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WATCH: Queer movie genius Todd Haynes dives into ‘The Velvet Underground’

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Todd Haynes has just teased his latest cinematic outing, a deep-dive expose on the rock band The Velvet Underground.For the uninitiated, The Velvet Underground burst onto the music underground in the mid-1960s.

Lead by guitarist/singer (and noted bisexual) Lou Reed, the group became a favorite of artist Andy Warhol and pioneered work on the idea of concept albums; that is, albums that tell a loose story about a group of characters, and that mediate on different real-world themes.

Despite the art-house cred–and the support of popular musicians including Marianne Faithful and Mick Jagger–The Velvet Underground never quite found mainstream stardom and disbanded in 1970.

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