So rumors have been flying and critiques speculating what is going on in the Metallica camp. All I can say is, quite the partnership Metallica has right now!
For those of you unaware, "Lou Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which spans several decades and crosses multiple genres." (Wikipedia).
(Photo by Anton Corbijn)
Earlier this week, Metallica had announced their plans to release a record with the songwriting legend dubbed "LULU". The album is set to be released October 31st, 2011 (Worldwide) and November 1st, 2011 (North America). LULU has also begin to design their website, in preparation for this release, found here:
(Photo by Anton Corbijn)
(Photo by Jeff Yeager)
So far, the only details revealed about the album is three song titles:
- Junior Dad (Track #2)- Mistress Dread (Track #4)- Pumping Blood (Track #5)
- Junior Dad (Track #2)- Mistress Dread (Track #4)- Pumping Blood (Track #5)
More information is being added daily to the website, enticing eager fans to return to the site for updates, as well as links to their Facebook and Twitter accounts.
(Photo by Jeff Yeager)
"A marriage made in heaven," Reed says in his first interview about the project (to Rolling Stone Magazine), in the studio lounge during a break. "I knew it from the first day we played together: 'Oh, man, this is perfection, right in front of me.' "
(Photo by Jeff Yeager)
The idea of this project stemmed from Reed and Metallica first playing together at the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concerts in October, 2009. The concept originally cam to record older versions of Reed's previous solo work. But Reed (a week before entering Metallica's studio) convinced the boys to try a whole new project he had been working on. Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich and lead vocalist James Hetfield remember the dicussion when being shown the material:
"Lars and I listened to the stuff, and it was like, 'Wow, this is very different.' It was scary at first, because the music was so open. But then I thought, 'This could go anywhere.' " - James Hetfield
(Photo by Jeff Yeager)
(Photo by Jeff Yeager)
No tour dates have been planned as of yet, but we all can't wait till the dates start popping up. Keep your calendars marked for the 1st of November folks, them album will be flying off the shelf!
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