The musical group known as Loutallica -- Lou Reed flanked by Metallica members, from left, James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett
A long, long time ago, Lou Reed could set the world on fire mumbling pungent verses of sexual depravity, violence and drugs into a microphone. He was a flippant rocker, noise-art pioneer, transvestite, one of Andy Warhol’s many henchmen and the wild heart of the Velvet Underground.
