The place functioned as a combination of a clubhouse, community center, lounge, and cruising area for some of New York more outlandish types - preening fashion models, ranting amphetamine heads, sulky poets and underground moviemakers and occasionally some movie personalities and rock stars. album was released the Velvets played some shows on the west coast, but the reviews were not good. Al Aronowitz arranged them their first jobs. Despite the controversial cover, The Velvet Underground & Nico didn’t fly off the shelves and the manner in which it sensationally flopped led to tensions growing between the band — a problem from which they would never quite recover. brought Lou Reed and John Cale together. As well as headlining (with Luna as the opening act), the Velvets performed as supporting act for five dates of U2's Zoo TV Tour. Nico had also begun a solo career with Cale producing a majority of her albums. Ultimately, Morrison was dispatched by Reed to tell Cale that he was out of the band.[49]. Warhol`s own growing celebrity Nico once said that Lou Reed never liked her because of what real. way: Andy was the producer and Andy was in fact sitting behind the board gazing with rapt fascination.. at all the blinking lights. new challenges she moved to Paris where she soon became a star model in Europe. [7][8] The provocative subject matter, musical experiments, and often nihilistic attitudes explored in the band's work proved influential in the development of punk rock and new wave music. And she would try and do little sexual politics things in the band. with Cale in La Monte Youngs band. In 1960 he went into the Syracuse University, where he developed his 1969 saw The Velvet Underground… After graduation he was sent on a scholarship to study Modern Composition in Lenox, Massachusetts, but [57] The album has the experimental track "The Murder Mystery", which utilised all four band members (Reed, Yule, Tucker and Morrison) reading different lyrics, sometimes simultaneously, as well as the ballad "Pale Blue Eyes". Even after I thought of [78] On September 16, 1998, at Havel's request, Reed performed in the White House at a state dinner in Havel's honor hosted by President Bill Clinton.[79]. jamming. The LP sleeve was designed by Dick Smith, then a staff artist at MGM/Verve. When Warhol offered them the opportunity to revert to a Factory regime they "[citation needed][who?] Cale and Reed were skeptic of each other at the beginning, but went along in the band because Reed also liked the idea of tuning all the strings in the same tone. He also said, "I left them to their album full of hits that I made". The foundations for what would become the Velvet Underground were laid in late-1964. hair a trifle longer than his other school mates. On the other hand, Yule has pointed out that the album was for all intents and purposes finished when Reed left the band and that Reed had been aware of most, if not all, of the edits. The art connection also meant They could could be a straight r&b band; an avant-garde ensemble [24] During a short period in September 1966, when Cale was ill, the avant-garde musician Henry Flynt and Reed's friend Richard Mishkin[25] took turns to cover for him.[26]. here that he met John Cale. Andy Warhol said to Lou Throughout the 1950`s, Warhol was an extremely The banana on the cover is typical Prior to the sessions the Velvets of the above. The album was to peculiar for them, and they had just released Frank It is essentially a one long loose improvisation including some private conversations and a brief visit from the NYPD. This resulted in a gentler sound influenced by folk music, prescient of the songwriting style that would soon form Reed's solo career. The Velvet Underground lyrics - 60 song lyrics sorted by album, including "Pale Blue Eyes", "Sunday Morning", "I Found A Reason". To satisfied doing the show, because after all they had their songs that they would record. The album was released on January 30, 1968, entering the Billboard Top 200 chart for two weeks, at number 199. Pop artist Andy Warhol became their manager in 1966, and they served as the house band at Warhol's art collective known as "the Factory" and Warhol's traveling multimedia show, the Exploding Plastic Inevitable, from 1966 to 1967. Other drum parts were performed by engineer Adrian Barber, session musician Tommy Castanaro, and Billy Yule (Doug Yule's younger brother), who was still in high school at the time. The Velvet Underground & Nico is the debut album by The Velvet Underground and vocal collaborator Nico. [27] Early promo posters referred to the group as the "erupting plastic inevitable". Because I thought that was one of the things to do if we were going to move away from that…"[38] Steve Sesnick was soon brought in as a replacement manager, much to the chagrin of Cale, who believes that Sesnick tried to push Reed as band leader at the expense of band harmony. It was during the Loaded recording sessions that the Velvets (with Billy Yule deputizing on drums) secured a now-legendary nine-week residency (from June 24 – August 28, 1970) at the New York nightclub Max's Kansas City, playing two lengthy sets per night, and showcasing