What gave Lou Reed volcanic power over four decades of ... And then upped the ante with a simply titled (“Heroin”) number about shooting up that critic Ellen Willis astutely recognized as ...

Critical reaction to 'Lulu,' Lou Reed's new collaborative album ... "(They) are threatening to shoot me, and that's only because I showed up," Reed says. "They haven't even heard the record ...

Lou Reed liked to play off his sexuality as being ... every junkie is the same. Whether shooting up in a back room at Andy Warhol’s factory or a skid row hotel, the feeling of the drug ...

Reed simulated shooting heroin during concerts, cursed out journalists and once slugged David Bowie when Bowie suggested he clean up his life. "Lou Reed is the guy that gave dignity and poetry and ...

Photographer Ed Rosenbaum Talks His 'Golden Years' Shooting Bowie, Queen, Lou Reed & More In The 1970s By Ben Yakas Published Nov 11, 2016 Modified Nov 11, 2016 Share Never miss a story ...

And Lou Reed was its ambiguous sovereign ... passed-out drunk or shooting up. Both Kronstad and Humphreys, the romantic partner who succeeded her, feel more alive on the page than Reed, who ...