Remember the first time you heard Layla by Eric Clapton with Derek and the Dominos? After hearing just a few verses you immediately realize just how genuine it is. This man is in anguish, and that pain is being is unleashed for the whole world to hear. Once you start listening to The Velvet Underground the same detection of authenticity begins to develop. This music is real, and at some point you’ll begin to identify with it on that level. When Lou Reed formed The Velvet Underground in 1965 his goal was clear; he wanted to make ‘adult music for…

If pure, wild anarchic chaos was unleashed from the bowels of hell, this is what it would sound like. From the animalistic grunts on the opener Down on the Street to the wailing of TV Eye to swirling oblivion of LA Blues it’s obvious that all conventional sensitivities were thrown out the window when The Stooges recorded their 1970 release Funhouse. The Stooges were never ones to colour within the lines, and with Funhouse The Stooges decided to push it just a little bit further. Produced by Dan Gallucci of The Kingsmen (Gallucci played the organ riff on the radio…