American musician, songwriter, poet, and photographer (March 2, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York - October 27, 2013, Southampton, New York). Reed's music career began in 1958, when he recorded with his high school band, . During his time at Syracuse University in the early 1960's he formed a series of bands, but was most deeply impacted by his professor, American poet and writer . Following college, he became a stock songwriter/musician for , and then in 1964, with , formed . In 1970, he left the Velvet Underground during the recording of Loaded. He signed a contract with RCA Records in 1971 and continued to perform until shortly before his death. He was married to Bettye Kronstad (ca. 1973-1974), (1980-1994), and (2008).
Name Vars
- L .Reed
- L Reed
- L. A. Reed
- L. H. Read
- L. Read
- L. Redd
- L. Reed
- L.Reed
- Lewis Reed
- Lou
- Lou A. Red
- Lou A. Reed
- Lou Reid
- Loud Reed
- Louis Reed
- Lov Reed
- Lue Reed
- Luo Reed
- Lurid
- REED
- Reed
- Reed Lewis
- Reed Lou
- Reed, Lou
- Reid
- lou
- Л. Рид
- Лу Рид
- Лу Рийд
- לו ריד
- ëüûêüÉ
- ࣨ বӜ
Aliases
- G. Livingstone
- Louis Firbank