In 1966, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO brought together the worlds of avant-garde art, European cool and downtown rock’n’roll in one explosive package. Sixty years on, the survivors share tales of drugs, breakdowns, burnouts, blocked toilets and hospital beds – and, of course, the creation of some of the most important music ever made. “We only did things our way,” learns Tom Pinnock . “We were arrogant, perhaps, in thinking we knew best. We were also right. We did know best…”

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Anyone walking down Manhattan’s West 28th Street in the early 20th century would have heard the clanging of multiple pianos – a cacophony that earned it the nickname ‘Tin Pan Alley’. It was the heart

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Music saved my life,” says Mark Moore. “When I was young, I was always looking for somewhere to belong, somewhere my existence made sense – and that’s what music gave me.” For those who only know Mark

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