Coming from the wild and loud New York City of the mid-1960s, The Velvet Underground cut its own path, different from any other band at that time. They mixed harsh words with hard, bold sounds.

Here are three albums from the 1960s that sparked controversy due to their highly taboo and provocative subject matter and cover art.

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Andy Warhol The Velvet Underground and Nico; 93.5 x 67 cm. (36.8 x 26.4 in.) Andy Warhol The Velvet Underground and Nico; 93.5 x 67 cm. (36.8 x 26.4 in.) Medium offset lithograph in colours, Size 93.5 ...

Nico, recently added to the band by manager Andy Warhol as their new co-lead singer, hasn’t proved to be an easy fit. Guitarist Sterling Morrison would tell the NME in 1981, “Nico had two voices.

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Perhaps you, too, have had the displeasure of stumbling across the Velvet Sundown on Spotify or social media. The psych-rock “band” made headlines last month after they’d amassed hundreds of thousands ...

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