William I. Lengeman III - Freelance Writer & Blogger

Metal Machine Music: Groaning Galactic Refrigerator

Metal Machine Music: Groaning Galactic Refrigerator
by William I. Lengeman III
Crawdaddy!

You shouldn't be reading this. And that's not an admonition, by the way. You go ahead and read whatever you want. It's just that, by all rights, the subject of this discourse should have been relegated to a footnote in the history of Lou Reed and of rock ‘n’ roll, in general.

At this point, nothing more should need to be said about Lou Reed's cacophonous 1975 double album, Metal Machine Music. It should have sunk without a trace, relegated to the dusty corners of the Great Pop Music Archive, where it would butt up against the works of such obscurities as the Godz, Gentle Giant, Human Beinz, and Bubble Puppy.

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The Second Annual Report of Throbbing Gristle

Throbbing Gristle
The Second Annual Report of Throbbing Gristle
(Industrial, 1977)

It's hard to know what to make of the fact that Throbbing Gristle are still around, more than three decades after they first came together. It's also hard to know what to make of the fact that they've released an audiophile-quality vinyl version of The Thirty-Second Annual Report of Throbbing Gristle in a framed limited edition.

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