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 ...

Hear Keith Richards Cover Lou Reed's 'I'm Waiting for the Man' Hear Keith Richards Cover Lou Reed's 'I'm Waiting for the Man' Track is part of an upcoming tribute album to Reed.

Lou Reed, who died yesterday at age 71 ... Lester Bangs or listen to Reed’s between-song harangues on his 1978 album Take No Prisoners). He imbued rock music with gravity, menace, and insolence.

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 ...

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 ...