Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter.
Role in Gorillaz[]
Kano provides vocals on the track Some Kind of Nature from the third Gorillaz studio album, Plastic Beach. He also appears in a submarine in the "On Melancholy Hill" music video, alongside other collaborators. Reed joined Gorillaz on the Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour in 2010.
Career[]
Lou Reed, after serving as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of the Velvet Underground, his solo career spanned several decades.
In May 2013 Reed underwent a liver transplant at the Cleveland Clinic. Afterwards, on his website, Reed wrote of feeling "bigger and stronger" than ever, but on October 27, 2013, he died from liver disease (from a problem during surgery) at his home in Southampton, New York, at the age of 71.
Lou Reed has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice; first time as a member of the Velvet Underground in 1996 and secondly as a solo act in 2015.
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Trivia[]
- Lou Reed was the fourth collaborator of the Gorillaz to pass way.