and it was about to be totally overshadowed by one of Lou’s two best albums. But in hindsight, Lou Reed is a pretty good album, filled with Velvet songs that the band had played live but had ...

Lou Reed might have been a massive fan of Bob Dylan, but that didn't mean he wasn't afraid of taking the mick out of his distinctive vocal style.

While 'Berlin' is often considered to be Lou Reed's storytelling opus, the artist himself thought he beat that decades later with one unlikely collaboration.

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.

“For ages in the ‘70s I tried my hardest not to sound like Lou Reed,” he continued ... Listen to one of best cuts from The Cleansing below: ...

Reed took home one Grammy Award during his career of nearly five decades, for best long-form music video in 1999 for “Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart.” After divorcing British designer Sylvia ...

Lou Reed now has two, too ... Mac cover album Just Tell Me That You Want Me (2012), where young bands like Best Coast and Tame Impala had fun with their parents’ record collection.

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 ...