'The Velvet Underground'

When I pondered the Grateful Dead and their album "American Beauty" for this album, I brought up the point that they were considered some hippie jam band when I really consider them a country band.

Conversely, the Velvet Underground are similar animals. They tend to get groups in weirdo, artsy-fartsy pop-rock, taking drugs with Andy Warhol. A real New York band.

Not that they were prone to the artsy-fartsy track here or there, but in reality they were pretty ordinary (ordinary great, not ordinary ordinary). They could've been from Omaha, Austin or Tacoma. Many of their tracks are three chords, two verses and a chorus. It could be argued they're more rock and roll than Led Zeppelin (and entirely more rock and roll than Yes).