Lou Reed Dead/Albright

[Bob Morris]

>"Sister Ray" opened the door for thirty years of punk and hip hop. I'd
argue that, together, Jimi and Lou created the basic vocabulary of
multinational music, a.k.a. hip hop.

Let's not forget Kraftwerk, who simultaneously paved the way towards disco
=and= electronica.  Light years ahead of their time.  Still are.  Just like
the Velvets.

Among other the precursors to punk were the MC5, Stooges, and New York
Dolls.

(Wayne Kramer, of the MC5, has released several excellent CDs the past few
years, just assembled an excellent anthology called "Beyond Cyberpunk", and
gigs in L.A..  Iggy, amazingly, is still alive.  David Johansen is now in a
blues band - I saw the CD at Tower! )