Peraino With Lou Reed’s wavering tenor and jangling guitar ... as most were, in Warhol’s handwriting. The initials “A.W.” were scrawled on the first side, and “Philosophy Songs (from ...

Featuring the earliest known renditions of several Velvet Underground classics, this archival set of acoustic demos highlights a formative period in Lou Reed and John Cale’s artistic partnership.

Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music was more than an hour of feedback and noise with no noticeable structure. A new tribute album called Metal Machine Muzak interprets the spirit behind that work.

At the end of that night’s second set, Lou Reed, put down his guitar, informed manager Steve Sesnick that he was quitting the band, and left Max’s with his parents who drove him back to the family ...

New York (AFP) – Rock pioneer and poet Lou Reed began writing a book in 2009 on an art at the heart of his lifestyle: tai chi. But the project went unfinished, remaining a collection of ...

Early in the movie Almost Famous, the gruff journalist Lester Bangs sizes up the young music writer William Miller with a litmus test: “And you like Lou Reed?” William, at once cocky and ...