Latest about Lou Reed
"No guitar solos! No belly dancing music!" Metallica's Kirk Hammett looks back on working with Lou Reed
"Lulu means so much to me for a number of reasons.", Kirk Hammett states
The punk cult hero who unwittingly became Lou Reed’s drug dealer
The ex-Velvet Underground leader got into the habit of throwing house parties in West London, and always made sure one man was invited
How Lou Reed made the defining album of his career
Rudderless after the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed ditched New York for London and hooked up with David Bowie: The rest is history
“David Bowie was an absolute genuis”: Rick Wakeman’s epic tales of sessions with Bowie, Bolan, Lou Reed and more
Former Yes keyboard maestro Rick Wakeman has played with rock’s great and good over the years – and he’s got the memories to prove it
"Mercurial, contradictory, vaulting from throwaway garage-candy to high art concepts and back again": The 20 best solo songs by Lou Reed
Lou Reed's body of work grew from uncertain beginnings through a prolific and wildly diverse 70s surge and a late 80s revival
"I got dared to go further, by Lou Reed!": Joan As Police Woman on how Lou Reed gave her the best advice of her career
The two were performing together at a Neil Young tribute concert
"We were scared to death about working with him": The Killers on the time they recorded a song with Lou Reed
The Las Vegas indie-rockers worked with Reed on their track Tranquilize
The Lou Reed albums you should definitely own... and one to avoid
Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground influenced multiple generations of musicians, from David Bowie to punk rock, metal and beyond. These are his best albums
10 rock stars who missed out on their dream movie roles
David Bowie in The Lord Of The Rings? John Lydon in Quadrophenia? WASP’s Blackie Lawless as The Terminator? These are the Oscar-winning performances that never were
How the CIA inspired Firestarter, why Axl Rose hates JD Salinger, David Bowie’s Orwell musical and why Jimmy Savile was the first ever club DJ: The books and stories that influenced classic songs
How books by Hemingway, Stephen King, the Marquis De Sade etc influenced Metallica, Nirvana, Iron Maiden, Kate Bush, The Prodigy, The Jam, David Bowie and more
