Lou Reed ~ Similar Artists

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John Cale - 100% match to Lou Reed

9 March 1942, Garnant, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Cale was a student of viola and keyboards at London's Goldsmith's college when introduced to electronic music. In 1963 he won a Leonard Bernstein scholarship to study modern composition at the Eastman Conservatory in Massachusetts,... Read more

The Velvet Underground - 97% match to Lou Reed

The antithesis of late-60s west coast love and peace, New York, USA's the Velvet Underground portrayed a darker side to that era's hedonism. Their pulsating drive married with intellectual precision and resulted in one of rock's most innovative and lasting catalogues. Lou Reed... Read more

David Bowie - 72% match to Lou Reed

David Robert Jones, 8 January 1947, Brixton, London, England. One of the great enigmas of popular music and certainly the most mercurial, Bowie underwent a veritable odyssey of career moves and minor crises before establishing himself as a major performer. He began playing... Read more

T. Rex - 54% match to Lou Reed

Iggy Pop - 52% match to Lou Reed

James Newell Osterberg, 21 April 1947, Muskegon, Michigan, USA. The sinewy "Godfather Of Punk', Iggy Pop was born just west of Detroit to an English father and raised in nearby Ann Arbor. He first joined bands while at high school, initially as a drummer, most notably with the... Read more

Patti Smith - 51% match to Lou Reed

Patricia Lee Smith, 30 December 1946, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Smith was raised in New Jersey and became infatuated by music, principally the Rolling Stones, the Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix and James Brown. After relocating to New York City in 1967, she lived with... Read more