Lou Reed
So much blood has washed beneath so many bridges that it’s difficult to recall the context of pop in the late 1960s. The public was completely indifferent and oblivious, but during the course of four years and as many obscure albums, Lou Reed revolutionized rock ‘n’ roll. In his brief and beautiful fluttering, he seemed to have momentarily touched upon everything rock ‘n’ roll had never been in the past, and everything it could possibly be in the future. The Velvet Underground arrived like some wildly esoteric field guide to previously unimagined vistas, published in an edition of one. Reed discovered — with crucial assistance from cohort John Cale, a partnership that continues to elicit arguments 50 years after the fact... Read More
- City Of Origin:
- Brooklyn , New York, United States
- Genre:
- Rock
- Birthdate:
- 03/02/1942
