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This is what happens to music, art, and even politics after it’s forgotten by society. It loses its shock value, including ...
To rock snobs, art-school students, and dads everywhere, the Velvet Underground are the cornerstone of rock and roll. They inspired bands like R.E.M. and Sonic Youth with their innovative style ...
On Sunday 23 August, 1970, The Velvet Underground were nine weeks into a ten week residency ... ‘Walk On The Wild Side’ from Transformer (1972) The song that set Reed’s solo career in motion began ...
Transformer remains a remarkable arranged marriage of gritty ... Nobody, least of all him, was sure where a former Velvet Underground frontman should go next. They coaxed forth the nervy, needy spirit ...
He was trying to make the band more accessible.” Reed’s desires to make the Velvet Underground a more palatable band after leaving Warhol’s Plastic Exploding Inevitable make sense.
In 1963, he travelled to New York to continue his musical training under composer Aaron Copland. In 1965, Cale co-founded The Velvet Underground with Lou Reed. He would play a pivotal part in the ...
“I Found a Reason” (1970) – The Velvet Underground “I Found a Reason ... It appeared on his classic 1972 album Transformer. The album also featured his one-and-only U.S. chart hit ...
As The Velvet Underground set its sights on a third album ... In 1972, Reed finally found mainstream success with his second solo album, Transformer, produced by Mick Ronson and David Bowie. Defiantly ...
In a first in country, BESCOM sets up operates underground centre at Malleshwaram Karnataka has become the pioneer in establishing the first underground transformer station in the country.
Mahantesh Bilagi, Managing Director, Bescom explained that the underground transformer system will help in safeguarding electrical equipment from experiencing severe climatic conditions ...