The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground was a seminal New York City-based rock 'n' roll group featuring songwriter Lou Reed. About the Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground never sold many records, but, as many have said, it seems like every one of the group's fans went out and started a band. The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, Third Edition (2001), p. 1034 The Velvets straddled the categories. They were nothing if not eclectic: their music and sensibility suggested influences as diverse as Bob Dylan and Andy Warhol, Peter Townshend and John Cage; they experimented with demented feedback and isolated, pure notes and noise for noise's sake; they were partial to sweet, almost folky melodies; they played the electric viola on Desolation Row. Ellen Willis, in Stranded: Rock and Roll for a Desert Island (1979), edited by Greil Marcus; pp. 73–74 External links Category:American bands Category:Experimental rock Category:Protopunk Category:Rock bands