Velvet Underground Profile
Members:
Willie Alexander
John Cale
Angus Maclise
Sterling Morrison
Walter Powers
Lou Reed
Maureen Tucker
Doug Yule
Genre: Experimental rock, art rock, protopunk
Formed: In New York City (1965)
Debut Album: The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)
Originally Called:
The Warlocks
The Falling Spikes
Name Game: "The Velvet Underground" was a book about sadomasochism by Michael Leigh that was left behind in Reed's new apartment