In 1982, Brian Eno noted that The Velvet Underground & Nico only sold 30,000 copies in its first five years. Yet, as Eno put it, “everyone who bought one of these 30,000 copies started a band.” The ...

The one-take recording remains one of the most influential moments in rock history.

Before they became synonymous with downtown cool, the Velvet Underground played a multi-band bill at a suburban New Jersey high school in 1965. Parents and kids in the crowd were repelled by the ...

A Mainstream Alternative History of Alternative Mainstream Music’ (Da Capo, Sept.), journalist Klosterman constructs a ...

Author Richie Unterberger's new Velvet Underground history Do What You Fear The Most is out this week. It surely contains many superb factoids, but one in particular will be of special interest to VU ...

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 ...

Before they became synonymous with downtown cool, the Velvet Underground played a multiband bill at a suburban New Jersey high school in 1965. Parents and kids in the crowd were repelled by the ...

LOADED: The Life (and Afterlife) of The Velvet Underground. By Dylan Jones. Grand Central Publishing. 400 pages. $30. Before they became synonymous with downtown cool, the Velvet Underground played a ...