Transformer: A Story of Glitter, Glam Rock, and Loving Lou Reed

by Simon Doonan

Book Overview

In this funny and poignant memoir and cultural history, the television personality, columnist, and author of Drag pays homage to Lou Reed's groundbreaking album Transformer on its fiftieth anniversary and recalls its influence on his coming of age and coming out through glam rock.

In November 1972, Lou Reed released his album, Transformer because he thought it was "dreary for gay people to have to listen to straight people's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0063259516
• ISBN13: 9780063259515
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.4"