Category: The Velvet Underground

* 1942 – Sterling Morrison, American singer and guitarist ( The Velvet Underground ) ( d. 1995 )

He was also known as The Originator because of his key role in the transition from the blues to rock, influencing a host of acts, including Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, The Velvet Underground, The Who, The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and George Michael, among others.

While with the Buzz, Bowie also joined the Riot Squad ; their recordings, which included a Bowie number and Velvet Underground material, went unreleased.

) Elsewhere, the album explored more serious themes, and found Bowie paying unusually direct homage to his influences with " Song for Bob Dylan ", " Andy Warhol ", and " Queen Bitch ", a Velvet Underground pastiche.

Dozens of other cultural and popular icons got their start in the Village's nightclub, theater, and coffeehouse scene during the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s, notably besides Bob Dylan, there were Jimi Hendrix, Barbra Streisand, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Bette Midler, The Lovin ' Spoonful, Simon & Garfunkel, Liza Minnelli, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Eric Andersen, Joan Baez, The Velvet Underground, The Kingston Trio, Carly Simon, Richie Havens, Maria Muldaur, Tom Paxton, Janis Ian, Phil Ochs, Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, and Nina Simone among others.

* 1942 – Lou Reed, American singer and guitarist ( The Velvet Underground )

Others, such as Robert Quine, lead guitarist of The Voidoids, have employed a wild, " gonzo " attack, a style that stretches back through The Velvet Underground to the 1950s recordings of Ike Turner.

The album was produced by John Cale, a former member of New York's experimental rock group The Velvet Underground.

Having earned a " reputation as the first underground rock band ," The Velvet Underground inspired, directly or indirectly, many of those involved in the creation of punk rock.

In Boston, The Modern Lovers, led by Velvet Underground devotee Jonathan Richman, gained attention with a minimalistic style.

Among the leading acts were the Real Kids, founded by former Modern Lover John Felice ; Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band, whose frontman had been a member of the Velvet Underground for a few months in 1971 ; and Mickey Clean and the Mezz.

Their influences ranged from the Velvet Underground to the staccato guitar work of Dr. Feelgood's Wilko Johnson.

The new magazine tied together earlier artists such as Velvet Underground lead singer Lou Reed, the Stooges, and the New York Dolls with the editors ' favorite band, The Dictators, and the array of new acts centered around CBGB and Max's.

Post-punk reflected a range of art rock influences from Captain Beefheart to David Bowie and Roxy Music to Krautrock and, once again, the Velvet Underground.

I've heard it said about The Velvet Underground that while not a lot of people bought their albums, everyone who did started a band.

The sound of the band owed a great deal to the influence of The Velvet Underground, and is now sometimes classed as " protopunk ".

He became enamored of the Velvet Underground while he was still in high school, and after graduating in 1969, he moved to New York City where he became personally acquainted with the band and on one occasion opened the bill for them.

** John Cale, Welsh composer and musician ( Velvet Underground )

** The Velvet Underground's groundbreaking first album, The Velvet Underground & Nico, is released.

* June 21 – Angus MacLise, American rock percussionist ( Velvet Underground ) ( b. 1938 )

John Cale, a member of the Velvet Underground, issued a song called " The Soul of Carmen Miranda " on his album Words for the Dying.

Others artists who have recorded with the instrument include Buddy Holly (" Everyday "), The Beatles (" Baby It's You "), The Beach Boys (" Girl Don't Tell Me "), The Velvet Underground (" Sunday Morning "), Nick Drake (" Northern Sky "), The Stooges (" Penetration ") and Pink Floyd (" The Gnome " and the re-recorded version of " Mother ", used in the movie The Wall.

He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his solo career, which has spanned several decades.

This initiated the " Velvet Revolution " in 1989, in which both students and faculty of the university played a large role.

Velvet Revolver played " Ain't Talkin ' ' Bout Love ", and Anthony and Hagar performed " Why Can't This Be Love " with Paul Shaffer.

The song " Misery Loves Company " was based on the Stephen King novel Misery, while " Now It's Dark " was inspired by the David Lynch film Blue Velvet, specifically the behavior of the sexually depraved, self-asphyxiating, murderous sociopath Frank Booth, as played by Dennis Hopper.

He also played in The Wylde Ratttz with Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and The Stooges ' Ron Asheton, recording a song for the film Velvet Goldmine.

The heavily drone-laden music he played there proved to be a big influence in his work with his next group, the Velvet Underground.

Cale also played on Nico's 1967 debut album, Chelsea Girl, which features songs co-written by Velvet Underground members Cale, Reed and Morrison, who also feature as musicians.

RFE / RL also played a significant role in the 1989 Velvet Revolution, which brought an end to the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.

He created the soundtrack to the 1997 film The James Gang and played on the soundtrack of Velvet Goldmine, alongside Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead.

In June 2009 Belladonna played a show as special guests to Guns N ' Roses / Velvet Revolver bass player Duff McKagan's band Loaded, and in an open air music festival in Milan with Mars Volta, Korn and Nine Inch Nails

Chamber of Horrors includes Charleston Noir, for four basses ; Chamber of Horrors, for harp ( 1995 ), played by Alice Giles ; Still Life, for viola and piano ( 2001 ); Gypsy Ramble, for viola, cello and piano ( 1996 ); Wild Rice, for cello ( 1996 ); and Velvet Revolution, for horn, violin and piano ( 1999 ).

In his early career he occasionally played violin ( Velvet Darkness, Sunbird, The Things You See and I. O. U. ) and acoustic guitar ( Velvet Darkness, U. K., Gazeuse!

After the 1989 Velvet Revolution, many of its members played important roles in Czech and Slovak politics.

Malcolm first played with a Newcastle, New South Wales band called ' The Velvet Underground ' ( not to be confused with the New York-based Velvet Underground ).

Between 2002 and 2008, he played bass in the supergroup Velvet Revolver with his former Guns N ' Roses band mates Slash and Matt Sorum.

It's little-known that Cropper also played guitar on the cover of The Velvet Underground's " Femme Fatale " that appears on fellow Memphians Big Star's Third / Sister Lovers.

After leaving the Velvet Underground, Morrison's musical career was primarily limited to informal sessions for personal enjoyment, though he played in a few bands around Austin, Texas, most notably The Bizarros.

However, there are four songs that date from his VU days: " Andy's Chest " and " Satellite of Love " ( Velvet Underground demos of which surfaced in 1985 and 1995, respectively ), " Goodnight Ladies " had been played by the Velvets live in 1970, and " New York Telephone Conversation " had been played in rehearsals during the band's summer 1970 residency at Max's Kansas City.

It is said that Koecher played an organizing role in the early days of the Velvet Revolution ( 1989 ), as he was seen by U. S. journalists issuing orders at the Laterna Magika theatre.

MacLise played bongos and hand drums during 1965 with the first incarnation of the Velvet Underground.

This was not the only connection between the two productions: Keeley Hawes also co-starred in Tipping the Velvet, the lead in which was played by Rachael Stirling, who had a smaller role in Othello.

Filthy Notes For Frozen Hearts received considerable attention from Jackass star Bam Margera and the songs " My Velvet Little Darkness ", " Short Glance ", " Should " and " Sweet Caroline " along with a vocal excerpt from " Sad Theme for a Marriage " were played on his show Bam's Unholy Union.