"Singer, songwriter and guitarist Lou Reed was born on March 2, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York. He co-founded The Velvet Underground in 1965, a band that mixed rock with the avant-garde and taboo subject matter. Reed went solo in the ‘70s, scoring a hit with the song “Walk on the Wild Side” and having a prolific recording career through the decades with albums like Coney Island Baby and The Blue Mask."
- bio.com
"Singer, songwriter and guitarist Lou Reed was born on March 2, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York. He co-founded The Velvet Underground in 1965, a band that mixed rock with the avant-garde and taboo subject matter. Reed went solo in the ‘70s, scoring a hit with the song “Walk on the Wild Side” and having a prolific recording career through the decades with albums like Coney Island Baby and The Blue Mask."
- bio.com
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