Dirty Blvd.: The Life And Music Of Lou ReedAuthor: Aidan Levy Lou Reed made it his mission to rub people the wrong way, whether it was with the noise rock he produced with the Velvet Underground in the late 1960s or his polarizing work with Metallica that would prove to be his swan song. On a personal level, too, he seemed to take pleasure in insulting everyone who crossed his path. How did this Jewish boy from Long Island, an adolescent doo wop singer, rise to the status of Godfather of Punk?