Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
Metal Machine Music , Lou Reed

Straight in the bin , dreadful

To be fair I think he was off his head on heroin , speed and coke
Apparently Joy Division's Ian Curtis genuinely loved Metal Machine Music and played it over and over.

Not sure whether Lou was trying to make an innovative ambient punk noise here or just annoy his record company. At the time RCA were forced to withdraw MMM from shops after matter of weeks.