Album: Velvet Underground and Nico / Artists: Velvet Underground
1969: (Top) Maureen ‘Moe’ Tucker and Lou Reed and (bottom) John Cale and Sterling Morrison of the rock and roll band ‘Velvet Underground’ pose for a portrait in circa 1969. This lineup of the group was active from March 1968 until June of 1970. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
The Velvet Underground & Nico, a debut album by American rock band Velvet Underground recorded in ’96 and released during the spring of March 1997, proved more than its apparent apathy and lack of life. They ventured into themes such as drug abuse, and sexual deviancy aided by producer Andy Warhol which at the time, was utterly appalling but hypnotizing at the same time.