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 | | Andy Warhol became the band's manager after seeing them play in 1965, and it was at his instigation that they featured German chanteuse Nico on their debut album, The Velvet Underground and Nico. |
 | | The sound was propelled by the strong deadpan vocals of Reed, the viola drones of Cale, the country-style licks of Morrison, and the hypnotically simple but steady beat of Tucker, who played on an upturned bass drum with mallets. |
 | | Indeed, most of his solo career's more succesful hits were reworked old Velvet Underground tracks, released for the first time in their original version on VU, Another View, and later on Peel Slowly and See and. |
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