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UK 60´s VELVET UNDERGROUND!!

Posted: 20 May 2005 12:53
by alfredovu
I KNEW THE AUSTRALIAN VELVETS, BUT NEVER HEARD ABOUT A BRITISH VU.

CHECK THIS LINK AND NOTICE THAT THAT ABOVE THE PIC THEY SAY "BEFORE LOU REED"!

THE LINKS ON THE LEFT WILL GIVE MORE PICS.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/%7Econan ... UIndex.htm

Re: UK 60´s VELVET UNDERGROUND!!

Posted: 20 May 2005 13:17
by Homme Fatale
alfredovu wrote:I KNEW THE AUSTRALIAN VELVETS, BUT NEVER HEARD ABOUT A BRITISH VU.
This is the Australian "Velvet Underground". They were from Newcastle, Australia. See those clippings: "Newcastle's answer to Sydney's wild groups" etc. :wink:

Posted: 20 May 2005 14:24
by lostblues
And it featured a future AC/DC member: Malcolm Young.
Funny, isn't it?!

Re: UK 60´s VELVET UNDERGROUND!!

Posted: 20 May 2005 16:21
by alfredovu
Homme Fatale wrote:Newcastle, Australia:
:shock: THAT´S WHAT HAPPEN WHEN DO YOU NOT READ
E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G!
THANKS HOMME FOR THE CORRECTION

Re: UK 60´s VELVET UNDERGROUND!!

Posted: 21 May 2005 10:25
by Homme Fatale
alfredovu wrote:
Homme Fatale wrote:Newcastle, Australia:
:shock: THAT´S WHAT HAPPEN WHEN DO YOU NOT READ
E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G!
THANKS HOMME FOR THE CORRECTION
I'm a big fan of the mid-to-late '60s UK scene so for a minute there you got me thinking you've made a spectacular find! :lol: