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American rock band other uses pp-move pp-vandalism|small=yes Use American English April 2022 Use mdy dates October 2023 Infobox musical artist | name = The Velvet Underground | image = Velvet Underground & Nico publicity photo (retouched).jpg | caption = The Velvet Underground and Nico in 1966
Clockwise from top left: Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, John Cale, Moe Tucker and Nico | image_size = | origin = New York City, New York, U.S. | alias = * The Warlocks * The Falling Spikes | genre = hlist|Art rockcite book Matthew Bannister White Boys, White Noise: Masculinities and 1980s Indie Guitar Rock https://books.google.com/books?id=4ckLKGTXRwQC&pg=PA38|year=2007 Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|page=38|isbn=978-0-7546-8803-7|nowrap|proto-punkcite web Proto-Punk http://www.allmusic.com/subgenre/proto-punk-ma0000005021 AllMusic September 25, 2016|experimental rockcite book Rosenberg Stuart Rock and Roll and the American Landscape: The Birth of an Industry and the Expansion of the Popular Culture, 1955–1969 https://books.google.com/books?id=736Mu91q_fcC&pg=PA179|page=179|year=2009 iUniverse|isbn=978-1-4401-6458-3 | years_active = hlist|1964–1973|1990|1992–1993|1996 | label = hlist|Verve Records|Verve|Atlantic Records|Atlantic|Polydor Records|Polydor|MGM Records|MGM|Mercury Records|Mercury|Cotillion Records|Cotillion | spinoff_of = Theatre of Eternal Music | current_members = | past_members = * Lou Reed * John Cale * Sterling Morrison * Angus MacLise * Moe Tucker * Doug Yule * Billy Yule * Walter Powers (musician)|Walter Powers * Willie Alexander | website = URL|velvetundergroundmusic.com ''The Velvet Underground'' was an American Rock music|rock band formed in New York City in 1964. It originally comprised singer and guitarist Lou Reed, Welsh people|Welsh multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison and drummer Angus MacLise. In 1965, MacLise was replaced by Moe Tucker, who played on most of the band's recordings. Though their integration of rock and the avant-garde earned them little commercial success, they are now widely regarded as one of the most influential bands in rock, Underground music|underground, Experimental music|experimental, and Alternative music|alternative music.cite web http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20131125-do-the-velvets-beat-the-beatles The Velvet Underground: As influential as The Beatles? Kot Greg BBC October 21, 2014 November 25, 2016 Their provocative subject matter, experimentation, and Nihilism|nihilistic attitude were also instrumental in the development of punk rock, new wave music|new wave and several other genres.cite web|last1=Unterberger|first1=Richie The Velvet Underground – Biography & History https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-velvet-underground-mn0000840402#biography AllMusic March 26, 2017 The group performed under several names before settling on the Velvet Underground in 1965, taken from the title of The Velvet Underground (book)|a 1963 book on atypical sexual behavior. In 1966, the pop artist Andy Warhol became their manager. They served as the house band at Warhol's studio, the Factory, and his traveling multimedia show, the ''Exploding Plastic Inevitable'', from 1966 to 1967. Their debut album, ''The Velvet Underground & Nico,'' featuring the German singer and model Nico, was released in 1967 to critical indifference and poor sales but later drew widespread acclaim.[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/the-velvet-underground-and-nico-the-velvet-underground-52023/ RS 500 Greatest Albums] November 18, 2003.[https://web.archive.org/web/20060316135338/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6597640/13_the_velvet_underground/ 13-The Velvet Underground and Nico] Rolling Stone, November 1, 2003 They released three more albums: the abrasive ''White Light/White Heat'' (1968, and the more accessible albums ''The Velvet Underground (album)|The Velvet Underground'' (1969) and ''Loaded (The Velvet Underground album)|Loaded'' (1970, with Doug Yule replacing Cale for the latter two. None performed to the expectations of record labels or Reed, the band's leader. However, like the band's debut, all albums later achieved critical acclaim. In the early 1970s, all but Yule left the band. Yule led an abortive UK tour in 1973, and released a final album under the Velvet Underground name, ''Squeeze (The Velvet Underground album)|Squeeze'' (1973, recorded mostly by Yule with session musicians, before the band dissolved shortly after. The former band members collaborated on each other's solo work throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and a retrospective "rarities" album, ''VU (album)|VU'', was released in 1985. Reed, Cale, Tucker and Morrison reunited for a series of well-received shows in 1993, and released a live album from the tour, ''Live MCMXCIII'', later that same year. After Morrison's death in 1995, the remaining members played a final performance at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 1996. Reed died in 2013. In 2004, the Velvet Underground were ranked number 19 on ''Rolling Stone''s list of the "Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time|100 Greatest Artists of All Time".Julian Casablancas, [https://web.archive.org/web/20060521064728/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939222/19_the_velvet_underground/ "The Velvet Underground" (No. 19)], in [https://web.archive.org/web/20060316103016/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/ "The Immortals: The First Fifty"], ''Rolling Stone'', No. 946 (April 15, 2004, accessed April 29, 2007. ''The New York Times'' wrote that the Velvet Underground was "arguably the most influential American rock band of our time".Bowman, David. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131031023325/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/26/magazine/forever-decadent.html "Forever Decadent"]. ''The New York Times''. April 26, 1998. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
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