Chuck Hammer
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"Chuck Hammer" is an American guitarist and Emmy nominated digital film composer, known for seminal guitar/synth/guitar-synth with Lou Reed, David Bowie, and Guitarchitecture.

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As an artist, Hammer is best known for his Guitarchitecture recordings, though he is also widely regarded as an influential soundtrack composer, having scored approximately 300 documentary films. He is currently developing a series of improvisational live recordings.

He attended State University of New York at Buffalo, studying classical guitar with Oswald Rantucci, jazz with Archie Shepp, and attended lectures presented by Karlheinz Stockhausen. Hammer was also a part of the Lou Reed Band that hosted the June 1979 concerts at The Bottom Line in New York City that included Don Cherry.

He was born in New York City.

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