Lou Reed was the victim of categorisation. It would be a sore point throughout his career but on March 20th, Lou Reed was too ...

Lou Reed has always been a huge Bob Dylan fan, with a 1963 cover of his song 'Don't Think Twice, It's Alright' representing ...

They were teenagers when they blew up, inspiring hope that Gen Z just might pick up the guitar-music torch after all. Now, ...

Lou Reed got his start in the ‘60s fronting the Velvet Underground, the influential noise-rock band that was a commercial bomb but has since become one of rock’s most important groups.

What happened to the members of the Velvet Underground? Sterling Morrison quit the band and launched a new life in Texas. His ...

Look!” Scott Dudelson exclaims as he points to John Coltrane, Prince, Stevie Wonder, and Lou Reed vinyl albums displayed on ...

Lou Reed was indisputably one of the most provocative musicians the rock world has known, releasing songs about heroin abuse and sadomasochism on his very first album ("The Velvet Underground and ...

If you're like me, when you think of Lou Reed, you think of his seminal band the Velvet Underground first and foremost. There ...

In an interview with The New Cue last year, for example, he recalled his encounters with Lou Reed in the early 70s, unwittingly becoming his supplier of hash. “I was a big Velvet Underground fan ...

Lou Reed hung up his boots in 2017 after getting fed up with the wear and tear the gruelling sport had on his body. The former Scarlets and Cardiff star now passes the time by being a heavy for ...

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 ...