Discover how “Sweet Jane” became one of the most influential rock songs ever recorded by The Velvet Underground.
David Bowie received the first Velvet Underground album before its release. When he played “I’m Waiting For The Man”, he said he’d heard the future of music. Soon, Bowie and his band were covering the ...
The Velvet Underground has a robust story, but not an easy one to tell. The group was together from 1964-73, with occasional reunions in the 1990s. It launched the careers of the late Lou Reed and ...
On 'After Hours', The Velvet Underground sound like a completely different band for a tender and oddly modern ditty, sung by ...
The Velvet Underground were one of the most important rock bands ever, releasing classic albums like their self-titled and White Light/White Heat.
In the late ’60s, famed art provocateur Andy Warhol brought together a group of four wildly variant musicians and an actress/model to make an album. The result — The Velvet Underground & Nico — became ...
A new documentary on the Velvet Underground will arrive later this year. The Velvet Underground: A Documentary Film by Todd Haynes will premiere both in theaters and on Apple TV+ on Oct. 15. Featuring ...
This is part two of a six-part series. In part one, we showed you Sterling Morrison's first steps in his second act in Texas. Part three will be published on Feb. 4. Sterling Morrison’s departure from ...
The Velvet Underground is one of the most influential bands in the history of pop music. And their legacy is especially ...
The Velvet Underground have always been praised for their experimental approach to music, but in the midst of this, did they ...
Michael Stipe first heard the Velvet Underground when, as an Army brat living in Southern Illinois, he happened upon the band’s music in the sale bin. Speaking by phone last week, he recalled: “I went ...
Curious, the tepid-to-bad reviews filtering from Cannes this past summer over The Velvet Underground, Todd Haynes’ cinematic valentine to underground rock’s most influential band. Most notices read ...