The Velvet Underground

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Lou Reed performs in 1979

“It Startled Me, and I Thought, Did I Just Write 13 Songs With Lou Reed?” Nils Lofgren Reflects on His "Magical" Collaboration With the Velvet Underground Legend

By Art Thompson published

“He’d been up three nights straight and had finished 13 sets of lyrics,” says the Crazy Horse maestro and Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band Rock and Roll Hall of Famer

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Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck

Watch Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp’s Tantalizing “Venus in Furs” Visualizer

By Rod Brakes published

Video The Velvet Underground cover is the latest teaser from the stars' collaborative new album ’18.’

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David Bowie (1947 - 2016, left) performing with guitarist Mick Ronson (1946 1993) at a live recording of 'The 1980 Floor Show' for the NBC 'Midnight Special' TV show, at The Marquee Club in London, with a specially invited audience of Bowie fanclub members, 20th October 1973.

Mick Ronson: the Rise and Fall of Glam-Rock’s Greatest Guitarist

By Max Bell published

In 1970, he changed the career of David Bowie and went on to work with Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Morrissey and more.

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Lou Reed (left) and Sterling Morrison, 1970

Here’s How The Velvet Underground Created a Template for Alternative Rock

By Guitar Player Staff published

Guitarists Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison were the prototype for alt-rock guitar tandems.

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