BIOGRAPHY :
Lou Reed, whose real name Lewis Alan Reed was born March 2, 1942 in New York (United States). He took his first piano lessons at age five, but will quickly abandon this instrument to a guitar, a more modern taste. In 1958, it is part of Jade and composed his first tracks, without much success. On completing his studies, he enlisted in a record company as a writer composer. These compositions are imitations of the hits of the moment. Lou Reed invented a new tuning for the guitar, "Guitar Ostrich" which sees all the strings played open on the same note. Lou Reed engaging the services of John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Angus Daryl MacLise to form a new avant-garde group "Velvet Underground". Although the talented group is not recognized immediately, "Velvet Underground" makes an important contribution to the history of rock music.

In 1970, after four studio albums and dozens of concerts Lou Reed decides to leave the group. He returned to solo two years later with his eponymous debut album that does not meet his public. The following year finally saw his career take off with the song "Walk On The Wild Side" which remains today as his most famous. In 1975, between the cult album "Berlin" (1973) and "Coney Island Baby" (1976) Lou Reed released what remains today as the strangest works ever recorded "Metal Machine Music," a series of audible electronic noise that shows all the talent, but also the madness and the commercial interest of the artist. After this period of intense production, Lou Reed will continue to accrue at a rate of one album every three years. These albums rarely highlighted by the media because of the blackness of his texts genuine pearls arts. "New York" in 1989 "Hudson River Wind Meditations" in 2007 through "Magic and Loss" in 1992 or "The Bells" in 1979 Lou Reed has established itself as a great composer and continues to delight its fans with each of his new works.