“In the beginning, there weren’t many people in the audience,” Quine writes of the performances in the set’s liner notes. “There were a few nights when they started the first set with only four or ...

The Velvet Underground sounded like nothing else that came out in 1967. It's easy to hear why: Unlike so many other classic albums that came out that year, the Velvet Underground's debut felt like ...

Lou Reed wanted to be a star in 1970. It wasn't always this way. On the first three albums he made with the Velvet Underground, he was contentious, abrasive and as far from the mainstream as an artist ...

David Bowie, the Ramones, Blondie and Talking Heads all owe a big debt to another Rock & Roll Hall of Fame act: the Velvet Underground. And although it’s been five decades since those influential art ...

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 ...

Like many of the best guitarists of the 20th century, Morrison wasn’t really a “flashy” guitarist, nor was he a show-off. He let his skill speak for itself. In general, he preferred to write and ...

In the early 1960s, the streets of New York City’s Lower East Side and East Village were buzzing with the sounds of a burgeoning music scene. It was during this time that a group of musicians, who ...

Filmmaker Todd Haynes, whose 1998 film Velvet Goldmine was loosely based on the ’70s glam rock world Bowie and Lou Reed, will now focus his eye on Reed’s group The Velvet Underground for a new ...

All tomorrow’s parties will soon be streaming and in theaters. A documentary homage to revered rock ‘n’ rollers the Velvet Underground released its first trailer on Monday. The eponymously named flick ...

Listen to noodling tracks by Dave Matthews Band, Grateful Dead, Goose and more. By Marc Tracy To celebrate the return of daylight saving time, here’s a playlist full of songs about sunshine and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. The Velvet Underground and Nico (also known as the ‘Banana Album’ due to ...