing METALLICA, with all that power. And because they're pretty sophisticated, wherever I go, they're still with me."?

James Hetfield (METALLICA guitarist/vocalist): "Lars and I listened to [Reed's demos] and it was like, 'Wow, this is very different.' It was scary at first, because the music was so open. But then I thought, 'This could go anywhere.'"

Kirk Hammett (METALLICA guitarist): "It doesn't feel like we're his backup band. It feels like we're a different band, in a situation we've never been in before."



On how and when the album will be released (Reed does not have a record deal, and METALLICA is no longer on Warner Bros.):

Lars Ulrich: "We are free to go wherever. I'm obviously psyched for people to hear this, in whatever way we feel is right."?

James Hetfield: "I told Lou I want to be there when people hear it. I want to see their faces."

Songtitles set to appear on the CD include the seven-minute "Pumping Blood", which ? according to Fricke ? "opens with a drone that breaks into a crunching march, goes into speed-metal gear and breaks into free-fall sections," and "Mistress Dread", which "features Reed singing across a relentless staccato riff played at manic velocity."

velvetfan wrote:http://www.craveonline.com/music/articl ... d-an-album

Here's a link with a shot of Lou on GEETAR.

I think that is from the Rock N Roll HOF performance.

Loubiquitous Reed, I am not surprised, I shared clips of Lou and Metallica on facebook. I never
cared much for Metallica, I had a girfriend who loved them, but didn't care for Lou, or eventually me
for that matter...revenge will be in her cd player

Metallic KO or Metal Machine Music...? We'll see...

That's wild. I like Metallica, but I can't fathom the collaboration. Well, bring it on I suppose....

Here's another tidbit regarding Lou, and U2, and Metallica, and Green Day...wtf?

http://www.u2.com/news/title/perfect-day-in-oakland