Lou Reed’s albums didn’t top the charts. But his influence, as well as that of his band The Velvet Underground, is far more profound than commercial success. It’s not hard to trace Reed’s fingerprints ...

Saint John’s Eve is a big deal in my hometown of Porto, in Portugal. The night of June 23rd into the 24th marks the peak of midsummer festivities and coincides with the celebration of the city’s ...

“Follow the dotted line,” Lou Reed grumbled at me in 2004. “Look, put all the songs together and it’s certainly an autobiography – just not necessarily mine. I write about other people, tell stories, ...

Nobody was safe from Lou Reed’s scorn, and that includes The Doors. You’ll notice a pattern here. Reed was really not into West Coast rocker stardom, and The Doors were the kings of that realm for a ...

In Hear This, The A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week, we’re picking songs that saw an artist bounce back after releasing a dud of a record. Lou Reed spent much of ...

Higgins' Lou Reed / Velvet Underground passion project is published In his new book, 'Sweet, Wild and Vicious: Listening to Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground,' Milwaukee's Jim Higgins does a deep ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Famously frightening and unpredictable: Lou Reed in London, 1982 - TPLP/Getty Images When you put on Lou Reed’s 1975 album Metal ...