Part three will be published on Feb. 4. Sterling Morrison’s departure from the Velvets predated my entry into the world. I met his band through its offspring, specifically R.E.M., who covered a ...

Bentley had seen the Velvets in the late-1960s and heard Morrison had settled in Austin after leaving the band. He waited for a respite in the rant. “Are you Sterling Morrison?” “ ...

What’s the best Velvet Underground? There’s no bad answer to that question; any of the band’s five studio LPs, other than the post-Lou Reed record Squeeze could qualify, and even that one has some ...

It’s funny, the older I find myself coming round to the idea that the Velvets were a better band after John Cale had left and – whisper it – I even quite like Squeeze… Incidentally ...

David Bowie and The Velvet Underground had a well-known creative relationship, and he once compared a 1980s band to the iconic outfit.

The Velvet Underground are one of the 20th century’s most influential bands, even though nobody paid attention to them back when they were making records in the ‘60s. The original lineup led ...

The next year, he formed a new band in Austin called Rank and File and ... And Sterling was the name that appeared in the credits to the Velvet Underground’s albums. I searched for “Holmes ...

this tune might’ve been the Velvet’s mainstream breakthrough. A slinky and seductive number from late 1969, “Countess From Hong Kong” got lost somewhere between the band’s self-titled ...