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Lou Reed, NIN, Green Day top 2015 nominees for Rock Hall

4418 days ago

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Velvet Underground founding member Lou Reed, punk-pop band Green Day, industrial dance-rock group Nine Inch Nails and ‘80s Brit-pop group the Smiths are among the 15 pop music acts that appear on the final nominees ballot for Rock and Roll Hall of ... more info

Unreleased Velvet Underground Album To Be Included In New Box Set

4425 days ago

Stereogum — The Velvet Underground’s self-titled third LP is getting a “super deluxe” reissue for its 45th anniversary, and part of the bonus material is an entire unreleased album the band recorded in 1969 to get out of their contract with MGM. As Pitchfo... more info

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45th anniversary release of 'The Velvet Underground' to include previously unreleased LP

4425 days ago

NME — The five disc set will come out on November 24 more info

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Shut Up, Dude: This Week’s Best And Worst Comments

4465 days ago

Stereogum — The Reflektors are in town for a few shows at Barclays Center, so we asked you to tell us (and them) which Brooklyn act they should cover. Most likely they’ll do Velvet Underground or Talking Heads or some other band more closely associated with Ma... more info

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Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Dead Kennedys top bands that switched singers and paid for it

4522 days ago

Mercury News, California — Dead Kennedys, Velvet Underground and Van Halen also make our list of bands that had a hard time transitioning between lead vocalists. more info

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Lou Reed's musical gear to be auctioned online

4531 days ago

NME — The late Velvet Underground man's touring gear is going up on eBay more info

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Lana Del Rey reveals she planned to work with Lou Reed on 'Ultraviolence'

4536 days ago

NME — The singer flew to New York to meet the Velvet Underground frontman and "two minutes later he died" more info

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Parquet Courts :: Sunbathing Animal

4543 days ago

Aquarium Drunkard — Because of the type of music they play — proudly traditional alternative rock ‘n’ roll that finds its genesis in The Velvet Underground and stumbles forward from there — and because they do it well and in a way that’s altogether fresh, Parq... more info

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