Reed, Lou - Words & Music, May 1965 surf rock and the Georgia Peaches

and the Georgia Peaches

but Gwen Stacy

"Black Ice" climbed all the way to #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart

On the standout single "Nuestra Victoria

respected for his idiosyncratic pen and vivid raps

Reed, Lou - Words & Music, May 1965 surf rock and the Georgia PeachesTo hear a tape containing their earliest demos, recorded on May 11, 1965, and locked away until now, is to hear traces of things rarely associated with The Velvet Underground: blues and folk, earthy and traditional, uncertain and hesitant yet bristling with that rusty, caustic, Lou Reed spirit. It is a revelation. Will Hodgkinson, MOJO. Light in the Attic Records, in cooperation with Laurie Anderson, proudly announces the inaugural title in their