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The Life (and Afterlife) of the Velvet Underground
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By Dylan Jones
Read by Dylan Jones
Read by Robert G. Slade
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Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen—whether it be the 1960s or the 2020s—The Velvet Underground represents ground zero.
Crystallizing the idea of the bohemian, urban, narcissistic art school gang around a psychedelic rock and roll band—a stylistic idea that evolved in the rarefied environs of Andy Warhol’s Factory—The Velvets were the first major American rock group with a mixed gender line-up. They never smiled in photographs, wore sunglasses indoors, and invented the archetype that would be copied by everyone from Sid Vicious to Bobby Gillespie. They were avant-garde nihilists, writing about drug abuse, prostitution, paranoia, and sado-masochistic sex at a time when the rest of the world was singing about peace and love. In that sense they invented punk and then some. It could even be argued that they invented modern New York.
Drawing on interviews and material relating to all major players, from Lou Reed, John Cale, Mo Tucker, Andy Warhol, Jon Savage, Nico, David Bowie, Mary Harron, and many more, award-winning journalist Dylan Jones breaks down the band’s whirlwind of subversion and, in a narrative rich in drama and detail, proves why The Velvets remain the original kings and queens of edge.
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Praise for David Bowie: A LifeDavid Mitchell, New York Times bestselling author of Cloud Atlas
“Dylan Jones has excavated the cacophony of voices that make up a life and curated a phenomenal portrait of the artist from childhood to the final days. The witnesses who comprise this oral biography animate the pages like characters in a non-fiction novel. Damn nigh peerless.” -
"Dylan Jones elevates the art of oral biography to a cinematic level."Robert Greenfield, Author of S.T.P: A Journey Through America with the Rolling Stones
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"Kaleidoscopic . . . Jones thoroughly and seamlessly conveys the creativity, curiosity, and velocity of a visionary."Alan Light, Author of The Holy and the Broken and Let’s Go Crazy
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"[Jones] offers his own thoughtful and insightful commentary throughout, along with fascinating observations from the interviewees . . . poignant."Booklist (Starred Review)
- On Sale
- Dec 5, 2023
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- ISBN-13
- 9781668632178