Lou Reed proved across his career that he was capable of pushing himself to his creative limit, but even some things were out ...

The Velvet Underground's Lou Reed wasn't always one to play nice with other musicians... and journalists as a whole.

One of the messiest Lou Reed songs he ever wrote, 'Pale Blue Eyes' instead showed a man whose pain formed a large aspect of ...

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.

Velvet Underground leader got into the habit of throwing house parties in West London, and always made sure one man was ...

I tried to evade it but it’s impossible,” joked David Bowie on turning 50. A day after celebrating his 50th birthday quietly with friends and family on January 8, Bowie held a star-studded birthday ...

The saying summarises the profound influence of The Velvet Underground, which included songwriter Lou Reed, guitarist Sterling Morrison, Welsh musician John Cale and drummer Moe Tucker.

Alec Tiffou is a student playwright for Matchbox Productions. His past two plays, Daddy Longlegs and Moth, have ran sold-out ...

The Eagles have only one album. Fleetwood Mac have two. Supply and demand. Lou Reed now has two, too, following the release ...

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 ...

On the release of a new compilation of Lou Reed’s 1960s compositions at Pickwick Records, Wayne Gooderham surveys the sprawling solo career that was to come later, and picks out ten key tracks that ...