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Published by St. Martin's Press, 2012
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- Title
- Seeing the Light: Inside the Velvet Underground
- Author
- Rob Jovanovic
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1250000149
- ISBN 13
- 9781250000149
- Item weight
- 1.26 pounds
With exclusive new interviews from the band, this is a captivating account of one of the most influential groups in rock history. Brian Eno famously said the first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band. Perhaps no other musicians can claim such limited chart success and so enduring a musical legacy as The Velvet Underground. Artists including David Bowie, The Sex Pistols, Joy Division, Roxy Music, Nirvana, U2, R.E.M., and even dissident Czech playwright and eventual president Václav Havel have cited the Velvets as a major influence.Seeing the Light presents the untold story of the band. Formed by the mercurial Lou Reed and classically trained Welshman John Cale in the mid-1960s, the band first gained notoriety after being adopted by Andy Warhol. Warhols patronage allowed the group to chart unexplored regions of rock n roll, producing unforgettable and unsettl
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About the Author
Rob Jovanovic is the author of books on Kate Bush, Beck, R.E.M, Pavement, Nirvana, George Michael, and Big Star. He has contributed to such music magazines as Mojo, Q, Level, Record Collector, and Uncut.
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