Did the Velvet Underground use heroin?

Did the Velvet Underground use heroin?

"Heroin" (along with songs like "I'm Waiting for the Man" which dealt with similar subject matter) tied the Velvet Underground with drug use in the media. Some critics declared the band were glorifying the use of drugs such as heroin.

Did Lou Reed have a heroin problem?

He liked speedy drugs. But he did use heroin. ... GROSS: You know, one of the things that's so fascinating about Lou Reed is that - OK, so this is one of the really early songs that he writes, "Heroin." And at the time, he's working for Pickwick, writing songs to order.

Who wrote heroin by the Velvet Underground?

Lou Reed Heroin/Paroliers

What is the Velvet Underground biggest hit?

Top 10 Velvet Underground Songs

• # 5 –'Sweet Jane' | 'Loaded' | 1970. ...
• # 4 – 'White Light / White Heat' | 'White Light / White Heat' | 1968. ...
• # 3 – 'Pale Blue Eyes' | 'The Velvet Underground' | 1969. ...
• # 2 – 'I'm Waiting For My Man' | 'The Velvet Underground & Nico' | 1967. ...
• # 1 – 'Heroin' | 'The Velvet Underground & Nico' | 1967.

Was Nico raped?

And though in Nico, 1988, her touring guitarist is black, one doesn't learn of Nico's antiblack racism in the film. She attributed her bigotry to having been raped at the age of thirteen by a black American soldier, who was subsequently court-martialed and executed.

Did Lou Reed sleep with Nico?

He hated her, until he slept with her, but then he went back to hating her again and drove her from the band, which, meantime, had made its masterpiece with their debut album. Three more followed without Nico and, eventually, without Cale, who Reed turned on too and drove from the band.

Who died in The Velvet Underground?

Lou Reed Lou Reed, lead singer of the Velvet Underground, veteran chronicler of life's wilder, seamier and more desperate side and one of the most influential and distinctive songwriters of his generation, has died at the age of 71. He had been suffering from liver failure and received a transplant earlier this year.

What happened to Lou Reed?

In May 2013, he underwent a liver transplant at the Cleveland Clinic. Afterward, on his website, he wrote of feeling "bigger and stronger" than ever, but on Octo, he died from liver disease at his home in East Hampton, New York, at the age of 71. He was cremated and the ashes were given to his family.

How was Velvet Underground and Nico recorded?

The bulk of the songs that would become The Velvet Underground & Nico were recorded in mid-April 1966, during a four-day stint at Scepter Studios, a run-down recording studio in Manhattan.