Lou Reed: The King of New York (In Conversation With Will Hermes)

Right at the start of his phenomenal new biography, Lou Reed: The King of New York, Will Hermes makes a confession: “If you’re looking for some neat totalizing statement or psychological profile to explain Reed, to fix him like a butterfly specimen, you won’t find it here.”

Recently, Aquarium Drunkard hopped on Zoom to chat with Hermes about all things Lou . . .

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