The horrific but cathartic eighth track from 1982's junkie's journal The Blue Mask renders the psychosis of drug paranoia in its most visceral terms, with a harrowed-sounding Reed half-screaming the ...

Salman Rushdie reveals Lou Reed told him famous song was intended for a musical - The British author was speaking on BBC ...

When an artist the stature of Lou Reed passes (as he did on October 27, 2013, at the age of 71), it is inevitable that people will reflect back on their experiences with that artist. For most of us, ...

New York in a fresh new artistic light with the Velvet Underground, Reed returned to the city for a harsh assessment in 1989.

On Sunday, legendary rocker Lou Reed passed away at the age of 71. (MORE: Rock Legend Lou Reed Dead at 71) Reed embodied New York cool and the downtown culture of the 1960s and ’70s. His influence — ...

"Sweet, Wild and Vicious: Listening to Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground" by Jim Higgins In 2023, a decade after the death of Lou Reed — songwriter, singer, guitarist, mercurial rock ‘n’ roll change ...

“Follow the dotted line,” Lou Reed grumbled at me in 2004. “Look, put all the songs together and it’s certainly an autobiography – just not necessarily mine. I write about other people, tell stories, ...

(AP) Lou Reed wasn’t as much as hit maker as he was a rock ‘n’ roll poet who influenced and inspired generations of musicians and artists. His one Top 20 hit, 1972’s “Walk on the Wild Side,” tops this ...

Lou Reed, best known as the frontman of The Velvet Underground, originally crafted "Walk On The Wild Side" for a musical that never came to fruition. Rushdie recounted, "Originally, it was written to ...