Velvet Underground
May 18th 2006 23:37
The Velvet Underground are seen by many as neither 60's rock nor 70's punk - but as a bridge between the two, and they certainly are linked to both generes - with soft, melodic songs such as 'Take a Walk on the Wild Side' and harsher sounding songs such as 'I'm waiting for the Man'
Their first album was managed by the pop artist Andy Warhol and, despite having some excellent songs on it (Run Run Run, Im Waiting for the Man, Femme Fatale), failed to achieve much fame.
White Light, White Heat was their second album; a harsh sounding recording full of distortion and experimenation, and devoid of any of the poppiness of their earlier album. This was the start of the Velvet Underground cult success, and was the inspiration for The Stooges early music.
I have to admit, their third album is unknown to me - so go here to find about it.
From here on, the band fairly quickly fell apart. Their label cut the majority of their hippie or drug related bands, including VU. Lou Reed, the lead singer was dissilusioned with how the band was going, and quit - which really doesn't do much for my opinion of him.
The band was not Punk in terms of their ideals or politics - but their extensive vamping, experimentation and guitar technique inspired many other bands.Someone (no-one is sure who) said that "while only a few thousand people bought a Velvet Underground record upon their initial release, almost every single one of them was inspired to start a band"
Their first album was managed by the pop artist Andy Warhol and, despite having some excellent songs on it (Run Run Run, Im Waiting for the Man, Femme Fatale), failed to achieve much fame.
White Light, White Heat was their second album; a harsh sounding recording full of distortion and experimenation, and devoid of any of the poppiness of their earlier album. This was the start of the Velvet Underground cult success, and was the inspiration for The Stooges early music.
Taken from http://www.robinsonarchive.com/images/photolarge_500/Velvet01.jpg
I have to admit, their third album is unknown to me - so go here to find about it.
From here on, the band fairly quickly fell apart. Their label cut the majority of their hippie or drug related bands, including VU. Lou Reed, the lead singer was dissilusioned with how the band was going, and quit - which really doesn't do much for my opinion of him.
The band was not Punk in terms of their ideals or politics - but their extensive vamping, experimentation and guitar technique inspired many other bands.Someone (no-one is sure who) said that "while only a few thousand people bought a Velvet Underground record upon their initial release, almost every single one of them was inspired to start a band"
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