Lou Reed
Lou Reed was an American rock musician and songwriter, best known as the frontman of the Velvet Underground and for solo work including "Walk on the Wild Side." His stark, literary lyrics explored urban life, drug use, and transgressive sexuality.
Reed's influence on punk, art rock, and alternative music is foundational: Every band that matters owes something to Lou Reed.
Seminal New York rock group
- BerlinGermany's largest city
- New YorkNortheastern metropolis and state
- LuluFeminine nickname, often playful
- guitaristOne who plays six strings
The Raven · songwriter · vocalist · producer · solo artist
Testing new methods
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
- feedbackReturned response data
- droneUnmanned flying machine
- dissonanceLack of harmony
abrasive · challenging · unconventional · boundary-pushing · literary · spoken word · Poe · collaboration
Flamboyant seventies musical style
- art rockExperimental, ambitious guitar-based music
- alternativeAnother available choice
- indieProduced outside majors
- BowieScottish family name
Iggy Pop · Patti Smith · Talking Heads · R.E.M. · Nirvana · Joy Division · Morrissey · provocateur
NYC's densest borough
- Lower East SideManhattan district below Houston
- CBGBDefunct Bowery music venue
- WarholPop art icon
- Greenwich VillageManhattan's bohemian quarter
subway · street poetry · urban decay · grit · neon · hustlers · junkies · drag queens
Velvet Underground
Seminal New York rock group
- BerlinGermany's largest city
- New YorkNortheastern metropolis and state
- LuluFeminine nickname, often playful
The Raven · guitarist · songwriter · vocalist · producer · solo artist
experimental
Testing new methods
dissonance · abrasive · challenging · unconventional · boundary-pushing · literary · spoken word · Poe · collaboration · multimedia
glam rock
Flamboyant seventies musical style
- art rockExperimental, ambitious guitar-based music
- alternativeAnother available choice
- indieProduced outside majors
Bowie · Iggy Pop · Patti Smith · Talking Heads · R.E.M. · Nirvana · Joy Division · Morrissey · provocateur · iconoclast
Manhattan
NYC's densest borough
- Lower East SideManhattan district below Houston
- CBGBDefunct Bowery music venue
- WarholPop art icon
Greenwich Village · subway · street poetry · urban decay · grit · neon · hustlers · junkies · drag queens · downtown
- songwritersBob Dylan, songwriter, lyricists, composer, lyricist
- Poet-RockersBob Dylan, Patti Smith, Jim Morrison, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave
- Andy WarholPop Art, Marilyn Monroe, silkscreen, soup cans, silk screens
- Counterculture IconsTimothy Leary, Ken Kesey, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Huey Newton
- Glam RockT. Rex, David Bowie, Sweet, glitter, platform boots
- Jewish MusiciansLeonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Barbra Streisand, Benny Goodman
Lou ReedBarry Manilow
Michael Bolton · Celine Dion · Kenny G · Air Supply · James Taylor
Lou ReedJohn Denver
Pat Boone · wholesome · Donny Osmond · The Carpenters · Olivia Newton-John
Lou ReedPat Boone
Donny Osmond · Wayne Newton · Tony Bennett · Cliff Richard · Garth Brooks