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 ...

Rock and Roll Heart isn’t bad ... OK – now we’re talking about a more typical Lou Reed number. Oddly enough, it comes off another of his more accessible, upbeat albums – Sally Can ...

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.

It featured guest appearances from Johnny Marr, Fontaines D.C. and Bobby Gillespie but Perrett’s rock’n’roll credentials ... he recalled his encounters with Lou Reed in the early 70s ...

The original lineup led by Lou ... Reed (which saw a couple of changes before the band broke up in the early ‘70s) made only four albums, but they helped shape the course that punk, art and ...

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 ...