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The Canonization of Lou Reed

There were at least three Lou Reeds. First and most enduring was the front man of the Velvet Underground, the greaser poet from Long Island who had a cabbie’s voice and a knack for writing songs about drugs and sex and salvation that sounded like the gutter side of 1960s rock. Then came Reed the freelance auteur, churning out spotty solo albums and delivering gnomic anti-interviews to the press. (This same Reed licensed songs to The Simpsons and Beverly Hills 90210, and appeared in ads for Ameri ....

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Half goddess, half icicle, Nico was the Warhol muse who inspired the 'sexcess' of rock's most outrageous band - The Velvet Underground, writes DYLAN JONES

DYLAN JONES: When Andy Warhol and his entourage - his Superstars - hit a New York nightspot, they took centre stage: a raucous, cross-dressing, wired up, spaced out collection of freaks. ....

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The Velvet Underground: 'Every part of their story is extremely powerful' – The Irish Times

Lou Reed and John Cale’s pioneering band created modern music, according to David Bowie, whose biographer has now chronicled their group and their legacy ....

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Greatest American rock band of all time: 14 best groups ever from USA

What is the greatest American-born rock band of all time? It sounds like an easy enough question, but my goodness, it is anything but that. ....

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