Is the Velvet Underground overrated?

The Velvet Underground are unquestionably the most overrated band in rock history, unless the Sex Pistols count. And they didn’t have any hits or commercial success, which has a lot to do with why they’re so overrated (hey, here’s at least one ’60s classic rock band that isn’t overplayed on the radio).

Was Velvet Underground popular?

The Velvet Underground were one of the ’60s most influential bands — right up there with the Beatles and the Stones — even though practically nobody paid attention to them back when they were making records.

Was Velvet Underground ahead of time?

In 2004, the Strokes’ singer Julian Casablancas told Rolling Stone: “The Velvet Underground were way ahead of their time. And their music was weird. But it also made so much sense to me. I couldn’t believe this wasn’t the most popular music ever made.

Was Lou Reed talented?

Lou Reed was subjected to electroshock therapy He went to class and he was very smart,” said Reed’s friend Richard Mishkin, per Rolling Stone. Similarly, it is tempting to imagine that Reed’s undeniable talent meant that achieving musical success was an inevitability — that, in a word, he had it easy.

What makes the Velvet Underground and Nico so good?

The singing is essentially talking over the music. The songs seem to repeat the same thing for the whole time, no variation. Wikipedia says the album influenced the creation of “art rock, punk, garage, shoegazing, goth, and indie.” Now there is music in those genres that I like.

Why is The Velvet Underground and Nico so important?

Recorded in 1966 but not released until the following year, The Velvet Underground and Nico was one of rock’s most important debuts, a pioneering work that applied the disruptive aesthetics of avant-garde music and free jazz (drones, distortion, atonal feedback) to rock guitar.

Did Lou Reed like the Beatles?

“I never liked the Beatles,” Reed once boldly stated in an interview with The Rolling Stone. However, he had different words for Lennon’s new single in 1970: “That was a song that had realism,” Reed told Bruce Pollock. “When I first heard it, I didn’t even know it was him.

Was Lou Reed married?

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When did Velvet Underground break up?

The group functionally disbanded in the early 1970s as everyone except Yule left the band.

Who were the original members of the Velvet Underground?

The Velvet Underground were an American rock band formed in New York City in 1964. The original line-up consisted of singer/guitarist Lou Reed, multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus MacLise. MacLise was replaced by Moe Tucker in 1965, who played on most of the band’s recordings.

What happened to the Velvet Underground after loaded?

The band released three more albums (White Light/White Heat (1968), The Velvet Underground (1969), and Loaded (1970), with Doug Yule replacing Cale for the final two, and with none performing up to the expectations of record labels or of Reed, the band’s leader; the group functionally disbanded in 1971–1972 as everyone except Yule left the band.

How did Nico become part of the Velvet Underground?

In 1965, after being introduced to the Velvet Underground by filmmaker Barbara Rubin, Andy Warhol became the band’s manager and suggested they use the German-born singer Nico (born Christa Päffgen) on several songs.

What happened to Sterling Morrison of the Velvet Underground?

On August 30, 1995, Sterling Morrison died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma after returning to his hometown of Poughkeepsie, New York, at age 53. When the classic lineup of the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, Reed, Tucker, and Cale reformed the Velvet Underground for the last time.