synffLou Reed, the Velvet Underground's guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter, forged a solo career blending deadpan vocals, poetic street grit, and experimental guitar work into raw New York anthems.
Emerging from the band's underground legacy, he channeled Warhol Factory transgressors in…
26 roots·117 legacies
Roots trace the artists and scenes that shaped Lou Reed; legacies follow the artists carrying those ideas forward. The names below are the most-mentioned direct connections in the graph.
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The Velvet Underground, The Velvets, Marianne Faithfull, Pink Floyd + 22 more
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