The Velvet Underground

It took one of the most legendary bands in the world just 9 years to secure a very important place in the Rock'n'Roll Olympics. This required a strange but effective partnership with Andy Warhol's factory, a unique lineup, including drummer Maureen Tucker and classically trained avant-gardist John Cale on viola, and singer Nico, and of course Lou Reed, who as the head of the group, did not hesitate to set the ups and downs of his heroin addiction to music in the most poetic way. Brian Eno said it this way: "Hardly anyone bought Velvet Underground records back then. But everyone who did started their own band.