ANGUS MACLISE: THE PETE BEST OF THE PUNK GODFATHERS
Angus MacLise (1938-1979) was, as the Velvet Underground’s original drummer, an essential element of their early free-form sound,...
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NICO ICON AND THE BOHEMIAN, OR, HOW TO WALK A WOLF THROUGH PARIS
Carlos De Maldonado-Bostock was identified as a “bohemian” in the credits of the documentary film Nico Icon (1995),...
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW #1: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO
Billy Hough tackles 1967’s “Velvet Underground & Nico” in 3 minutes Legs McNeil gave Billy Hough 3 minutes...
GARLAND JEFFREYS: THE KING OF IN BETWEEN
The talented singer, songwriter and performer was friends and collaborators with both Lou Reed and John Cale before...
NICO: THERE SHE GOES AGAIN, A MEDITATION ON DEATH, BEAUTY AND ARTISTRY
Nico (Christa Paffgen) was many things to many different people, including Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, Jim Morrison, Bob...
WARHOL, THE VELVETS, THE FUGS AND THE DOM
The Dom, a book recently published in Poland, covers the untold story of Lower East Side’s counterculture in...
JOHN CALE : THE MIDWIFE OF PUNK ROCK
It is Billy Hough’s passionate belief that our musical world would be a different place if this brilliant...
LOU REED: FREEING THE ROCK & ROLL ANIMAL
When Steve Katz, late of Blood Sweat & Tears and the Blues Project, signed on to produce some...
DESIGNING AND LIVING WITH LOU REED: AN INTERVIEW WITH SYLVIA REED
Sylvia Reed – Lou Reed’s ex-wife, art designer, manager, and reading partner – offers insights into the most...
LOU REED’S ARCHIVE HOLDS SIX HUNDRED HOURS OF MOSTLY UNRELEASED AUDIO, AND OTHER REVELATIONS FROM HIS ARCHIVIST
Don Fleming, rock musician (Gumball, Dinosaur Jr, Velvet Monkeys) and producer (Sonic Youth, Teenage Fanclub, Hole, Alice Cooper,...
DOUG YULE: THE FORGOTTEN VELVET
He appeared on more Velvet Underground recordings than John Cale or Nico and yet he is seldom mentioned...
EXPERIENCING THE VELVET UNDERGROUND IN NEW YORK CITY
A new ‘Art & Music Exhibition’ re-creates the bohemian rhapsodies that cross-pollinated in downtown Manhattan and shaped everything...
STERLING SPEAKS! STERLING MORRISON’S LAST INTERVIEW WITH LEGS MCNEIL, 1995
Sterling Morrison (1942-1995) was the guitarist for the Velvet Underground, appearing on all four studio albums that the...
EZRA FURMAN: TRANSFORMED BY LOU REED
Ezra Furman, the perfect pop maker for these trans times, on his newly published 33 & 1/3 book about...