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Quietus Interview  Lou Reed Interview: Metal Machine Music
Revisited John Doran , October 28th, 2013 05:00  The Metal
Machine Trio tour of the UK and Europe starts this Sunday. Their
leader Lou Reed has always trod the fine line between 'rock &
roll star' and 'serious artist', and never more so than on his
1975 album, Metal Machine Music. John Doran asks him about this
period . . . and waits a painfully long time for the answers
Add your comment »  "I was trying to do the ultimate guitar
solo. And I didn't want to be locked into a particular drum
beat, or pattern or a particular key or beat that was the idea.
Just guitars, guitars, guitars."  There can be something of a
schism between those who collect records and other kinds of
serious music fan. The latter can approach fandom of a group or
artist from a more emotional spectrum, reacting first and
foremost to the grain of the artist's voice and their
accomplishments as a musician and how they look on