Cale was part of the Velvet Underground from 1964 to 1968. He played on the band's first two albums and took an especially ...

The Velvet Underground's iconic debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico, was released. Once described by Hot ...

David Bowie and The Velvet Underground had a well-known creative relationship, and he once compared a 1980s band to the ...

These four 1960s albums started as commercial failures before finally earning their well-deserved props years and decades later.

Their debut album, 1967’s ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico,’ includes songs about drug addicts, transvestites and hookers; its 1968 follow-up, ‘White Light / White Heat,’ is even darker.

John Cale's name is inevitably associated with the legendary New York band that produced ‘Femme Fatale’. Yet it was in Wales ...

As Tom Morello explained, "Folk music - the music of Woody Guthrie and Phil Ochs, early Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Pete Seeger - could be as heavy as anything." ...

What’s the best Velvet Underground? There’s no bad answer to that question; any of the band’s five studio LPs, other than the post-Lou Reed record Squeeze could qualify, and even that one has some ...

was the reference for how we wanted our album to be mastered. The way each song sounds on it — it’s just great. LOWENSTEIN: Obviously, the Velvet Underground are a guiding light for ...

The two surviving VU-ers on the band's third album... You were in the fortunate position of seeing The Velvet Underground play before you joined the band. What were they like live? The first time ...

Lou Reed got his start in the ‘60s fronting the Velvet Underground, the influential ... After making four terrific albums with the band, Reed launched a solo career in the ‘70s that yielded ...