Rock history preserved in its annals a ruthless and full of distortion disk is listed as the rawest album of the band The Velvet Underground. This is "White Light / White Heat" and January 30 turned 49 years have come to light.
When Lou Reed and John Cale formed The Velvet Underground in 1964 it occurred a revolution in rock. His music was the most influential of the decade. In an interview in 1982, Brian Eno said that while the first album The Velvet Underground may have sold only 30,000 copies in its first years, "everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band." It was always an alternative band until its demise in 1973.
Andy Warhol was his manager and after publishing "The Velvet Underground & Nico" disc according to Rolling Stone magazine is the "prophetic rock album ever made". Lou Reed decided to create a completely different disk, without soft ballads and tuneful melodies. He launched "whitr Light / White Heat". An album that consisted of six songs: "whitr Light / White Heat," "The Gift," "Lady Godiva's Operation", "Here She Comes Now", "I Heard Her Call My Name" and "Sister Ray" for a total of 40:12 minutes of the most aggressive, rippers and exciting sounds ever created.
The album was recorded in days in late summer of 1967, releasing the transgressor of the streets of New York that was truly revolutionary aroma. From that moment, future bands like Joy Division, Sonic Youth and Siouxsie and the Banshees were strongly influenced by the disc.
White Light / White Heat is considered one of the most influential albums in history and is ranked 293 of the best album of all time according to Rolling Stone, being a necessary condition for the punk guide, experimental rock, industrial rock and texture of electronic music sound thanks to its urban planner.
