is completely upstaged by sensational turns from Reed and Nico. Lou takes the lead on covers of three songs from The Velvet Underground And Nico?a fantastically cool, slowed-down and slovenly "I'm ...

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 ...

By then both were former members of The Velvet Underground, after separately falling out with Lou Reed. “I think Nico saw The Marble Index as a chance to be taken seriously, which she craved ...

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 ...

Lou Reed grew up in Long Island, New York. During his teens, he received electroshock treatment for depression, and would later cite the experience as damaging and transformative. He formed the ...