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Pop / Rock,
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rock, classic rock, indie, alternative, proto-punk, psychedelic, indie rock, punk, alternative rock, experimental, 60s, post-punk, indie pop, folk, electronic, new wave, The Velvet Underground, pop
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1960s,
1970s,
1980s,
1990s,
2000s
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Biography
The antithesis of late-60s west coast love and peace, New York, USA's the Velvet Underground portrayed a darker side to that era's hedonism. Their pulsating drive married with intellectual precision and resulted in one of rock's most innovative and lasting catalogues. Lou Reed (Lewis Allen Rabinowitz, 2 March 1942, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA; guitar/vocals) and John Cale (b. 9 March 1942, Garnant, Carmarthenshire, Wales; viola, bass, organ) provided a contrast in personality and approach that ensured the band's early notoriety. Reed was a contract songwriter and performer at Pickwick Records, responsible for a series of budget-priced recordings issued under several names, the best-known of which was the Primitives. Cale, a classically trained child prodigy, had secured a scholarship to study in America, but was drawn into the band's nascent circle when he contributed a viola passage to Reed's anti-dance composition "The Ostrich". A third member of the...
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