Lou Reed is het schokkende en donkere portret van een van de meest gecompliceerde persoonlijkheden uit de geschiedenis van de popmuziek. In een directe stijl, doorspekt met filmische anekdotes, lezen we Reeds aangrijpende levensverhaal. Over elektroshocks, drugs, alcohol, gitaren, New York, vechtpartijen, seks, hits, flops, conflicten, de popbusiness van de laat twintigste eeuw, jaloezie, zel fhaat en liefde. Over zijn relaties met Andy Warhol, David Bowie, Nico, John Cale en vele anderen....

“The only Lou Reed bio you need to read.” —The Washington Post**A Rolling Stone best music book of 2023 | One of Pitchfork’s ten best music books of 2023 | A Variety best music book of the year | A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction book of 2023“There have been many biographies of Lou Reed, but Will Hermes has written the definitive life . . . He has brought to the assignment a sharp eye, a clear hea...

Nei suoi settant'anni di vita, e cinquanta di carriera, Lou Reed ha attraversato innumerevoli fasi contribuendo, con venticinque dischi, una serie di libri, collaborazioni cinematografiche e spettacoli teatrali, a trasformare il rock in una forma d'arte compiutamente adulta. Dagli esordi come paroliere all'incontro con Andy Warhol e alla nascita dei Velvet Underground; dall'amicizia-rivalità con David Bowie alle sperimentazioni dei secondi anni Settanta, in piena era punk, fino ai grandi a...

A revealing collection of interviews with one of the greatest artists in the history of rock ’n’ roll—as brilliant, punchy, and blustery as the man himselfIn this collection of powerful interviews given over thirty years—including his final interview—Lou Reed oscillates between losing patience with his interviewers (he was famous for walking out on them) and sharing profound observations on the human experience, especially as he reflects on poetry and novels, the j...

'The only Lou Reed bio you need to read' The Washington PostOne of Pitchfork's ten best music books of 2023 | A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction book of 2023'A monumental work filled with first-person accounts of the master's life and a dizzying array of never-before heard details' Michael Imperioli, author of The Perfume Burned His EyesThe m...

The legendary musician's distinctive artistic take on Edgar Allan Poe includes "some of the most personal lyrics of his career" ( Rolling Stone).One of the most influential and innovative recording artists of the past three decades, Lou Reed has always offered a shrewd view of life in the big city in all its colors. It is no surprise, then, that he considers Edgar Allan Poe a spiritual forefather.In The Raven, Reed immerses himself in Poe's ...

The essential biography of one of music's most influential icons: Lou Reed.As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once a source of transcendent beauty and coruscating noise, violated all definitions of genre while speaking to millions of fans and inspiring generations of musicians.But while his iconic status may be fixed, the man himself was anything but. Lou Ree...

AN UPDATED, COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF LYRICS FROM THE VELVET UNDERGROUND FOUNDER AND SOLO ARTIST LOU REED, INCLUDING INTRODUCTIONS BY MARTIN SCORSESE, LAURIE ANDERSON, JAMES ATLAS, AND NILS LOFGREN***I'll Be Your Mirror***is an updated, comprehensive volume of Lou Reed's lyrics, featuring a brand-new introduction by Nils Lofgren and a new chapter of lyrics of songs he and Reed cowrote, as well as introductions from several other well-known collaborators and lyric...

In deze biografie duikt muziekjournalist Will Hermes in het leven van de in 2013 overleden Lou Reed. De New Yorker werd bekend als zanger van The Velvet Underground, maar ook als soloartiest was hij succesvol. Met zijn poëtische liedteksten steeg Reed tot grote hoogten, maar ware erkenning kreeg hij niet. Reed hield de pers daarom op afstand. In Lou Reed – De koning van New York schetst Hermes een persoonlijk portret van de zanger die zich losmaakte van gender en geaardheid. Het resultaat ...

Avec une telle recommandation, le livre de Jeremy Reed se présente comme une étude fouillée de la vie et de l’œuvre de Lou Reed, toutes deux pleines de contradictions et de changements de direction radicaux. Rock star, icône pop et poète des rues : de la Factory d’Andy Warhol à sa collaboration ultime avec Metallica, on (re)découvre l’itinéraire d’un poète sans concessions bien ancré dans sa ville de New York, aux ambitions littéraires immenses, qui a laissé une marque inestimable sur la mus...

'This "sincere speed-written, blood-spattered tribute" strings together the raciest anecdotes...and does it rather well' SUNDAY TIMES'Mick Wall has written in a rough and unsentimental style that suits his subject' THE TIMESLou Reed died in 2013. This is the critically acclaimed biography of the songwriter, Velvet Underground member and musician.Rock 'n' roll was Lou Reed's life. From recording one of the most criti...

A 2019 Music Book of the Year, THE TIMESOut of print for several years, a comprehensive volume of Lou Reed's lyrics with brand new introductions, now updated in a new text design to include the lyrics from his final album with Metallica, Lulu.Through his many incarnations-from proto punk to glam rocker to elder statesman of the avant garde Lou Ree...