Upon first release, the Velvet Underground's self-titled third album must have surprised their fans nearly as much as their first two albums shocked the few mainstream music fans who heard them. After testing the limits of how musically and thematically challenging rock could be on Velvet Underground & Nico and White Light/White Heat, this 1969 release sounded spare, quiet, and contemplative, as if the previous albums documented some manic, speed-fueled party and this was the subdued morning after. (The album's relative calm has often been attributed to the departure o… read more
Upon first release, the Velvet Underground's self-titled third album must have surprised their fans nearly as much as their first two albums sho… read more
Upon first release, the Velvet Underground's self-titled third album must have surprised their fans nearly as much as their first two albums shocked the few mainstream music fans wh… read more
“The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band!” — Brian Eno. The Velvet Underground are probably the most influential band of the entire history of rock music. "The Velvets" scavenged the narrow alleys of the bad parts of town, and scavenged the subconscious of the urban kid, for emotional scraps that were a barbaric by-product of the original spirit of rock 'n' roll. Their goal was only marginally the sonic reproduction of the psychedelic experience, their true goal was to provide a documentary of the decad… read more
“The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band!” — Brian Eno. The Velvet Underground are probably the most influential band of the ent… read more
“The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band!” — Brian Eno. The Velvet Underground are probably the most influential band of the entire history of rock music. "The Velvets&q… read more