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

“Bob Dylan can turn a phrase, man,” Reed said in a statement of deep admiration for the way Dylan pieces his words together. Beyond even just being inspirational, Reed seemed to find it almost ...

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.

If it’s drama you’re after, well, songs don’t get much more dramatic than ‘God Only Knows’, a masterpiece that Reed ranked among his 100 favourite songs of all time. It not only sings of devotion—it ...

Mary Lou Reed, a lifelong champion of conservation, human rights, arts, and education, is approaching her 95th birthday this year. This tribute is a celebration of her enduring contributions alongside ...

Early on in “The White Lotus,” Chelsea, portrayed by Aimee Lou Reed, tells her curmudgeonly boyfriend Rick (Walton Goggins) ...

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.

Lou Reed, portrait, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1972. (Photo Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns) The Top Gun star also recounted a similarly uncomfortable meeting with Lou Reed, the onetime frontman of the ...

The late, great Lou Reed’s long, twisty solo career was full of peaks and valleys. One of the peaks came in 1982, when Reed got together with the former Richard Hell guitarist Robert Quine and ...

Though known for their heaviness, there is one song in the Metallica catalog that has moved Kirk Hammett to tears.

Lou Reed has recorded two new songs inspired by the documentary film Nanking. The songs 'Gravity' and 'Safety Zone' can be streamed on Reed's website. Nanking focuses on the "Nanking Massacre" which ...

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 ...