Genres: Rock & Roll, Pop/Rock, Proto-Punk, Experimental Rock Active: 60's, 70's, 90's Formed: 1964 in New York, NY
New York Dolls, Roxy Music, David Bowie, Big Star, Patti Smith, The Stooges, The Fugs, Tony Conrad, Television, Suicide, Iggy Pop, Leonard Cohen, MC5, Love, The Kinks, The Flamin' Groovies, Nick Drake, Modern Lovers, Frank Zappa Joy Division, Talking Heads, Spacemen 3, Black Angel's Death Song, Sonic Youth, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Vaselines, Henry Rollins, Jonathan Richman, Pussy Galore, The Psychedelic Furs, Iggy Pop, Pixies, The Outsiders, Roxy Music, Thinking Fellers Union Local #282, R.E.M., Ric Ocasek, Television |  |
Few rock groups can claim to have broken so much new territory, and maintain such consistent brilliance on record, as the Velvet Underground during their brief lifespan. It was the group's lot to be ahead of, or at least out of step with, their time. The mid- to late '60s was an era of explosive growth and experimentation in rock, but the Velvets' innovations -- which blended the energy of rock with the sonic adventurism of the avant-garde, and introduced a new degree of social realism and sexual kinkiness into rock lyrics -- were too abrasive for the mainstream to handle. During their time, the group experienced little commercial success; though they were hugely appreciated by a cult audience and some critics, the larger public treated them with indifference or, occasionally, scorn.
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Release: November 4, 2008
Label: Universal Int'l
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