Lou Reed was a great writer both as a solo artist and for The Velvet Underground, but there was one song he simply couldn't ...

The Raven Reed dipped into the Poe archives as well as his own back-catalog for this beautifully executed concept album. The Velvet Underground The subject matter was dark and sensual, Reed balancing ...

Lou Reed is one of the finest songwriters America has ever produced, and along the way he inadvertently inspired Canada's greatest writer, Leonard Cohen.

In the new oral history Loaded: The Life (And Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground, veteran culture journalist Dylan Jones gives us swirls of vivid eyewitness reports, provocative opinions and ...

“To me, Lou stood out,” Richards said in a statement. “The real deal! Something important to American music and to ALL MUSIC! I miss him and his dog.” About Richards’ “I’m Waiting for the Man” Video ...

Former Velvet Underground singer underwent a liver transplant in May. Oct. 27, 2013 — -- Lou Reed has died at the age of 71, the legendary rock singer's publicist confirmed today to ABC News. The ...

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 Velvet ...

On Sunday, legendary rocker Lou Reed passed away at the age of 71. (MORE: Rock Legend Lou Reed Dead at 71) Reed embodied New York cool and the downtown culture of the 1960s and ’70s. His influence — ...

To write about Lou Reed is to fight with Lou Reed. It is difficult to say, however, who started what, and there is more than a little evidence that the sourness of rock males and their broadsheets ...