Listen to Metallica and Lou Reed collaboration

Watch the video of the collaboration between Lou Reed and Metallica

Rock n roll is full of strange collaborations, the weirder the better. There is something about opposites that create sparks so when news of one of the world’s biggest and most influential bands, the metal overlords, Metallica were making a joint album with king of low key New York hipster cool, Lou Reed it made a sort of sense.

‘Lulu’ – the album is based around German playwright Frank Wedekind’s 1913 play about the life of an abused dancer and will be released on October 31st 2011