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The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
New York, USrock, alternative, others, folk, punk
2.4bn all-time streams (17 Jan '26)
Few rock groups can claim to have broken so much new territory, and maintain such consistent brilliance on record, as the Velvet Underground during their brief lifespan.
It was the group's lot to be ahead of, or at least out of step with, their time.
It was the group's lot to be ahead of, or at least out of step with, their time.
