The new velvet biography sample

Did Lou Reed change the world?

This is a very interesting oral history of one the greatest cult bands of all time, the Velvet Underground.

In this in-depth, meticulously researched and very entertaining biography, respected biographer Howard Sounes examines the life and work of this fascinating man.

Prepare to be inspired, entertained, and educated.

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Music historian Jen Otter Bickerdike recently published You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone, the definitive biography of Velvets vocalist Nico.

Yes — and in more ways than one. Reed’s musical influence, including but not limited to his work in the Velvet Underground, shaped generations of rock musicians that followed in his wake. There’s also the matter of his influence on future Czech Republic leader Vaclav Havel, his sexuality and his forays into art, all of which make him one of the most singular artistic figures of his time.

And now, Will Hermes has written a comprehensive Lou Reed biography that does justice to the disparate works and occasionally contradictory life of a musical icon. Lou Reed: The King of New York is as wide-ranging a book as you’d expect from the author of the immersive musical history Love Goes to Buildings on Fire, and it’s a biography that’s attuned to the nuances of Reed’s musical collaborations across the decades.

There’s a fascinating element to the arc of Hermes’s book as well, w