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Lou Reed & Metallica: More sweet jesus than Sweet Jane
Sickboy’s ‘unifying theory of life’ realised in five and a half minutes of metal-by-numbers guitar and pseudo-beatnik lyricism. The ‘had-it-lost-it’ circumstance of the artists concerned is, of course, nothing new; Lou Reed’s decline formed a case-study in Trainspotting way back in 1996, while Metallica fans gave up hope of a new ‘Master of Puppets’ around [...]
By John Hall | Arts, Music | Monday, 3 October 2011 at 2:57 pm
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