altered arrangements of older songs from their previous albums, as well as showcasing the new material that would soon make up Loaded. He had undergone a liver transplant earlier in the year. When he heard that Paul Morrisey encouraged Andy Warhol to support Nico`s solo career, Reed stated that the corporation between Nico, Andy Warhol and The Velvet Underground was over. Cale sang most of the songs Nico had originally performed. He gave me six copies of Squeeze as pay. Warhol connection, the album was selling poorly. Andy Warhol's Velvet Underground Featuring Nico Music Poster 24 x 33in 4.8 out of 5 stars 11. They were the urban The show included 16 mm film projections by Warhol, combined with a stroboscopic-light show designed by Danny Williams. "[7], This article is about the band. Cale had a classical background on piano and he had graduated from London`s Goldsmith College. Nelson asked singer-songwriter Elliott Murphy to write liner notes for the double album. we`d just walk in and set up and did what we always did and no one would stop it because The album was recorded primarily in Scepter Studios in New York City during April 1966, but for reasons unclear, some songs were rerecorded at TTG Studios in Los Angeles, along with the new song "Sunday Morning", later in the year with Tom Wilson producing. her people had done to his people. Street, called The Factory. The Velvet Underground & Nico wird zu den bedeutendsten Alben der Musikgeschichte gezählt. on the outer peripheries of music; a light melodic pop combo; a haunting wave of noise He dit the artwork for the album, In 1966, MacLise temporarily rejoined the Velvet Underground for a few EPI shows when Reed was suffering from hepatitis and unable to perform. “Andy would show his movies on us,” remembers Reed, “We wore black so you could see the movie. later on. Famous rock'n roll group from New York. and icy beauty did add an extra dimension. Andy Warhol says about the EPI We all knew something revolutionary was happening. He and Lou had a relationship where Lou had depended on him for moral support, and he trusted him, and Sesnick basically said 'screw you.' for bringing Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground togehter. Cale, Reed and Morrison Their first four albums were included in Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The Velvet Underground has grown over the years to be recognized as the most groundbreaking band of the '60s, and this 5-CD set is a shattering testament to their greatness and Lou Reed's genius. International. York instead. a high school in New Jersey - for the modest payment of 75 dollars- MacLise quit, MacLise was replaced by Maureen "Moe" Tucker, the younger sister of Morrison's friend Jim Tucker. After Reed's departure, he later reworked a number of these songs for his solo records over the years: "Stephanie Says", "Ocean", "I Can't Stand It", "Lisa Says", and "Andy's Chest", as well as "She's My Best Friend", which had been originally sung by Doug Yule. He wondered what the student would make of the music and concluded, "I wish it was a hundred years from today (I can't stand the suspense)".[58][59]. Whoever seemed to be having undue influence on the course of events, you`d find Nico Those who did remove the banana skin found a pink, peeled banana beneath. Two weird albums Do you want to keep just playing museums from now on and the art festivals? Well known for Andy Warhol's artwork and often cited as one of the most important and influential groups of their era. While colleges in New York and Boston produced folk singers in the style of Bob Dylan, Syracuse created a bunch of proto-punk rockers. Reed's songs and singing are subdued and confessional in nature,[according to whom?] Due to publicity around the release, and growing interest in the Velvet Underground in Europe, Sesnick was able to secure a single album deal with Polydor in the UK, and a handful of promotional shows were booked in the UK in November and December 1972. because it was poetry and music together. He had packed an empty suitcase and when the time came for the band to return to New York City, he told them at the airport that he was staying in Texas and quitting the band—the last founding member to quit. They thought they were nice, but The Velvets had always delighted in improvisation, but the EPI gave them an unprecedented opportunity to extemporize while kaleidoscopic images were projected around them, dancers acted out conceptions, and people were encouraged to participate Both records EX Sleeve is very nice, no stickers. Mit ihren provokanten Texten über Sadomasochismus, Transvestitismus und Drogensucht blieb die Band während ihres Bestehens kommerziell erfolglos, heute wird sie jedoch als einflussreicher Vorreiter experimenteller Rockmusik angesehen. Each had had nervous breakdowns. The Velvet Underground met artist Andy Warhol, a leader of the Pop Art movement, in 1965. Reed's first group with Cale was the Primitives, a short-lived group assembled to issue budget-priced recordings and support an anti-dance single written by Reed, "The Ostrich", to which Cale added a viola passage. When Andy Warhol came into the Cafe for the first We were doing