Founding member Lou Reed, alongside John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker, revealed the name’s origins in ...

and Reed’s skill for writing hooks came through on songs like “What Goes On.” Guitarist Sterling Morrison had a surprising career change. The Velvet Underground released their eponymous ...

Lou Reed is the face of the Velvet Underground. The band would not have had the impact that it did without the contributions ...

Velvet Underground's John Cale Goes Home WSJ contributor Marc Myers brought Velvet Underground co-founder John Cale back to his old apartment on the Lower East Side.

“Modern music begins with The Velvets, and the implications and influence of what they did seem to go on forever,” Lester Bangs wrote in 1980. Forty-five years later, John Cale’s POPtical ...