Loaded by Dylan Jones

Loaded by Dylan Jones

Drawing on contributions from remaining members, contemporaneous musicians, critics, filmmakers, and the generation of artists who emerged in their wake, this "monumental origin story" celebrates the legacy of the Velvet Underground, which burns brighter than ever in the 21st century (New York Times bestselling author Bob Spitz).



Variety and Concrete Islands Best Book of 2023 · A "Must Read" by Nylon,​ BookRiot, and Town & Country

 

Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen--whether it be the 1960s or the 2020s--the Velvet Underground represents ground zero.



Crystallizing the idea of the bohemian, urban, narcissistic art school gang around a psychedelic rock and roll band--a stylistic idea that evolved in the rarefied environs of Andy Warhol's Factory--the Velvets were the first major American rock group with a mixed gender line-up. They never smiled in photographs, wore sunglasses indoors, and invented the archetype that would be copied by everyone from Sid Vicious to Bobby Gillespie. They were avant-garde nihilists, writing about drug abuse, prostitution, paranoia, and sado-masochistic sex at a time when the rest of the world was singing about peace and love. In that sense they invented punk and then some. It could even be argued that they invented modern New York.



Drawing on interviews and material relating to all major players, from Lou Reed, John Cale, Mo Tucker, Andy Warhol, Jon Savage, Nico, David Bowie, Mary Harron, and many more, award-winning journalist Dylan Jones breaks down the band's whirlwind of subversion and, in a narrative rich in drama and detail, proves why the Velvets remain the original kings and queens of edge.

DYLAN JONES is the editor in chief of British GQ, where he has won the BSME Editor of the Year Award seven times and received the GQ Men of the Year Award for Innovation/Brand-Building Project of the Year. Jones writes for The Spectator and has a weekly column in The Mail on Sunday's magazine edition. Jim Morrison: Dark Star, Paul Smith: True Brit, and iPod, Therefore I Am are among his other works.

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ISBN 13	9781538756560
ISBN 10	1538756560
Title	Loaded
Author	Dylan Jones
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Grand Central Publishing
Year published	2023-12-05
Number of pages	400
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.