Bangs once slagged off
Lou Reed in one of his articles, accusing him of selling out the awesome promise of the
Velvet Underground with his second
LP "
Transformer" (1972).
Reed's retort was surely the most conclusive settling of any argument in the history of humankind.
"He's fat and he's got a moustache," he said. "I wouldn't shit in Lester's nose".
Brilliant.