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The Velvet Underground

Psychedelic rock
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The Velvet Underground is a Psychedelic rock and Rap act. Their catalogue also touches Rock. Their sound grew out of John Cage, Babatunde Olatunji, Bo Diddley, Charlie Watts and Verve Records. Those roots explain a lot about how The Velvet Underground arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as John Cale, The Beatles, Syd Barrett, Iggy Pop and Neil Young & Crazy Horse, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Galaxie 500, Lenny Kravitz, U2, Sex Pistols and The Stooges, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 148 connections around The Velvet Underground, reaching back through John Cage and forward to Galaxie 500. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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The Velvet UndergroundJohn CageBabatunde OlatunjiBo DiddleyCharlie WattsVerve RecordsGalaxie 500Lenny KravitzU2Sex PistolsThe StoogesBlack FlagRamonesCheap TrickJohn CaleThe BeatlesSyd BarrettIggy PopNeil Young & Crazy H…Tim BuckleyThe SonicsCaptain Beefheart & …

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The Velvet Underground connections

The Velvet Underground grew out of John Cage, Babatunde Olatunji, Bo Diddley and Charlie Watts, shares an orbit with John Cale, The Beatles, Syd Barrett and Iggy Pop, went on to shape Galaxie 500, Lenny Kravitz, U2 and Sex Pistols. 148 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Sounds and acts that shaped The Velvet Underground.

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