The acidic singer, songwriter and guitarist founded and fronted Andy Warhol’s The Velvet Underground and had solo hits including “Walk on the Wild Side” and “Perfect Day.”
Lou Reed, the enlightened singer-songwriter whose walk on rock and roll’s wild side included fronting the iconic 1960s group The Velvet Underground and taking on unsavory subjects in a fascinating solo career, died Sunday, Rolling Stone reports. He was 71.
