Lou Reed was one of those artists who just couldn’t be defined. And yet, his music has gone on to pull in interest from new and young listeners around the world. From his work as part of The ...

In the wake of Val Kilmer’s death Tuesday, April 1 from pneumonia at 65, some of his old tweets about his encounters with classic rockers have resurfaced and gone viral. Kilmer famously portrayed the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...