After three outstanding albums of boundary-pushing and transgressive proto-punk, there came a point where Lou Reed grew frustrated with the band's direction.

Founding member Lou Reed, alongside John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker, revealed the name’s origins in ...

Lou Reed is the face of the Velvet Underground. The band would not have had the impact that it did without the contributions ...

The original lineup led by Lou Reed (which saw a couple of changes before ... Their debut album, 1967’s ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico,’ includes songs about drug addicts, transvestites ...

On the release of a new compilation of Lou Reed’s 1960s compositions at Pickwick Records ... John Doran argues that the Velvet Underground only really hit their true peak after they lost Nico, Warhol ...

The work of rock legend Lou Reed is paradigmatic for these interwoven levels of meaning ... mainly produced by Warhol, The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967). In these circles, pop culture mixed with ...