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Metal Machine Music is a two-disc LP (now audio CD) by Lou Reed. It was released by R.C.A. RecordsRCA is a trademark used by three now separate companies descended from a common ancestor: the Radio Corporation of America . Various product lines and business interests of these companies now carry the RCA brand. History of RCA During World War I the pat in 1975. The album was re-released by BMGBertelsmann is a transnational media corporation founded in 1835, based in Gutersloh, Germany. Corporate divisions are the European broadcaster RTL Group, the Gruner und Jahr (G+J) magazine publisher (biggest in Europe and second biggest world wide), the in 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting and again by Buddha in 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri.
In its original form, the four tracks each lasted 16:01 minutes. The album consists primarily of guitar feedback. It is generally considered to be either a joke, a begrudging fulfillment of a contractual obligation, or an early example of experimental noise rock.
In an interview with rock journalist Lester Bangs, Reed claimed that he had intentionally placed sonic allusions to classical works like Beethoven's Eroica and Pastoral in the distortion. It is not clear whether he was being serious.
