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

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 ...

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 ...

BUY THE VELVET UNDERGROUND ULTIMATE MUSIC GUIDE HERE “What startling possibilities awaited us” When Lou Reed died in 2013, Uncut lovingly entered into an enterprise tinged with a certain irony.

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 ...