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Transformer: The Lou Reed Story
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It's a pretty intense bio about Lou, warts and all.…more

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Andy
May 16, 2014 rated it really liked it
When I first started singing in a band I was so scared that the only way I could get through it was by exercising my cerebral talisman, saying, "Just pretend you're Lou Reed and you can't sing in tune but you're cool as fuck". Needless to say it got me through a few rehearsals until I found my own voice which ironically enough was described by critics as "monotonous and one-note", kinda like you-know-who.

Transformer is the story of a rock star so reprehensible he makes Frankie Fane from "The Osc
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Rebecca
Nov 08, 2008 rated it liked it
Shelves: rock-bios
Never was a Lou Reed fan but his life is more interesting than his music.
He is a warped little bully, he builds people up only to destroy them when he is tired of them.
I know too many people like him with less talent.
Can't stop reading this book.
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Teresa
Feb 24, 2015 marked it as to-read
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