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Is Velvet Underground punk rock?

the Velvet Underground, American band of the 1960s whose primal guitar sound and urban noir lyrics, influenced by avant-garde art and modern literature, inspired the punk and alternative rock movements of the 1970s and ’80s.

What band invented punk rock?

Peru’s own Los Saicos, and not Sex Pistols, The Ramones, New York Dolls, The Stooges, The Dictators, or even Death, was the first punk band in the history of punk bands.

Is JJ Cale the same as John Cale?

John Weldon Cale was born in Oklahoma City, and grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He later styled himself “JJ” to avoid any confusion with John Cale of the Velvet Underground. He graduated from Tulsa Central high school in 1956, then began playing in local country and rockabilly bands.

What bands was Lou Reed in?

The Velvet Underground
Metal Machine Trio
Lou Reed/Music groups

What killed J.J. Cale?

Heart attack
J. J. Cale/Cause of death
Death. Cale died at the age of 74 in San Diego, California, on July 26, 2013, after suffering a heart attack. He was survived by his wife Christine Lakeland, whom he married in 1995.

Is Lou Reed dead?

Deceased (1942–2013)
Lou Reed/Living or Deceased

Who was the original lead singer of the Velvet Underground?

The Velvet Underground. The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in 1964 in New York City by singer/guitarist Lou Reed, multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus MacLise (replaced by Moe Tucker in 1965).

What happened to the Velvet Underground after loaded?

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.

How did Nico become part of the Velvet Underground?

In 1965, after being introduced to the Velvet Underground by filmmaker Barbara Rubin, Andy Warhol became the band’s manager and suggested they use the German-born singer Nico (born Christa Päffgen) on several songs.

What was Lou Reed’s last album with the Velvet Underground?

Cotillion Records (a subsidiary of Atlantic Records that specialized in blues and Southern soul) signed the Velvet Underground for what would be its final studio album with Lou Reed: Loaded. The album’s title refers to Atlantic’s request that the band produce an album “loaded with hits”.