Biography
Lewis Allan Reed is an American musician professional, singer, poet, composer, photographer and book author. It was one of the most influential representatives of the directions of the Protopanc and Glam Rock. The star of the world alternative stood in one row with such matrahs as David Bowie and Iggy Pop. Two times hit the Hall of Glory Rock and Roll: as a member of the Velvet Underground team and as the author of solo albums.Childhood and youth
Lewis Allan Reed was born in the spring of 1942 in Brooklyn. An early biography was connected with the American City Friport on Long Island. Parents of the future musician - Tobi Fistterman and Sidney Joseph Reed (Rabinovich) - were representatives of Jewish nationality, whose ancestors lived in the Russian Empire.
As a child, the boy studied at the Middle Education School of Atkinson. His sister Merrill said that in his youth, he suffered with panic attacks and became socially unadapped. To fight arising problems, Lewis focused on things that caused his sincere interest, mainly in music.
Having learned on their own playing on the guitar, Lou became interested in rock and roll and rhythm end-blues, a number of amateur groups were created in high grades of his efforts. Love for art and communicating with unconventional guys led to conflicts with parents. Father and mother decided to expose the son of electroconvulsive therapy, subsequently reflected in memory. As a result, the treatment of mental and behavioral problems gave rise to addiction to drugs, but this did not prevent Rida to enter the University of Syracuse and get a bachelor's degree.
In 1961, the future musician became leading radio broadcasts called "Excursions on Shal Rails". During this period, he was inspired by the work of Saxophonist Ornetta Coleman and other performers who played in the style of rhythm and blues. In addition to the stars, the formation of the worldview of Lu in his youth influenced friendship with a classmate Garland Jeffris, which lasted until the end of his life.
Personal life
In the 1960s, the musician twisted the novels with attractive girls and women. The singer nico in the number of his mistresses at this time.Personal life has become relatively stable when Lu married his own touring assistant Betty Kronstadt, but for unknown reasons, the spouses after 3 months divorced.
After breaking, Reed consisted of relations with the transgender lady Rachel Humfries. He dedicated a number of hits from the studio album Coney Island Baby.
Since the extravagant partner did not think about marriage and children, Lou made a British designer Silvia Morales the second official wife. New Muse inspired an American to create songs such as Think It Over and Heavenly Arms.
The last love of the musician was the performance of the Performance and singer Laurie Anderson. The 15-year-old partnership led to the wedding ceremony and became the key to happiness at sunset life.
Music
Music career began in New York, in the independent Studio Pickwick Records. By order, Reed created a single "Ostrich", which was a parody of popular dance songs of the 1960s. The composition was the hit of the group of The Primitives, consisting of John Keila, La Monte Yang and Tony Conrad.
Over time, the team reorganized and called the Velvet Underground. Reed became a vocalist, composer and author of texts.
After a number of concert speeches, the not a well-known team has received attention to Andy Warhol. Under the influence of the producer, the artist and designer, a German top model and singer named Niko appeared. The Velvet Underground & Nico plate, which reached the 171th place in American Billboard 200, recognized the 13th greatest album of all time according to the Rolling Stone magazine.
By the time of the second official release of the White Light / White Heat in the group there were change. Doug Yul, who divided the duties of Frontman with Reed, brought the sound to the stycle of pop rock. This approach did not like the native of Brooklyn, and he left the team, who later received the status of the legend of the underground.
In 1971, Lu signed a contract with RCA RECORDS and released a debut album Lou Reed with the help of musicians from the British group YES. Due to the lack of attention from critics, the product was not very well sold, later the authoritative editions called the composition by almost the ideal embodiment of the traditions of Velvet.
In the future, 20 full-fledged albums appeared in Reed discography. In the studio, he worked with people famous in creative circles. The 1972 Transformer plate was highlighted and arranged by the legends of mainstream David Bowie and Mick Ronson. Now it is considered a masterpiece Glam Rock genre thanks to the compositions of Walkon The Wild Side, Perfect Day and others.
Berlin's album got into the top ten of British and European charts, and Sally Can't Dance took a high place in the Billboard 200 hit parade. After these releases, the popularity of Reda began to decline, it made the musician who went into depression, ride into the abyss Drug addictions and alcoholism.
In the early 1980s, Lou miraculously got rid of the harmful habits and returned to work. He achieved unprecedented success, releasing the New York record, a talented American Halle Willner.
After a decade, the musician participated in the revival of the Velvet Underground group and resumed touring activities. At the same period, a joint release with a former colleague John Calee, who became a sign of respect to the mentor and the producer Andy Warhol.
The songs included in the canvas of the albums of Magic and Loss, Setthe Twilight Reeling, Ecstasy and Hudson River Wind Meditations, highly rose in charts and with the help of active radio traffic won the hearts of hundreds of thousands of people.
Theatrical rates based on the works of the XIX century writers were considered a contribution to contemporary art. The soundtracks created by the composer to the spectrum on the words of Edgar software were based on the Raven disk presented in 2003.
Death
Drug addiction and indiscriminate lifestyle led to the fact that Lu in old age had to be treated from hepatitis and diabetes mellitus. The cause of the death of a 71-year-old musician was a bouquet of these ailments, burdened by the liver disease.The fans of Reed's creativity have never had a chance to honor his memory at the grave, since he was cremated in 2013.
Discography
- 1972 - Lou Reed
- 1972 - Transformer
- 1973 - Berlin.
- 1974 - Sally CAN't Dance
- 1975 - Metal Machine Music
- 1976 - Coney Island Baby
- 1976 - Rock and Roll Heart
- 1978 - Street Hassle
- 1979 - The Bells
- 1980 - Growing Up in Public
- 1982 - The Blue Mask
- 1983 - Legendary Hearts
- 1984 - New Sensations
- 1986 - Mistral
- 1989 - NEW YORK
- 1992 - Magic and Loss
- 1996 - Set the Twilight Reeling
- 2000 - Ecstasy
- 2003 - The Raven
- 2007 - Hudson River Wind Meditations
- 2007 - Tranquilize (with The Killers)
- 2008 - The Stone: Issue Three (with Laurie Anderson and John Zorn)
- 2008 - The Creation of the Universe (with Metal Machine TRIO)
- 2010 - Some Kind of Nature (with Gorillaz)
- 2011 - Lulu (with Metallica)
- 2012 - The Wanderlust "(C METRIC)