Michaelangelo Matos : Impossible to remember past 50 years of music without Lou Reed . He says glam , punk and all the rock in his debt ; Stones , U2 , REM among those bands . His music varied , with topics such as S & M , hard drugs ; his audience alienated , he says . Matos : Rock was Reed 's poetry , and he became integral to NYC 's rock scene .
Michaelangelo Matos : Impossible to imagine past 50 years of rock without Lou Reed . He says glam , punk and all alt rock in his debt ; Stones , U2 , REM among those influenced . His music transgressed , with topics such as S & M , hard drugs ; his view alienated , he says . Matos : Rock was Reed 's poetry , and he became paterfamilias to NYC 's rock scene .