Lou Reed was the victim of categorisation. It would be a sore point throughout his career but on March 20th, Lou Reed was too ...

Friends, rivals, and collaborators, Bowie respected Reed not just as a great songwriter, but as an ambassador for a very specific version of New York City.

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, director of the feature documentary film “Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart,” confirmed Reed’s death today to USA Today. Reed had a liver transplant in May ...

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.

that would have been more than enough for inclusion into the rock ‘n’ roll pantheon. His Animal Serenade captures a concert at the Wiltern in 2003 but the last time I saw Lou Reed perform in L ...

Every town has that guy. You know, the one with all the unbelievable stories, like the time they escorted Lou Reed to a methadone clinic; or visited Iggy Pop in Berlin in 1978, where he got cozy ...

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 ...