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Before Lou Reed formed The Velvet Underground, he worked as an in-house songwriter for Pickwick Records. Songs he wrote from that mid-’60s era, recorded by artists including The Primitives (with Reed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lou Reed performing at the Paradise Theater (now the Paradise Rock Club) in Boston, Massachusetts, 8th March 1978. In 1975, Lou ...

Before co-founding the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed was a staff songwriter for other artists at Pickwick Records. Now, his mid-1960s songs, performed by assorted artists on the label (with occasional ...

Beyond his edgy, poetic lyrical explorations that often profiled the dark side of humanity, the late Lou Reed experimented with sonic textures throughout his music career—including on his final solo ...

When Lou Reed released Metal Machine Music in 1975, many people were confused. Many more were upset, feeling that they were tricked or cheated somehow. The album was Reed’s foray into avant-garde ...

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 Nico ...

In 1973, Lou Reed was interested in the future. He had released his debut solo album the previous year and had no plans to let his previous band, the Velvet Underground, define his entire career. But ...

Last month the Lou Reed tribute album The Power Of The Heart, assembled by producer Bill Bentley, was announced. Keith Richards' take on "I'm Waiting For The Man," Rufus Wainwright's rendition of ...