Velvet Underground & Nico

Some of the music and imagery that were used by the Velvet Underground and Nico, had a lot to do with drug abuse and prostitution.  They obviously were not going for a clean cut image because their songs were for the most part controversial.  The primary songwriters of the band were John Cale, a composer, songwriter, musician, and record producer from Wales, and Lou Reed, a musician, songwriter, and photographer from New York.  John Cale, and Lou Reed were co-founders of the band.  They've had countless disagreements on which direction to take the band but ultimately got it done.  The person who supported the group financially, was Andy Warhol, who is the same person who received producer credits even though all he really did was to pay for the recording sessions.  There were some things that The Velvet Underground and Nico did that kind of set them apart from other bands in that time.  Music content containing sex, and drugs were not something new to the Rock and Roll world, but the content that they had was so strong that it ended in a financial failure because certain record stores did not want to sell the album and some radio stations did not even want to play them on the radio although later in the future, the album would be among the most influential of all time.  As a listener and an industry professional, I think that the Velvet Underground and Nico paved  a way for other artist in the alternative rock scene.