Metal Machine Music

Metal Machine Music is a two-disc LP (now audio CD) by Lou Reed. It was released by RCA Records in 1975. The album was re-released by BMG in 1998 and again by Buddah Records in 2000.

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Two-disc - LP - Audio - CD - Lou Reed - RCA Records - 1975 - BMG - 1998 - Buddah Records - 2000

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In its original form, the four tracks each lasted around 16 minutes, with the LP version specially cut, to keep repeating the last few seconds endlessly. The album consists primarily of guitar feedback. It is generally considered to be either a joke, a begrudging fulfillment of a contractual obligation, or an early example of experimental noise rock. Reed recorded the work on a four-track tape recorder in his New York apartment, mixing the four tracks for stereo.

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Feedback - Noise rock - Four-track - Tape recorder - New York - Stereo

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In an interview with rock journalist Lester Bangs, Reed claimed that he had intentionally placed sonic allusions to classical works like Beethoven's Eroica and Pastoral in the distortion. It is not clear whether or not he was actually being serious.

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Rock journalist - Lester Bangs - Beethoven - Eroica - Pastoral

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Comedian Gilbert Gottfried sometimes used the record as audio backdrop, when he hosted USA Network's USA Up All Night in the 1990s.

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Gilbert Gottfried - USA Network - USA Up All Night - 1990s

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