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'''Lewis "Lou" Allan Reed''' is(1942-2013) was an American musician and songwriter, known for his work with [[Velvet Underground|The Velvet Underground]] and as a solo artist.

After the VU, Reed faced a largely commercially unsuccessful start to his solo career, before finding a hit with "Walk on the Wild Side" after collaborating with and following the glam rock influences of friend [[David Bowie]]. Since then, Reed has mostly avoided writing songs that would typically be well-received commercially, to varying degrees of success. He has explored many styles with his work, perhaps most infamously with the controversial ''Metal Machine Music''. Reed iswas married to fellow musician [[Laurie Anderson]].

Although he had not become well known publicly until his hit song "Walk on the Wild Side" in the early seventies, Reed has been writingwrote songs since he was merely fourteen years old. After experimenting with different bands throughout his high school and college years, Reed became a song writer for a small company in Manhattan. After moving to the city from his parents' house on Long Island, Reed met fellow musician John Cale, making relations that would become one of the most influential bands in history, The Velvet Underground.

Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Angus Maclise were the original four to start the Velvets, but Maureen Tucker soon replaced Maclise as the drummer. [[Andy Warhol]], looking to expand his work into other platforms, soon picked up the Velvets and produced their first, and most critically acclaimed, album, ''The Velvet Underground & Nico''. Reed was the lyricist, as well as singer for most songs, with [[Nico]], one of Andy Warhol's superstars, as chanteuse on some songs.

* [[Big Applesauce]]: He's not called "The King Ofof New York" for nothing.