Born March 2, 1942, in Brooklyn, NY (some sources say Freeport, Long Island, NY); son of Sidney Joseph (an accountant) and Toby (Futterman) Reed; married Betty (a waitress), 1973 (divorced); married Sylvia Morales, 1980 (divorced). Education: B.A., Syracuse University, 1964. Addresses: Home--New York, NY. Record company--Warner Bros., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10019-6908.A 1995 story in Interview declared, "Since the 1960s, Lou Reed has arguably been one of the most influential figures in rock 'n' roll." The mercurial Reed--whose group The Velvet Underground may have been the first art-rock band and was certainly crucial to the development of today's "alternative" rock--has pursued a very personal path in his solo career. Experimenting with everything from glam rock to pop to all-out noise, he has disregarded commercial considerations in the name of his own truths. "Sometimes the definition of what rock and roll is caused me to be thought of in ways that are too confining,"...