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Spin Magazine Ranks 100 Greatest Guitarist, Sans Legends
When mainstream music magazines rank the greatest guitarists of all time, the same names tend to linger toward the top of the list: Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin‘s Jimmy Page, the Rolling...
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Book Report: ‘101 Essential Rock Records’
Just in time for the holidays, we’re offering brief takes on some of 2012′s best books for music fans. THE BOOK: 101 Essential Rock Records AUTHOR: Jeff Gold, plus essays and “as-told-to” contributions...
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Lou Reed ‘Stronger Than Ever’ After Liver Transplant
Lou Reed is in high spirits after a recent liver transplant that took him off tour earlier this spring. The 71-year-old rocker underwent surgery at the Cleveland Clinic last month,assuring fans on...
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Top 10 Alternative Cover Songs
From UK new wavers Soft Cell turning Gloria Jones’ 1965 song “Tainted Love” into an everlasting hit, to academia rockers Vampire Weekend taking on Robin Thicke’s current contender for song of the...
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Lou Reed, Velvet Underground Frontman And Solo Star, Dies At 71
Lou Reed, lead singer and founder of pioneering ’60s rock group the Velvet Underground, has died. Rolling Stone reports that the cause of his death has not yet been released, but Reed was hospitalized...
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JACK’s Inside Track: Lou Reed RIP
play pause JACK's Inside Track: Lou Reed RIP Remy Maxwell Want the real story on Lou Reed? Read “Please Kill Me” by Legs McNeil… unbelievable oral history of that whole NYC scene!
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Lou Reed’s Influence: 8 Classic Covers of His Songs
Brian Eno’s famous quote about the Velvet Underground is stitched into the band’s legacy: “The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band.” Whether...
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Hear Macaulay Culkin’s Pizza-Themed Velvet Underground Tribute Band
For all those people wondering what Macaulay Culkin has been up to lately, it seems he's been working on his music. Specifically, pizza-themed renditions of Velvet Undergound and Lou Reed songs.
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Lou Reed Remembered by Velvet Underground Bandmate Maureen Tucker
It has been two months since Lou Reed lost his battle with liver disease, and his former bandmates and musicians continue to mourn. While both Patti Smith and Bono eloquently eulogized Reed back in...
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The Velvet Underground Announce 45th Anniversary Six CD Package, Including...
By Philip Cosores The Velvet Underground‘s self-titled third album is getting the deluxe 45th anniversary treatment this fall, and will include a complete never-before released album in its packaging....
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Todd Haynes Set to Direct Velvet Underground Documentary
By Hayden Wright Acclaimed auteur Todd Haynes (Carol, Far From Heaven) will direct a Velvet Underground documentary that explores the band’s early beginnings and their rise to define an aesthetic in...
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