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The Velvet Underground (Affectionately known as The Velvets, or V.U. for short) was an American rock and roll band of the late 1960s.Although never commercially successful, The Velvet Underground remain one of the most influential bands of their time: a famous remark, often attributed to Brian Eno, is that while only a few thousand people bought a Velvet Underground record, every single one of them was inspired to start a band. This is certainly an overstatement, but it does demonstrate their massive influence and cult following that has outlasted the group's five-year existence.
The Velvet Underground were one of the first rock music groups to experiment with the form, and to incorporate avant garde influences. The group's often raw sound would influence many later punk, noise rock, and alternative music performers, and singer Lou Reed's lyrics brought new levels of poetic sophistication and social realism to rock. Bands heavily influenced by the Velvets include the Modern Lovers, Big Star, and Galaxie 500Galaxie 500 was a seminal guitar band from the late 1980s who were heavily influenced by late Velvet Underground. Galaxie 500 leveraged fairly minimal instrumental technique with intense atmospherics, provided by producer Kramer, and their distinctive sou.
1 Personnel
1.1 Core members
- Lou Reed ( guitarnylon strings. steel strings and more guide dots on the fretboard. A guitar is a stringed musical instrument played with the fingers or a plectrum ( guitar pick). The sound is produced by vibrating strings. Guitars have a body (which is hollow for acousti, vocalsSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice. Air is expelled with the diaphragm as with ordinary breathing, and the pitch is altered with the vocal cords. With the lips closed, this is called humming. A piece of music that is sung is cal, pianoPiano is a common abbreviation for pianoforte a large musical instrument with a keyboard (see keyboard instrument). Its sound is produced by strings stretched on a rigid frame. These vibrate when struck by felt-covered hammers, which are activated by the, harmonicaA harmonica is a free reed musical wind instrument (also known, among other things, as a mouth organ french harp simply harp or Mississippi saxophone ), having multiple, variably-tuned brass or bronze reeds, each secured at one end over an airway slot of 1965-1970)
- John CaleJohn Cale (born March 9, 1942) is a Welsh musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his work in rock music, but has worked in a variety of styles over the years. He is perhaps best known for having been a member of the rock group The ( bass guitarThe electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument similar to the electric guitar, but larger in size and with a lower range. It is also closely related to—and inspired by—the double bass, and shares things in common with a range of bass instruments. It is, electric violaString instruments Alternate uses: Viola (disambiguation The viola is a stringed musical instrument which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the violin and the lower lines played by the cello and double bass, organ, vocals 1965-1968)
- Sterling Morrison ( guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals 1965-1971)
- Maureen "Mo" Tucker ( percussion, vocals 1965-1972)
