Conspirator
Metallica
The band. Lulu, 2011: our score, reinterpreted, and I played on every track.
Metallica is the American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1981 by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich; in 2011 the lineup was Hetfield, Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo. Lulu, its album with Lou Reed, was recorded from April to June 2011 at the band’s headquarters in San Rafael, California, and released on October 31, 2011. Its ten songs are based on the songs Reed wrote for Robert Wilson’s Berliner Ensemble production of Lulu. It was Reed’s last studio album.
A double-cd rendering of the entire collaboration between Lou Reed and Metallica, I was excited to have the opportunity to not only see our score reinterpreted by one of the greatest bands of all time, but also to play on every track.
Sarth Calhoun, sarth.net, November 6, 2011
Lulu
After I got back from Berlin, we took the project to San Francisco and recorded it with them. They completely reinterpreted all the stuff. I play electronics on every track of Lulu; “Junior Dad” began as a recording at Lou’s apartment. Then I played the first live performances of the material with them: Later… with Jools Holland in London on November 8, 2011, Taratata in Paris on November 9, and five songs at the WDR Funkhaus in Cologne on November 11.
The creditSarth Calhoun plays electronics on every track of Lulu by Lou Reed and Metallica (2011), which grew from the score he wrote with Reed for Robert Wilson’s Lulu, and performed it with the band on Later… with Jools Holland (November 8, 2011), Taratata (November 9) and at the WDR Funkhaus, Cologne (November 11).
My thoughts
The profile is from public sources, linked where they appear. What we made is the record on this site and the sources cited above.