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"Heroin" is a song by American rock band the Velvet Underground, released on their 1967 debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico. Written by Lou Reed in 1964, the song, which overtly depicts heroin usage and its effects, is one of the band's most celebrated compositions.
Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician and songwriter. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band The Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades.
The singer, Lou Reed, delivers explicit lyrics spanning themes of drug abuse, prostitution, sadomasochism and urban life. Characterized as "the original art-rock record", [ 6 ] it was a major influence on many subgenres of rock and alternative music , including punk , garage rock , krautrock , post-punk , post-rock , [ 7 ] noise rock , [ 8 ...
Lou Reed, “Street Hassle” ... Together, she and heroin were Bonnie and Clyde—and that was the only aspect of together she knew for years. Drug-fucked, homeless, and hated, ...
The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1964. It originally comprised singer and guitarist Lou Reed, Welsh multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison and drummer Angus MacLise.
The Velvets mixed R&B rhythm-guitar workout, blues-piano stomp and dreamy art drone, as Reed deadpans a story about scoring $26 worth of heroin in Harlem. "Everything about that song holds true," said Reed, "except the price." [3]
The 2022 collection Words & Music, May 1965, which features the earliest known recordings of “I’m Waiting for the Man” and fellow Velvet Underground staples “Heroin” and “Pale Blue ...
Journal Sentinel books editor Jim Higgins packs a lot into his new book about Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground's nearly 50-album discography.