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The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground - Press Shot - Polydor

The East-West divide: Why The Velvet Underground were never going to make it big in California

Two different cultures.

Lucy Harbron
Jun 15, 2025
Andy Warhol and The Velvet Underground- A burden or a launch pad?

The toddler and the drone: Watch the Velvet Underground jam at The Factory in 1966

A fascinating glimpse.

Tom Phelan
Jun 12, 2025
The Velvet Underground - Press Shot - Polydor

Lou Reed or John Cale: Who wrote most of The Velvet Underground’s lyrics?

Amazing lyrics.

Dale Maplethorpe
Jun 7, 2025
10 masterpieces fans never gave the time of day

10 masterpieces fans never gave the time of day

The forgotten classics.

Tim Coffman
May 30, 2025
10 failed albums that became cult classics

10 failed albums that became cult classics

Famous well after the fact.

Tim Coffman
May 21, 2025
Mike Mills - Director - 2011

“That’s what excites me”: the two best songs of the 1960s, according to Mike Mills

“Two songs put into one.”

Kelly Murphy
May 5, 2025
The Edge - U2 - Guitarist - 2018

What is The Edge’s favourite song by The Velvet Underground?

“The song I want played at my funeral”.

Will Howard
Apr 27, 2025
Lou Reed - The Velvet Underground

“I didn’t belong”: The album that made Lou Reed quit The Velvet Underground

The final straw.

Reuben Cross
Apr 23, 2025
Lou Reed - The Velvet Underground - Guitar

‘Satellite of Love’: The “worst kind of jealousy” at the heart of Lou Reed’s classic

“Best left forgotten”.

Reuben Cross
Apr 10, 2025
Nico - John Cale - The Velvet Underground - Split

“It’s so beautiful”: the moment John Cale made Nico cry

“She didn’t quite understand what was going on.”

Ben Forrest
Apr 9, 2025
Moe Tucker - Far Out Magazine

“All my stuff was falling apart”: Maureen Tucker’s life before The Velvet Underground

Music was her calling…

Will Howard
Mar 30, 2025
Lou Reed - Musician - 1997

“We’re civilised, man”: the band who bored Lou Reed live

A tough man to please.

Callum MacHattie
Mar 23, 2025

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