Events

[TRIBUTE] March 2, 2017 would have been Lou Reed’s 75th birthday. “When a famous rock star dies, there’s a natural tendency among fans and journalists alike to overstate the late figure’s importance: the former out of grief, the latter because it makes better copy. In Lou Reed’s case, that’s almost impossible to do, just as it’s almost impossible to imagine what rock music might sound like had the Velvet Underground never existed,” stated the Guardian website when Reed died in 2013. Each year since his death, Nietzsche’s has held a tribute to Reed, not on his death day, but on his birthday. This year’s event, dubbed Waves of Fear will feature five local rock bands, Dark Marbles, Tremendo, The Good, Bad Ronald, Stationwagon, and the Irving Klaws, who will parse through Reed’s vast discography—from his work with the Velvet Underground, his collaborations, and his solo work—and pick out what they think represents the best of the man who has influenced them all. Waves of Fear takes place this Friday, March 3.