Black Sabbath and some other bands
Fri 8 Jun – Download Festival 2012I only went for the Sunday and am therefore unable to review anything other than the Sunday. I gather Metallica played The Four Horseman however, which must've been...
View ArticleNick Cave Pushes The Sky Away In London 2013
Sun 10 Feb – Nick Cave and the Bad SeedsSo good, I pooed.I hope the smell didn't ruin it for anyone sitting near me.
View ArticleLou Reed - Death of a Hero Part 1
"A World Without Heroes... Is Like A World Without The Sun" - Lou Reed from the Kiss album Music From The ElderFitting given the storm."Whatever happened to all those heroes? All those Lou Reedos, he...
View ArticleLou Reed - Death of a Hero Part 2
Early Years/1960sIn 1959 Lou Reed's parents, concerned about their son's "unconventional behaviour and homosexual tendencies" sent him to a psychiatrist who prescribed a course of Electroshock...
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1970s“I guess Lou should have committed suicide after (1973 album “Berlin”) because he's pretty much sucked since then” – Lydia LunchLou Reed left The Velvet Underground after a gig at Max’s Kansas...
View ArticleLou Reed - Death of a Hero Part 4
1980sSince Ziggy Stardust made “The Velvet Underground” a hip name to drop, Lou Reed has been known as a man before his time. That epithet is rarely applied to his solo material and in fairness, why...
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Lou Reed - Death of a Hero Part 5
1990s“I know his songs of the pain and beauty in the world will fill many people with the incredible joy he felt for life” – Laurie Anderson “Heavenly Arms[track]” and “[track artist=Lou Reed]Sunday...
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Lou Reed - Death of a Hero Part 6
2000s“Warhol said that it’s too bad in school they don’t have a course about love, like practical stuff. Or maybe one on loss, like what do you do with yourself, who do you ask, where do you turn.” –...
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Lou Reed - Death of a Hero Part 7 (In defence of Lulu)
This article went out of control and will now be in two parts.2010s Part 1.There was only one Lou Reed album in the 2010s, so even if I wasn’t looking for the excuse to talk about the legendarily...
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Lou Reed - Death of a Hero Part 8 (In defence of Lulu Part 2)
2010s Part 2“Quite like this, sounds like Alice in Chains a bit” – Youtube uploaderHaving become a prostitute, “Little Dog” describes one of Lulu’s clients, a simpering and pathetic, tiny-dicked little...
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