Lulu (Lou Reed and Metallica album)
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Heavy metal band Metallica and rock guitarist Lou Reed will release a currently untitled collaborative album on October 31, 2011 worldwide, and one day later on November 1 in North America.[1]
The conception of the collaboration project began in 2009 when both Metallica and Lou Reed performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 25th Anniversary Concert.[1] After that performance, the two entities began "kicking around the idea of making a record together,"[2] but didn't start working together until two years later. In February 2011, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett announced that in May 2011 the group would start working on something that's "not 100 percent a Metallica record. It's a recording project, let's put it that way."[3] The secret project was publicly revealed to be a collaboration with Lou Reed once the recording of the album had been completed in June 2011.[1]
Reed had composed a collection of songs for Lulu—a theatrical production of various stories originally written by the German playwright Frank Wedekind.[4] Reed presented the demos of these songs to the members of Metallica, and the group provided "significant arrangement contributions" to the material.[5] David Fricke of Rolling Stone heard at least two of the songs from the project in June 2011—"Pumping Blood" and "Mistress Dread"—and described their sound as a "raging union of [Reed's] 1973 noir classic, Berlin, and Metallica's '86 crusher, Master of Puppets."[5]
Personnel
- James Hetfield – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Robert Trujillo – bass, backing vocals
- Kirk Hammett – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Lars Ulrich – drums
- Lou Reed – guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals
References
- ^ a b c Kane, Tyler (August 19, 2011). "Lou Reed/Metallica Collaboration Gets a Release Date". Paste. Wolfgang's Vault. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Bojalad, Alec (June 16, 2011). "Metallica Records New Album with Lou Reed". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Sciarretto, Amy (February 15, 2011). "Metallica Working on a Project That Is 'Not 100 Percent a Metallica Record'". Noisecreep. AOL. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ Thiessen, Brock (August 19, 2011). "Metallica and Lou Reed Set Release Date for Collaborative Album". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ a b Fricke, David (June 15, 2011). "Exclusive: Metallica and Lou Reed Join Forces on New Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
