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Members
1 Male
Origin
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Genre
Rock
Style
Rock/Pop
Mood
Intense
Born
1 MaleOrigin
Brooklyn, New York, USAGenre
RockStyle
Rock/PopMood
IntenseBorn
1942
Active
1964 to 
2013
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Alternate Name
Lou Reed & John Cale
Most Loved Tracks5 users
Lou Reed - Satellite of Love4 users
Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side4 users
Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side4 users
Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side4 users
Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
Music Video Links Walk on the Wild Side |  Ecstasy |  Don't Talk to Me About... |
 Dirty Blvd. |  The View | My Red Joystick |
 No Money Down |
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Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed (2 March 1942, Brooklyn, New York, USA - 27 October 2013, Southampton, New York, USA) was an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He was best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his solo career, which spanned several decades. Though the Velvet Underground were a commercial failure in the late 1960s, the group gained a considerable cult following in the years since its demise and has gone on to become one of the most widely cited and influential bands of the era. As the Velvet Underground's principal songwriter, Reed wrote about subjects of personal experience that rarely had been examined so openly in rock and roll, including sexuality and drug culture.
After his departure from the group, Reed began a solo career in 1971. He had a hit the following year with "Walk on the Wild Side", although he subsequently lacked the mainstream commercial success its chart status seemed to indicate. Reed's work as a solo artist frustrated critics wishing for a return of the Velvet Underground. In 1975, Reed released a double album of feedback loops, Metal Machine Music, upon which he later commented, "No one is supposed to be able to do a thing like that and survive."
In 2008, Reed married performance artist Laurie Anderson.
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