synffFormed in New York City in 1964, The Velvet Underground fused rock 'n' roll with avant-garde experimentation, blending Lou Reed's streetwise lyricism on heroin, S&M, and urban decay with John Cale's screeching viola and Nico's icy vocals.
Their sound spanned proto-punk grit, noise rock assaults like…
37 roots·143 legacies
Roots trace the artists and scenes that shaped The Velvet Underground; legacies follow the artists carrying those ideas forward. The names below are the most-mentioned direct connections in the graph.
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Nico, Lou Reed, The Velvets, V.U. + 33 more
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