The main lineup was rounded out by Sterling. They were discovered by the famous artist, Andy Warhol, who produced and designed the cover for their first album The Velvet Underground and Nico, which paired them with another discovery of his, German model/singer, Nico. And the band’s second best-selling album according to SoundScan was its greatest hits collection, “The Best of Velvet Underground” which sold some 308,000 copies followed by “Loaded” which has sold 250,000 copies. Its founders were Lou Reed, lead singer/guitarist, and John Cale, multi-instrumentalist and experimentalist. The original line-up was Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker. It originally comprised singer and guitarist Lou Reed, multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus MacLise. The band was initially active between 19 and was briefly managed by the pop artist Andy Warhol. MacLise was replaced by Moe Tucker in 1965, who played on most of the band's recordings. In popular music, the Velvet Underground was a rock band formed in New York City in 1964 by Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Angus MacLise. It originally comprised singer and guitarist Lou Reed, multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus MacLise. The Velvets were founded in New York by Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison, who met at Syracuse University in the early sixties. The Velvet Underground’s catalog has sold some two million albums since 1991. The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1964. While the Velvets, which included Lou Reed with John Cale, Sterling Morrison and drummer Maureen Tucker managed by pop artists Andy Warhol with stints by Nico and Doug Yule, may not have sold well in their time (1964-1973), their catalog continued selling way past the band’s demise.Īccording to Nielsen SoundScan, which tracks sales since 1991, “The Velvet Underground & Nico” sold 560,000 copies – well above the thousands or tens of thousands they sold in their time. He had heard Lou Reedss song The Ostrich and saw it as a. So lackluster were the band’s initial sales that when Lou Reed left the Velvet Underground in 1970 he moved back with his family in Long Island and worked as a typist in his father’s office before embarking on a fruitful solo career. John Davies Cale OBE (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band the Velvet Underground. Terry Phillips, who worked for Pickwick International, brought Lou Reed and John Cale together. John Cale Announces 'The Velvet Underground & Nico' 50th Anniversary Shows With Animal Collective…
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