It celebrates the deep influence these two artists had on each others work during the last 20 years of Lou Reed’s life. The updated Transformer: The Lou Reed Story focuses on Reed’s relationship and marriage to the leading performance artist of our times Laurie Anderson. His most recent books are: The Burroughs-Warhol Affair and Burroughs Reloaded (photographs). His biographies of Andy Warhol, Keith Richards and Lou Reed made his name as the Poet Laureate of the New York Underground. Victor Bockris has written a dozen books which form a mythology for the counterculture.
“One of the funniest and most memorable time-lined rock documents around” – Philadelphia City Paper “Bockris provides insight into the private life that led Reed to create many of rock’s memorable songs, including “Heroin” and “Walk on the Wild Side” – Publishers Weekly Reed was always at the forefront of American avant-garde music, beginning with creation of the Velvet Underground in 1965. “Transformer is an even more staggering brief than Wired (about John Belushi)” – Spin American Masters Promotion Rock and Roll Heart: Lou Reed. “A very readable portrait…Blending informed biographical narrative with abundant quotes and a dishy, conversational style, Bockris captures the many moods – and mood swings – of a true rock and roll chameleon” – Entertainment Weekly A never-before-seen outtake from Bowies 1997 interview for the American Masters film 'Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart.' Bowie speaks.
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“Transformer depicts the singer’s life as a series of death-defying second acts” – New York Times Book Review “Bockris’s new work is instantly recognizable as the heavyweight psychological powerplay Lou Reed’s legend deserves…Reed is effectively pinned like a butterfly” – Q Magazine Including previously unseen photographs and contributions from Lou’s innermost circle and collaborators that include similarly esteemed artists such as Andy Warhol and David Bowie, Transformer is as captivating and vivid a read as befits an American master. Except with Lou, you could never really know what might happen next… Through new interviews and photos, he reveals the many transformations of this larger-than-life character, including his final shift from Rock Monster to the Prince Charming he had always wanted to be in the twenty years he spent with the love of his life, Laurie Anderson. After being guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of the Velvet Underground, his solo career spanned several decades. Leading Lou Reed biographer, Victor Bockris - who knew Lou throughout the Rachel Years, from Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal to the Bells - updates his original biography in the wake of Lou’s death. Lewis Allan Lou Reed (Ma October 27, 2013) was an American rock musician and songwriter. Rippling underneath everything he did are Lou’s relationships with his various muses, from his college sweetheart to his three wives (and one drag queen). Transformer is based on Lou’s collaborations with the hardest and most romantic artists of his times, from John Cale, Andy Warhol, and Nico, through David Bowie, Robert Wilson, Laurie Anderson and the ghost of Edgar Alan Poe. His exact cause of death was not immediately revealed, but the AP said it was a 'liver-related ailment.' Earlier this year, he received a life-saving liver. The Guardian confirmed the report, citing Reed's agent.
It opens with the teenage electroshock treatments that dominated his memories of childhood and never stops revealing layer after layer of this complex and often anguished artist and man. Legendary musician Lou Reed has died, Rolling Stone reported on Sunday. Transformer: The Complete Lou Reed Story follows the great songwriter and singer through the series of transformations that define each period of his fifty year career.
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Now discover the true story of the Velvet Underground pioneer in this update of Bockris’s classic biography. Rock icon Lou Reed was treated extensively with the anti-Aids drug Interferon before his death, a top American pathologist has revealed.
Legendary songwriter and guitarist Lou Reed passed away on the 27th October 2013, but his musical influence is assured. © 2020 YMAA Publication Center, Inc.Transformer is the only complete and comprehensive telling of the Lou Reed story. and Now and American Masters Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart.