OFF : Velvet Underground

[Chris Allen]

Weren't they formed from the New York loft-show art scene, where people just
turned up and jammed (or just hung out), before they started going out
actually looking for gigs for money?  That's certainly where John Cale and
Angus MacLise came from, the "art" music for the sake of music angle.

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From: <DASLUD at AOL.COM>
> and when did the velvets ever _not_ play 'paying gigs'?