Lou Reed

Lou Reed
Reed performin live at the Hop Farm Music Festival, 2011
Background information
Birth name	Lewis Allan Reed
Born	2 Mairch 1942(1942-03-02) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Oreigin	Freeport, New York, U.S.
Deid	27 October 2013(2013-10-27) (aged 71) Southampton, New York, U.S.
Genres	Rock experimental proto-punk glam rock airt rock
Thrift	Muisicker sangster sangwriter record producer photographer
Instruments	Vocals guitar piano
Years active	1958–2013
Labels	Pickwick Verve MGM Cotillion RCA Arista Sire Warner Bros.
Associate acts	The Velvet Underground Metal Machine Trio Metallica David Bowie Mick Ronson Gorillaz Iggy Pop
Notable instruments
Fender Telecaster Gretsch Country Gentleman Gretsch White Falcon Fender Stratocaster Gibson ES-335 Epiphone Riviera Gibson SG Steinberger

Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed (Mairch 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) wis an American muisicker, sangster an sangwriter. He wis the guitarist, vocalist, an principal sangwriter o the Velvet Underground, an his solo career spanned five decades.

Soloalbums

• Lou Reed (1972)
• Transformer (1972)
• Berlin (1973)
• Sally Can't Dance (1974)
• Metal Machine Music (1975)
• Coney Island Baby (1975)
• Rock and Roll Heart (1976)
• Street Hassle (1978)
• The Bells (1979)
• Growing Up in Public (1980)
• The Blue Mask (1982)
• Legendary Hearts (1983)
• New Sensations (1984)
• Mistrial (1986)
• New York (1989)
• Magic and Loss (1992)
• Set the Twilight Reeling (1996)
• Ecstasy (2000)
• The Raven (2003)
• Hudson River Wind Meditations (2007)