For a minute there in the early 1970s, they tried calling Lou Reed the “Phantom of Rock.” It might have been a better fit for Peter Laughner. Since the Cleveland singer/songwriter/guitarist’s death in 1977, the Rocket From the Tombs and Pere Ubu member has been a spectral presence in the underground, more heard of than heard. Laughner only made it to his 24th year. But he packed an unbelievable amount of musical activity into that brief span of time – and we’re finally getting a full portrait of the man via a long-in-the-works five-disc collection from Smog Veil Records, simply titled “Peter Laughner.” It was worth the wait.
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Let Me Take You To The Empty Place: An Incomplete Story of Peter Laughner and Television (Slight Return)
Cleveland guitarist/singer/songwriter/scenemaker Peter Laughner , best known for co-founding Rocket From The Tombs and Pere Ubu, died at far too young an age in 1977. But he managed to pack an astonishing […]