The Velvet Underground legend Lou Reed lived a wild life. One crazy night in London, an unlikely cult hero became his drug ...

Lou Reed got his start in the ‘60s fronting the Velvet Underground, the influential noise-rock band that was a commercial bomb but has since become one of rock’s most important groups.

If you're like me, when you think of Lou Reed, you think of his seminal band the Velvet Underground first and foremost. There's a good reason for that. The Velvet Underground is among the greatest ...

Nobody was safe from Lou Reed’s scorn, and that includes The Doors. You’ll notice a pattern here. Reed was really not into West Coast rocker stardom, and The Doors were the kings of that realm ...

These three famous rock stars were heavily influenced by jazz, and even diehard fans may not know how deep that influence ...

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 ...

he recalled his encounters with Lou Reed in the early 70s, unwittingly becoming his supplier of hash. “I was a big Velvet Underground fan, but the original incarnation never toured England,” Perrett ...