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We are looking back at what Andy Warhol, the de facto leader of the Velvet Underground, would choose as his favourite VU song of all time.
Founding member Lou Reed, alongside John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker, revealed the name’s origins in ...
The Velvet Underground’s first album was a commercial ... The record went out without anybody changing anything because Andy Warhol said it was okay. It’s hilarious. He made it so we could ...
The Velvet Underground have some uncharacteristicallybeautiful and joyous songs like 'Beginning to See the Light', which The Edge wants played at his funeral.
Cale and Reed did not speak again until 1987, when they both attended the funeral of artist and Velvet Underground promotor Andy Warhol. To the surprise of nearly everyone, Cale and Reed made up ...
during the birth of Velvet Underground under the impetus of Lou Reed and, very quickly, with the blessing of Andy Warhol.