Lou Reed is arguably one of the greatest lyricists in the world, but there was no place for him on the Kiss album 'Destroyer' ...

Byrne says Reed wanted to sign Talking Heads to a management-production deal but they backed out because they thought they ...

Lou Reed is one of the greatest songwriters of all time, and these ten songs prove his unrelenting ability as a creative.

Chris Frantz similarly recalled the hang at Reed’s apartment in his memoir, writing that Reed used a “bent and blackened ...

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 ...

Discover the story behind Lou Reed's 'Perfect Day'—a love song tinged with melancholy and the legacy of a deeply flawed artist. From its minimalist lyrics to its profound emotions, this track remains ...

“Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart” (above), a 1998 entry in the PBS series “Amerian Masters,” follows the artist from childhood, through the Velvets and the ups and downs and ups of his solo ...

Lou Reed ‘s personal and professional archives will become part of the New York Public Library collection. The library announced the news today at a press conference at the Library for the ...

Lou Reed probably would be pissed off to see John Cale mentioned in the first sentence of his own appreciation. But the first thing I recalled when I heard the hard-to-process news of the Velvet ...

Lou then went on to marry Sylva Morales, and later Laurie Anderson. “Rachel as we know it, and as I’ve heard of it, died from AIDS in the early ‘90s,” says Lou Reed biographer Jeremy Reed.