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Loaded : the life (and afterlife) of the Velvet Underground / Dylan Jones.

by Jones, Dylan, 1960-

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Grand Central, 2023.

781.660922 V446jo

Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987.

Velvet Underground (Musical group)

Velvet Underground (Musical group) -- Interviews.

Rock music -- United States -- History and criticism.

Rock musicians -- United States -- Interviews.

Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography.

Rock groups -- United States -- Biography.

9781538756560 (hc)

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Life and afterlife of the Velvet Underground

xi, 388 p. ; 24 cm.

Originally published in 2023 by White Rabbit in the United Kingdom.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Drawing on contributions from remaining members, contemporaneous musicians, critics, filmmakers, and the generation of artists who emerged in their wake, this definitive oral history celebrates not only the impact of The Velvet Underground but their legacy, which burns brighter than ever in the 21st century. Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen--whether it be the 1960s or the 2020s -- The Velvet Underground represents ground zero. Crystallizing the idea of the bohemian, urban, narcissistic art school gang around a psychedelic rock and roll band -- a stylistic idea that evolved in the rarefied environs of Andy Warhol's Factory -- The Velvets were the first major American rock group with a mixed gender line-up. They never smiled in photographs, wore sunglasses indoors, and invented the archetype that would be copied by everyone from Sid Vicious to Bobby Gillespie. They were avant-garde nihilists, writing about drug abuse, prostitution, paranoia, and sado-masochistic sex at a time when the rest of the world was singing about peace and love. In that sense they invented punk and then some. It could even be argued that they invented modern New York. Drawing on interviews and material relating to all major players, from Lou Reed, John Cale, Mo Tucker, Andy Warhol, Jon Savage, Nico, David Bowie, Mary Harron, and many more, award-winning journalist Dylan Jones breaks down the band's whirlwind of subversion and, in a narrative rich in drama and detail, proves why The Velvets remain the original kings and queens of edge"--Publisher.

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