Both Dick Wagner & Steve Hunter were really more like studio musicians that played with Lou Reed occasionally. They also played with KISS & Alice Cooper, though they were members of bands at various times in their earlier careers that they played with regularly.
When I saw Hunter, I could only think of Hunter Biden, LOL. Not even sure I noticed Wagner. I didn't usually pay much attention to folks like them, because I wasn't a big purchaser of music so I wouldn't have read any of the linear notes. I would get my music by taping music off the radio, then transferring the songs I liked onto another tape. Sometimes I wouldn't even know who did the song if they didn't state it or I never captured it on tape. Sometimes my friends will state the name or group, & I would know that way.🤣
R and R A is a product of those two axemen
They make those songs and brought great live and live sounding rock to Lou’s more subtle banana era work same songs
I count that album a top ten for me
All those were 7-9 year old VU numbers and yes I value the VU
today many dismiss them as elementary
I’m very familiar with Wagner and Hunter
Lou also was smart enough to use mick Ronson on Transformer
You can hear him on it
Mott and Bowie sounding
I think Bowie played acoustic on it some
Alice knew good guitarists when he saw them
Buxton
Johnstone
That girl he uses now ain’t chopped liver
Btw VU had a lot more than just Lou in my opinion anyhow
Nico lol looked better than she sang