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[Slurms]

The thing about VU / Lou Reed is that the music has a lot of different sounds depending on the album. I'd say listen to their self-titled album (my favourite, has kind of a low-fi, soft sound to it) or Loaded (some very catchy straight up rock songs).

Echoing John Frusciante's awesomeness, the five(!) albums that he released in 2004-2005 are basically the best albums of the past 10 or so years.