Up-Tight: The Velvet Underground Story

by Victor Bockris

Overview

The Velvet Underground is arguably one of the most influential American rock bands ever. Based on interviews with former members Lou Reed, John Cale, and Sterling Morrison, as well as others from Andy Warhol's circle of artistic collaborators, Up-Tight is the definitive oral and visual history of the band and its revolutionary, often avant-garde music. Bockris and Malanga's intelligent and entertaining approach-which does not shy away from the drugs, sleaze, and controversy that enveloped the band seemingly from its inception-provides compulsive reading.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461741619
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/06/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	23 MB
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About the Author

Victor Bockris, "the poet laureate of the Manhattan underground scene," is the author of Muhammad Ali, Keith Richards, and Beat Punks. Photographer and poet Gerard Malanga worked closely with andy Warhol at The Factory in the 1960s. He is the author of Andy Warhol: Little Chair Paintings. Both live in New York City.

Editorial Reviews

Told through delightfully bitchy quotes and contemporary diary entries...

Blender - Victor Bockris

Up-Tight: The Velvet Underground Story by Victor Brockris and Gerard Malanga is a pretty candid peek into this legendary group.

Discoveries For Record and Cd Collectors - John Koenig

Up Tight is perhaps the definitive Velvet Underground biography... and never shies away from the sleazy truth.

Rockpile - Allan Martin Kemler

Up Tight is perhaps the definitive Velvet Underground biography... and never shies away from the sleazy truth.

Up-Tight: The Velvet Underground Story by Victor Brockris and Gerard Malanga is a pretty candid peek into this legendary group.

Told through delightfully bitchy quotes and contemporary diary entries...

From the Publisher

Told through delightfully bitchy quotes and contemporary diary entries...

Blender - Victor Bockris and Gerard Malanga

Told through delightfully bitchy quotes and contemporary diary entries...
— Victor Bockris and Gerard Malanga

Blender

Up-Tight: The Velvet Underground Story by Victor Brockris and Gerard Malanga is a pretty candid peek into this legendary group.
— John Koenig

Discoveries For Record and CD Collectors

Up Tight is perhaps the definitive Velvet Underground biography... and never shies away from the sleazy truth.
— Allan Martin Kemler

Rockpile