Lou Reed is the face of the Velvet Underground. The band would not have had the impact that it did without the contributions ...

Need some inspiration for your band's name? Why not crack open the Kindle, head to the library or go browsing in your local ...

Founding member Lou Reed, alongside John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker, revealed the name’s origins in ...

For John Cale, Lou Reed, and The Velvet Underground, working alongside German vocalist Nico was rarely a harmonious affair, ...

Val Kilmer passed away on April 1, 2025. With his passing, some of his old social media posts have resurfaced, which included a hilarious story he told of a strange encounter with Lou Reed.

With him it’s all about the phrasing and the attitude of being Bob Dylan. I think Lou Reed is the same. Anyway, I got there eventually. We rely on reader subscriptions to deliver articles like ...

Lou Reed and John Lennon both had a tendency to border on the subversive. Though their chosen genres were quite different, they weren’t all that different as people. They both had their damage.

The great Mr. Fix-It, Lou Manfredini, joins Jon Hansen, filling in for John Williams, to tell us the projects we need to be working on this week. Lou says it’s time to think about ants! What do you ...

Lou Reed was one of those artists who just couldn’t be defined. And yet, his music has gone on to pull in interest from new and young listeners around the world. From his work as part of The ...

Lou Reed was the subject of countless cover songs over the years, some good, some bad, and some ugly. Reed left an incredible mark on the musical landscape. Forming The Velvet Underground alongside ...

whose actual gum is on my shoe — there's less excitement for John Williams than the Bluey Burger Dog picture disc and Taylor Swift "Fortnight" 7-inch featuring a pre-nineties-grunge-covers ...

LeftLion's Ria Serena recently had the enviable pleasure of seeing John Cale live, while he was on the road to promote his latest album, POPtical Illusion. The setlist featured selections from Paris ...