LET US NOW PPRAISE FAMOUS DEATH DWARVES

Ego? It may not be the greatest word of the 20th century, but it's sure the driving poison in the vitals of every popstar. Who else but Lou Reed would get himself fat as a pig, then hire the most cretinous band of teenage cortical cavities he could find to tote around the country on an all-time death drag tour?

March 1, 1975
Lester Bangs

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