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Lou Reed collection , Rock Musician * Born: 2 March 1942 * Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York * Best Known As: Co-founder of The Velvet Underground Name at birth: Lewis Allen Reed Guitarist Lou Reed co-founded and wrote most of the songs for the New York rock group The Velvet Underground (1965-70), the influential band which recorded such cult favorites as "Heroin,", "Sweet Jane" and "Sister Ray." The Velvet Underground, at first associated with Andy Warhol and the singer Nico, was never a huge popular success, but it has been credited with influencing a generation of punk and post-punk rockers in the 1970s and "80s. During the "70s Reed and David Bowie were among the top acts in "glam rock," a theatrical style of gender-bending rock and roll. Reed"s solo hits from the "70s include "Walk On The Wild Side" and "Street Hassle," as well as re-vamped versions of several of his Velvet Underground songs. By the end of the 1990s, Reed was an elder statesman of rock and roll, a mature songwriter with a reputation for thoughtful urban ballads. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. Lou Reed (born Lewis Allen Firbank on March 2, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York), is a Jewish rock and roll singer-songwriter. Hailed as the “Godfather of Punk,” Reed"s work (especially with the Velvet Underground) has greatly influenced punk and alternative rock. Reed first gained prominence as the guitarist and principal singer-songwriter of The Velvet Underground. The band, which lasted from 1965 until 1972 (with Reed departing in late 1970), gained little notice during its lifetime but is often considered the “big bang” from which most alternative rock sprang. As the Velvets’ songwriter, Reed wrote about such taboo subjects as S&M (“Venus in Furs”), prostitution ("There She Goes Again") and drug addiction (“I’m Waiting for the Man,” and “Heroin”). As a guitarist, he made innovative use of abrasive distortion and peculiar tunings. Reed has had a long and varied solo career. Although he scored a hit with 1972’s “Walk on the Wild Side,” he has purposefully evaded commercial success and has released albums that have frustrated even his fans (most notably 1975’s infamous Metal Machine Music, upon which he later commented that "no one is supposed to be able to do a thing like that and survive"). Lou Reed collection Hoodies Sweatshirts Longsleeve tshirts, Lycra tops, Punk Rock Tshirts,at RockTshirtsPunk.com punk clothes, Heavy Metal T shirts, Emo Clothing, Goth clothes, Band T-shirts, Music Tshirts, rock t-shirts, Punk rock T-shirts, Punk rock Hoodies, Rock Hoodies, Cool t shirts, Punk Rock Cool clothes, Oi t-sirts Classic Rock Clothing 60s-70s-80s-90s Alternative Modern Pop Rock Music, Concert Wear Clothing.