Songwriters & Catalogs

Lou Reed is widely hailed as one of the most original and influential songwriter/artists in Rock and Roll. With the Velvet Underground, a seminal downtown New York band he founded in the late 1960's, he expanded both the musical and lyrical boundaries of popular music with such bracingly original songs as “Venus In Furs,” “Sister Ray,” “Heroin,” “Sweet Jane,” and “Rock and Roll.” Though underappreciated in their day, the five year output of the Velvet's grew in respect and prominence through the decades that followed, earning Lou credit as a father to the punk aesthetic, and admission into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Lou’s solo career picked up where the Velvet’s left off, as he explored such influences as glam, orchestral, electronic and industrial rock, managing to win new fans with such powerfully honest and evocative tracks as “Satellite Of Love,” “Vicious,” “Kill Your Sons,” “Coney Island Baby,” “Temporary Thing,” “Shooting Star,” and “Average Guy.” His early 1990's collaborations with John Cale (‘Songs For Drella’) and Robert Wilson (‘POE-try,’ ‘The Raven’), as well as acclaimed think pieces ‘New York,’ ‘Magic & Loss,’ and ‘Set The Twilight Reeling,’ were sonic masterpieces which spoke volumes to both long-time fans and newer converts. Proof of Reed’s ongoing influence can be measured by the numerous and varied cover versions his catalog has enjoyed by the likes of David Bowie, Cheap Trick, U2, Pearl Jam, Tori Amos and Yo La Tengo. Spirit creatives have worked with Lou to paint his songs into such network series as True Blood, CSI, Fringe and a dedicated episode of Cold Case as well as groundbreaking branding campaigns for AT&T and Hewlett Packard.