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The Velvet Underground

Andy Warhol and The Velvet Underground- A burden or a launch pad?

Andy Warhol and The Velvet Underground: A burden or a launch pad?

Did he help or hinder them?

Liam Casci
Nov 30, 2024
Lou Reed - 1997 - Musician

How Lou Reed’s ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ escaped being banned by the BBC

Hey, babe.

Elle Palmer
Nov 24, 2024
Lou Reed - 1970s - The Velvet Underground

‘Heroin’: The Velvet Underground’s ode to William S Burroughs?

“Heroin, be the death of me”.

Matthew Ingate
Nov 20, 2024
The Velvet Underground - Press Shot - Polydor

What instrument is used at the beginning of The Velvet Underground’s ‘Sunday Morning’?

The answer comes from 1880s Paris.

Nick Harland
Nov 16, 2024
Lou Reed & John Cale - Songs for Drella

‘Songs For Drella’: The album Lou Reed and John Cale made for Andy Warhol

Honouring their late friend and mentor.

Lucy Harbron
Nov 7, 2024
Lou Reed - 1970s - The Velvet Underground

“My own song”: Lou Reed’s introduction to music

A sign of things to come.

Arun Starkey
Oct 30, 2024
The Velvet Underground - Press Shot - Polydor

“As good as a record gets”: The intense Velvet Underground album that transformed Henry Rollins

A level of intensity he had never experienced before.

Elle Palmer
Oct 14, 2024
Jonathan Richman - The Modern Lovers

The best of The Velvet Underground, according to Jonathan Richman

“I heard the Velvet Underground, got inspired, took up guitar.”

Lucy Harbron
Oct 3, 2024
NICO - German Actress - Singer - Model - 1966

Delicate folk to dark avant-garde: The dramatic vocal evolution of Nico

An unrelenting starkness.

Kelly Murphy
Sep 29, 2024
10 musicians in huge bands who never got the credit they deserve

10 musicians in huge bands who never got the credit they deserve

The hidden gems at the back of the stage.

Tim Coffman
Sep 26, 2024
The Velvet Underground - Press Shot - Polydor

‘Pale Blue Eyes’: The softer side of The Velvet Underground

Radical simplicity.

Lucy Harbron
Sep 20, 2024
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‘After Hours’: The Velvet Underground song that birthed 2000s twee indie

An anomaly in their discography.

Lucy Harbron
Sep 11, 2024

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