They lasted only 5 years, 1967 - 1972. They never found a mainstream audience despite the presence of two of the more creative and innovative artists of their day, John Cale and Lou Reed. At one point they were actually managed by Andy Warhol.
Brian Eno once said “Sure, the first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but of those ten thousand people, every last one of them went out and formed a band”. Obviously an exaggeration but it's not an exaggeration to say that they had as much influence on music in the last 40 years as any band of their era.The Velvet Underground.Their third album,
The Velvet Underground, was released to almost no critical acclaim or consumer interest, but it contains some of their most pure music. All the songs were written by Lou Reed, and Pale Blue Eyes is one of the most beautifully delicate songs he ever penned.
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