Who is Sterling Morrison – and how the Velvet Underground became famous decades after they broke up
Why was the Velvet Underground so controversial? We look at the Andy Warhol connection, the band's influence and how Sterling ...
The punk star who became Lou Reed’s drug dealer
The Velvet Underground legend Lou Reed lived a wild life. One crazy night in London, an unlikely cult hero became his drug ...
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11 Fascinating Facts About The Velvet Underground
No one thought The Velvet Underground and Nico—with its songs about S&M and narcotics and its distortion-heavy production—would make the pop charts alongside more mainstream bands like the ...
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The Velvet Underground
Their debut album, 1967’s ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico,’ includes songs about drug addicts, transvestites and hookers; its 1968 follow-up, ‘White Light / White Heat,’ is even darker.
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Charli XCX hails The Velvet Underground's 1967 album 'the apex of fine art'
Charli XCX has hailed The Velvet Underground's landmark 1967 album 'The Velvet Underground And Nico' as "the apex of fine art and DIY culture colliding". Over the weekend, the 'Apple' hitmaker – ...
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
Eschewing what he sees as the wilful obscurity of previous Baker's Dozens, Jim Reid takes Daniel Dylan Wray through the 13 records that "chiselled out The Jesus And Mary Chain" ...