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Did David Bowie really have a hand in NINE classic albums in a three year period? Yes, he did.
By Scott Rowley published
After two failed solo albums, in the period between 1971 and 1974, David Bowie worked on nine of rock's greatest albums. WTF?

"No guitar solos! No belly dancing music!" Metallica's Kirk Hammett looks back on working with Lou Reed
By Paul Brannigan published
"Lulu means so much to me for a number of reasons.", Kirk Hammett states

The punk cult hero who unwittingly became Lou Reed’s drug dealer
By Niall Doherty published
The ex-Velvet Underground leader got into the habit of throwing house parties in West London, and always made sure one man was invited

How Lou Reed made the defining album of his career
By Chris Roberts published
Rudderless after the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed ditched New York for London and hooked up with David Bowie: The rest is history

“David Bowie was an absolute genuis”: Rick Wakeman’s epic tales of sessions with Bowie, Bolan, Lou Reed and more
By Dom Lawson published
Former Yes keyboard maestro Rick Wakeman has played with rock’s great and good over the years – and he’s got the memories to prove it

"Mercurial, contradictory, vaulting from throwaway garage-candy to high art concepts and back again": The 20 best solo songs by Lou Reed
By Chris Roberts published
Lou Reed's body of work grew from uncertain beginnings through a prolific and wildly diverse 70s surge and a late 80s revival

"I got dared to go further, by Lou Reed!": Joan As Police Woman on how Lou Reed gave her the best advice of her career
By Niall Doherty published
The two were performing together at a Neil Young tribute concert

"We were scared to death about working with him": The Killers on the time they recorded a song with Lou Reed
By Niall Doherty published
The Las Vegas indie-rockers worked with Reed on their track Tranquilize
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