Lou Reed in an unheard outtake from a 1987 interview.

Lou Reed on Guns & Ammo Blank on Blank

Premiered February 17, 2015
Lou Reed on Guns & Ammo

Lou Reed. Lou Reed. Here we bring you a rarely heard interview Lou recored in 1987. It's vintage Lou. Salty and sweet. Earnest and cocky. Grouchy and kind of endearing. Reed (and his legendary band The Velvet Underground) were those musicians who never got the extensive accolades or awards--nor the riches many of their contemporaries found.

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Vintage interview tapes. New animations. Our mission is simple: curate and transforms journalists' unheard interviews with American icons. The future of journalism is remixing the past.

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