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Rick Wakeman seated next to a globe in 1972
“David Bowie was an absolute genuis”: Rick Wakeman’s epic tales of sessions with Bowie, Bolan, Lou Reed and more

By Dom Lawson Published

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

Interviews
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"Mercurial, contradictory, vaulting from throwaway garage-candy to high art concepts and back again": The 20 best solo songs by Lou Reed

By Chris Roberts Published

Lou Reed's body of work grew from uncertain beginnings through a prolific and wildly diverse 70s surge and a late 80s revival

Bands & Artists
Lou Reed and Joan As Police Woman
"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

By Niall Doherty Published

The two were performing together at a Neil Young tribute concert

Interviews
The Killers in the 00s
"We were scared to death about working with him": The Killers on the time they recorded a song with Lou Reed

By Niall Doherty Published

The Las Vegas indie-rockers worked with Reed on their track Tranquilize

Tracks & Singles
Lou Reed studio portrait
The Lou Reed albums you should definitely own... and one to avoid

By Paul Elliott Last updated

Buying guide 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

Buying guide
David Bowie, Ian McKellern as Gandalf, WASP’s Blackie Lawless and The Terminator
10 rock stars who missed out on their dream movie roles

By Paul Travers Published

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

Interviews
Images of books
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

By Scott Rowley Published

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

Bands & Artists
Lou Reed smoking a cigarette
12 examples of the songwriting genius of Lou Reed that aren't Perfect Day or Walk On The Wild Side

By Ian Fortnam Published

Twelve Lou Reed tracks for the connoisseur, charting his journey from black-clad street poet to ornery elder statesman

Bands & Artists
Lou Reed and David Bowie
"Don't you EVER say that to me!" Lou Reed and David Bowie once had a fist-fight in a London restaurant and it got very, very ugly

By Paul Brannigan Published

When the Thin White Duke met Lou Reed's fists of fury

Bands & Artists
The covers of Rainbow’s Rising, Lou Reed’s Transformer, Meat Loaf’s Bat Out Of Hell and Foo Fighters’ The Colour And The Shape
20 bands whose second album is the best thing they ever did

By Classic Rock Published

The bands who defied the sophomore slump to deliver the greatest albums of their career

Albums
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