a specific thing that was very, very Warhol had great success in the business branch. members never thought they would be allowed to record. This banana you could peel off and a pink banana would 'You gotta decide what you want to do. one week earlier and she had already recorded an album in London. An abortive UK tour with Yule as the band leader and with new musicians followed in 1973, and a final album released in the band's name, Squeeze (1973), consisting mostly of Yule with a few session musicians, marked the end of the band for some time. possibilities opened up. Terry Phillips, who worked for Pickwick International, While Reed had covered a vast range of lyrical subjects on the first two Velvet Underground albums, the lyrical themes of the third album were more "intimate" in nature. Lou, don't you think you should think about it?' Shelley, a girlfriend referencing Andy Warhol's Velvet Underground Featuring Nico, 2xLP, Comp, Gat, 2683 006, 2354010/1 Candy Says! Artwork page for ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’, Andy Warhol, The Velvet Underground, 1967 on display at Tate Modern. When The Velvet Underground joined Andy Warhol, he was thirty-six, to California. Bruce Teleky Velvet Underground and Nico - Banana by Andy Warhol 36"x24" Art Print Poster 4.6 out of 5 stars 58. It is one of only two albums that I know of that names the cover designer rather than the band or the record’s title on the front (the other being Swedish band bob hund‘s 1996 LP … Tourists were sitting around tables with their exotic drinks [62] During the sessions, Sterling Morrison resumed his undergraduate studies at the City College of New York. of Lou says. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2019 Vinyl release of Andy Warhol's Factory Broadcast: New York City 1966 on Discogs. The band released three more albums (White Light/White Heat (1968), The Velvet Underground (1969), and Loaded (1970), with Doug Yule replacing Cale for the final two, and with none performing up to the expectations of record labels or of Reed, the band's leader; the group functionally disbanded in 1971-1972 as everyone except Yule left the band. Manager and music journalist Al Aronowitz arranged for the group's first paying gig—$75 ($608 in 2019 dollars[20]) to play at Summit High School, in Summit, New Jersey, opening for the Myddle Class. He had heard Lou Reeds's song Morrison's ringing guitar parts and Yule's melodic bass guitar and harmony vocals are used prominently on the album. [15] According to Reed and Morrison, the group liked the name, considering it evocative of "underground cinema", and fitting, as Reed had already written "Venus in Furs", a song inspired by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's book of the same name, which dealt with masochism. From their go-to Lower East Side hangouts to Andy Warhol’s Silver Factory, explore the band’s favorite NYC haunts through Matali Crasset’s original scenography. movies in a rock`n`roll context. In ihrer Anfangsformation bestand sie aus Lou Reed (Gitarre, Gesang), John Cale (Bass, Viola, Keyboard und Gesang), Angus MacLise (Schlagzeug, Bongos, Handtrommeln) und Sterling Morrison (Gitarre). But the EPI stayed in LA for three Maureen Tucker was a big Packaging for the seminal record by Velvet Underground & Nico, produced by Andy Warhol. He not only made an arrangement with them but actually signed as me and took the money. This concert was bootlegged, and finally received an official release as Le Bataclan '72 in 2003. in Paris. «The Exploding Plastic Inevitable» was a multi-media presentation, which opened at the Cinemateque in February 1966. [53] It was following this discussion that led to a phone call from Steve Sesnick inviting Yule to meet with the band at Max's Kansas City in New York City in October 1968 to discuss joining the Velvets before two upcoming shows in Cleveland, Ohio, at the club La Cave. The Velvet Underground and Andy Warhol story Reed was the boss and main figure in The Velvet Underground. He would be gracious to Lou in his precence, but never really involved him in anything after that. Album cover designed by Andy Warhol for rock group “The Velvet Underground” record “The Velvet Underground & Nico” – the original one with a sticker The original album cover allowed fans to peel back the banana skin as a sticker, revealing the fruit of a nude-colored banana underneath. Tensions were growing: the group was tired of receiving little recognition for its work, and Reed and Cale were pulling the Velvet Underground in different directions. the central theme of his life became a struggle to express himself and get what he letting Nico do a couple of numbers. We just felt it. his fellow school mates, so after a while he started to sell drugs to the clean-cut lead singer, "Sweet Jane" and "Rock and Roll". importance in the early Velvets should not be underestimated. [citation needed] A brief interlude in "Rock and Roll" was also removed. [86] They were ranked the 19th greatest artist by the same magazine[87] and the 24th greatest artist in a poll by VH1. And so the album is fuzzy, there's all that white noise...we wanted to do something electronic and energetic.