The band gained little mainstream attention during their career, but in hindsight became one of …
He studied at Syracuse University with the poet Delmore Schwartz, and in 1964, he founded The Velvet Underground with John Cale.
Stephan Berwick, friend and Tai Chi brother of Lou, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a feature-length version of Final Weapon.. Historical Rock Interview Lou Reed’s sarcastic interview to Australian press in 1974. Today I’ve been going through my Velvet and Lou Reed collection and wanted more so I started watching live videos and interviews and came across Lou Reed’s last interview that took place in September 21th, 2013 in NYC. He was wearing jeans, boots, a black T-shirt, a casual gray Italian leather jacket and a Rolex watch.
He first came to prominence as the guitarist and principal singer-songwriter of The Velvet Underground (1965-1973). Lou Reed was interviewed by phone on March 20, 1987. 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 himself In this collection of powerful interviews given over thirty years—including his final interview—Lou Reed oscill… One of Lou Reed's last interviews US singer and former Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed has died at the age of 71. I was one of the last people to interview Lou Reed – he talked about Warhol and how 'everyone's got their dick tattooed now' Hanna Hanra Tue 29 … I interviewed Lou Reed in New York’s Warner Bros. offices in early 1989. It stars Master Ren Guang Yi, Lou’s long-time Tai Chi teacher, and features a cameo appearance by and the music of Lou. In 1974 Lou Reed was getting infamously known for being a drug user, though he was mostly playing around with the idea rather than actually abusing drugs, he also promoted gay sex and transgenders (for example in the song “Walk On The Wild Side”).
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 himself In 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 prof Final Weapon was originally released in 2010 as a short film.
BBC 6 Music's Matt Everitt spoke to Lou Reed …
Interview by Joe Smith. At the time, Joe Smith was writing Off the Record–his oral history of rock and roll.. From 1986-88, Joe Smith interviewed more than 240 music artists and executives. Lou Reed was an influential American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. In 1967, the band released its debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico, probably the most acclaimed album in rock ’n’ roll history. Lou Reed was born in Brooklyn in 1942, and grew up on Long Island. The interviewer was Farida Khelfa and after listening to the interview, I just needed to compile all these quotes.