Former VELVET UNDERGROUND frontman LOU REED died after complications from a liver transplant on 27 October.

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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND became renowned for their fusion of art and music and for collaborating with ANDY WARHOL.

Music producer BRIAN ENO once summed up their influence by saying:

"The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band."

The group were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

As a solo artist, REED released 20 studio albums. His last, Hudson River Wind Meditations, was released in 2007.

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