Cale was part of the Velvet Underground from 1964 to 1968. He played on the band's first two albums and took an especially ...

The Velvet Underground's iconic debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico, was released. Once described by Hot ...

John Cale's name is inevitably associated with the legendary New York band that produced ‘Femme Fatale’. Yet it was in Wales ...

David Bowie and The Velvet Underground had a well-known creative relationship, and he once compared a 1980s band to the ...

What’s the best Velvet Underground? There’s no bad answer to that question; any of the band’s five studio LPs, other than the post-Lou Reed record Squeeze could qualify, and even that one has some ...

Lou Reed was always the mouthpiece for Velvet Underground, but he felt there was someone else in the background pulling the strings.

Unrequited love happens to the best of us, even to famous musicians like Leonard Cohen and his unfulfilled relationship with Nico.

The two surviving VU-ers on the band's third album... You were in the fortunate position of seeing The Velvet Underground play before you joined the band. What were they like live? The first time ...

you couldn’t imagine a director better suited to a Velvet Underground documentary than Todd Haynes. But though you might have hoped for some occult, o... And – overwhelmingly of course ...

There is no overstating the influence Velvet Underground had on American music. They invented punk and garage rock, took experimentation to another level, and inspired Iggy Pop, David Bowie ...

Shoegaze could’ve never existed without the Velvet Underground’s precedent, but “Candy Says” is among their least hazy tracks. So it’s cool to hear reverby guitars all over the song.