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The Rough Guide to The Velvet Underground – Softcover Book
The Rough Guide to The Velvet Underground is a book that provides an in-depth exploration of the iconic American rock band, The Velvet Underground. Written by Peter Hogan, it offers a comprehensive look at the band’s history, music, and cultural impact.
Sporting shades and a feedback-heavy sounds, the Velvets straddled art and rock, changing popular music forever, and sowing the seeds for punk, grunge and thousands of countercultural four-chord wonders.
The Rough Guide to The Velvet Underground explores: The Velvet Story: How Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, John Cale and the others emerged from the New York scene, their successes and excesses and what happened to each in their solo years.
Velvet Music: From their 1967 debut with Nico to their 1993 reunion with all the tales behind the tunes. Velvet Universe: Everybody who was anybody in the Velvet’s world, taking in Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, David Bowie, Delmore, Schwaretsz and Brian Eno. Velvet Goldmine: The “Underground” on screen, the Velvets’ New York, clubs, influences, covers, websites and more.
The book covers various aspects of The Velvet Underground’s career, including their formation, collaborations with Andy Warhol, their experimental and avant-garde approach to music, and their influence on subsequent generations of musicians. It also delves into their albums, such as ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico,’ ‘White Light/White Heat,’ and ‘Loaded,’ analyzing the songs and their significance.
The Rough Guide to The Velvet Underground aims to provide readers with a deeper understanding of the band’s contributions to rock music and their enduring legacy. It may also include additional resources, recommendations for further listening, and insights into the band’s impact on popular culture.
ISBN – 9781843535881
Cover – Soft
Pages – 312
