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Lou Reed

Lou Reed

Background information
Birth nameLewis Allan Reed
BornMarch 2, 1942 (1942-03-02) (age 65)
OriginBrooklyn, New York
Genre(s)Rock, protopunk, glam rock, noise rock, folk-rock, art rock
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, keyboard, piano, harmonica
Years active1965–present
Label(s)MGM, RCA
Associated
acts		The Velvet Underground, John Cale, Nico
Websitewww.loureed.org

Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed (born March 2, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Reed first found prominence as the guitarist and principal singer-songwriter of The Velvet Underground (1965 - 1973). The band gained relatively little notice during its life, but is widely considered by some to be one of the seeds of alternative rock music. As the Velvets’ principal songwriter, Reed wrote about subjects such as sadism and masochism ("Venus in Furs"), transvestites ("Sister Ray"), heroin addiction ("Heroin", and "I'm Waiting for the Man"), and transsexuals undergoing lobotomies ("Lady Godiva's Operation"). As a guitarist, he made use of distortion, volume-driven feedback, and nonstandard tunings.

Reed began a long and eclectic solo career in 1971. He had a hit the following year with "Walk on the Wild Side", though for more than a decade he seemed to willfully evade mainstream commercial success. One of rock's most volatile personalities, Reed's work as a solo artist has frustrated critics wishing for a return of the Velvet Underground. The most notable example is 1975's infamous double LP of recorded feedback loops, Metal Machine Music, upon which Reed later commented, "no one is supposed to be able to do a thing like that and survive." By the late 1980s, however, Reed had won wide recognition as an elder statesman of rock.


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    Via ESPN.com:"The 45-year-old Sutter will be the Devils' 14th coach in 26 seasons in New Jersey, and he will try next season to become the first to finish a season since Pat Burns in 2003-04."

    Lou Dobbs talking about the plans for the United States, or rather the plans to end the United States as we know it.

    This may once and for all prove that Columbus was NOT first - merely a fool who couldn't read a map ..."The Abora III, a vessel built of reeds, departs on a scientific journey across the Atlantic Ocean. The ship is meant to prove that ancient cultures had the ability to cross oceans in similar crafts." (Even more on http://www.abora3.de)

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