I'm sure there are more fans of this band.

c'mon show up!

:curtain:

 

Heroin is one of the most beautiful songs I know.

I'm not a huge fan of the band. But I appreciate them a lot.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-JYtYjH2Ns]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-JYtYjH2Ns[/ame]

i like their work a lot

I love Venus in furs.....I don't like the stuff they did with Nico too much though

 

but yeah I really like them

really good band

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEVyf6y_-Y4&feature=related]YouTube- The Velvet Underground - Candy Says[/ame]

I love Venus in furs.....

 

 

Same

Lou Reed is dead :(

Not a perfect day...

Not a perfect day...

 

Ba-dum-tish.

He died on a sunday morning, i can't believe this, I just can't

i've just read that it might actually be a hoax according to some people but i don't know what to believe :huh:

i've just read that it might actually be a hoax according to some people but i don't know what to believe :huh:

 

Doesn't look like a hoax : (

 

Lou Reed, Velvet Underground Leader and Rock Pioneer, Dead at 71

 

link

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:(

RIP :(

R.I.P

Sad :\ Hoped it was a hoax

No, not a hiax. Literally the saddest day of my adult life. I've been a fan since 1987. The music world is an emptier place today.:cry:

 

Obituary: Rock legend Lou Reed

 

Lewis Allan Reed, better known as Lou, was a singer and guitarist famous for his deadpan voice and distinctive lyrics.

 

In a career spanning many decades - both in the band Velvet Underground and his subsequent solo career - he had a huge influence on the shape of rock music. He was born in Brooklyn in 1942, and as a teenager he became a fan of early rock 'n' roll, playing the guitar in several high school bands.

 

After attending Syracuse University, Reed moved to New York City and began work as a songwriter. In 1965 he co-founded The Velvet Underground with John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker.

 

The band recorded four albums, the lyrics of which often had dark or explicit themes that had rarely had been addressed so openly in rock. Their tracks included Heroin, which addressed Reed's growing drug use, I'll Be Your Mirror, All Tomorrow's Parties, I'm Waiting For the Man and Sweet Jane.

 

 

They caught the attention of artist Andy Warhol, who became the group's manager and producer and helped them fuse avant-garde art with rock. Warhol paired the group with icy-voiced German-born singer Nico, with whom they collaborated memorably on their debut album, as well as making them the house band at his seminal Factory studio.

 

While they gained little mainstream attention at the time, The Velvet Underground are now considered one of the most influential bands in the history of rock music.

 

But after a series of personality clashes, Reed decided to leave Velvet Underground and worked for a while in his father's accounting firm. Little is known about this period in his life - according to Rolling Stone magazine, he was a virtual recluse - but in 1972 he moved to England, signed a recording contract and brought out his debut solo album, which was simply entitled Lou Reed.

 

But it is his second solo album, Transformer, that is perhaps his most famous. Co-produced by David Bowie, the album contains the hit singles Walk on the Wild Side and Perfect Day.

 

With the influence of David Bowie, Reed embraced the glam rock look of the era, sporting bleach-blonde hair and black fingernail polish.

 

He continued to release albums over the course of his long career. In 1990 The Velvet Underground reunited in France to play a benefit concert, and there was hope of a more permanent reunion. But after a European tour, a similar American line-up was cancelled abruptly.

 

After a long battle with drink and drugs, Lou Reed became ill from liver failure in 2013, and had a transplant in May. "I am a triumph of modern medicine," he posted on his website in June.

 

Reed's first marriage, to British designer Sylvia Morales, ended in divorce. In 2008, he married his long-term partner, musician and performance artist Laurie Anderson.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYEC4TZsy-Y]Lou Reed - Perfect Day - YouTube[/ame]

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24698207

Definitely not a hoax, RIP Lou :(

"The music is all. People should die for it. People are dying for everything else, so why not the music?"

 

-Lou Reed

Bitterly sad news.

 

Rest in peace Lou Reed.