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Folklore has it that the Velvet Underground sold 1,000 copies of it's first album, but everyone who bought it went on to form a band. That's a stretch, of course, but not a very big stretch! The Velvet Underground was the dawn of Alternative Rock.

New York underground band of the early 70s. Lou Reed was the lead singer. The song "Sweet Jane" got some play outside of New York.

I love Velvet UNdeground and I love Lou Reed! Sunday Morning is an amazing song

Lou Reed

Yes, Lou Reed is KING

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Reed

is it anything like the velvet rope

lou reed...andy warhol.... amazing