Seeing the light : inside the Velvet Underground / Rob Jovanovic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jovanovic, Rob.

Standardized Title:

Velvet Underground peeled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Velvet Underground (Musical group).

Rock musicians--United States--Biography.

Rock musicians.

United States.

Rock music--United States--History and criticism.

Rock music.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Other Title:

Inside the Velvet Underground

Originally published in Great Britain under the title: Velvet Underground peeled.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.

Summary:

With exclusive new interviews with members Moe Tucker and Doug Yule, as well as the widow of bandmate Sterling Morrison, journalist Jovanovic peels back the mystique of one of the most important bands in rock history--The Velvet Underground.

Contents:

1942-1964 : beginning to see the light

1965 : we're the Velvet Underground

1965 : prominent men

1965-1966 : reflect what you are

1966 : uptight

1966 : run run run

1966-1968 : there she goes again

1968 : white heat

1968-1969 : despite all the amputations

1968-1969 : the story of my life

1969 : on the road

1970 : in the country much too long

1970-1971 : nothing going down at all

1971-1974 : squeezed

1972-1974 : hand in hand with myself

1975-1978 : hey white boy

1979-1987 : out of nowhere

1987-1992 : gonna try to make it right

1993 : MCMXCIII

1994-2010 : last night I said goodbye to my friend

Epilogue. A Velvet revolution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, discography (pages 285-287), and index.

ISBN:

9781250000149

1250000149

OCLC:

740628829