"Originally, Lou Reed released the double noise album Metal Machine Music in 1975. Known as one of his most avant garde departures and deeply immortalized by legendary rock-n-roll journalist Lester Bangs, MMM became eventually considered as the beginning of the 'noise music' genre. Now almost twenty-five years later, Lou Reed is bringing his noise project to life as the Metal Machine Trio (MM3). By improvising live on processed and unprocessed guitars, Lou has invited Ulrich Krieger on tenor sax and live-electronics, and Sarth Calhoun on live processing and Fingerboard Continuum."

As one of the founding fathers of punk music, Lou Reed and his cohorts The Velvet Underground broke the mould of underground music, re-fashioning it with his own style and panache. A highly influential and respected musician and composer, which such classics as Satellite Of Love, Perfect Day and Walk On The Wild Side to his name.