The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground was a band out of New York City in 1964. The Velvet Underground was known for their image which was music, art, and film. The Velvet Underground is held as one of the most influential band of their era. This was for there experimental music and provocative lyrics. The two main members of the Velvet Underground where Lou Reed, and John Cale. Lou Reed was the guitar player as well as the lead songwriter. Lou Reed would sing about subjects that where unheard of in the early rock and roll era, with subjects like sexuality and about the drug culture. Lou Reed Eventually left the band in 1971 when he started his solo career, which later that year he came out with a hit song titled "Walk on the wild side". John Cale was the bass/cello player of the band, and also the co-founder. John met Reed in college where the formed the band and started to develop their experimental music style. John Later moved on to writing classical and drone music in his solo career and is still working on solo projects. Though both Lou Reed, and John Cale had much more success with their solo carer then with Velvet Underground, both acknowledge the fact that those years in Velvet Underground were very important to their success. Andy Warhol was the Velvet Undergrounds manager, which some say is why they were so successful. Andy Warhol not only managed the Velvet Underground but he also own The Factory which was a studio in New York City. Warhol had the Velvet Underground as the house band for his studio and also for his Exploding Plastic Inevitable events. Some of the characteristics that would describe this band would be unique, experimental, and before its time. What a lot of people don't understand is the fact that the Velvet Underground was speaking its mind through the music and not comforting to what the typical music style would have been back in its era. To sum this all up, i can end by saying that the Velvet Underground has though me that you don't have to follow the book for people to like your music you just need an original idea and you can set your own trends. 






References :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Velvet_Underground#Early_stages_.281965.E2.80.931966.29