{"product_id":"do-what-you-fear-most-the-history-of-the-velvet-underground","title":"Do What You Fear Most: The History of the Velvet Underground","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Unterberger has done serious and exhaustive research into the band... [W]onderful...Fans of the band will love the inside looks at songwriting and record production...First-rate research and writing make this a book that lives up to its legendary subject.\" -- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It's hard to imagine any future book on the Velvets coming close to rivalling the wide-ranging, all-inclusive approach of\u003ci\u003e Do What You Fear Most\u003c\/i\u003e.\" -- \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShindig!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Everyone gets their flowers in \u003ci\u003eDo What You Fear Most, \u003c\/i\u003e Richie Unterberger's excellent history of the Velvet Underground, the beloved and iconoclastic New York rock band... [A] devout, expansive history of their music worth relishing.\" -- \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eA tome finally worthy of Lou Reed's gang. American writer Richie Unterberger can now safely say that his latest book Do What You Fear Most is the most comprehensive and compelling yet on the stealthy, stupendously influential band of the title\". -- \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRecord Collector, 5*****\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A vital and definitive account\". --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eClassic Rock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e8\/10\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Of all the books I have read on the story of the Velvet Underground, Richie's is probably the best. He brings us the voices of the people who were also important to those times, but who either go unmentioned, unheard, or not written about in a balanced way. I also like the way he writes, and some of the many reviews of recordings and live shows were insightful in a way l have not come across in the work of anyone else. Bravo, Richie\"\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003cb\u003eJonathan Richman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the definitive history of the Velvet Underground, complete and more fully researched than any before\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDo What You Fear Most\u003c\/i\u003e is the authoritative tome on the band that changed music, fashion and culture forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlending new archival insights and first-hand accounts, Richie Unterberger illuminates the band's radical global impact on New York's progenitors of punk, who bridged pure rock'n'roll, avant-garde experimentation and literary songwriting to take rock music into previously uncharted territory. Beginning with each member's path to the band, it details their influences, successes and (many) failures, the whirlwind with Warhol, the triumph of the Banana album, the fractured and strained relationships and egos, and beyond to the end of the Velvets and the beginnings of various solo careers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRigorously researched and packed with previously undocumented insights, this book features first-hand interviews with the group's associates, as well as a substantial amount of material newly unearthed from the Lou Reed Archive and the Andy Warhol Archive, as well as never-before-seen images and ephemera.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn entertaining and exhilarating narrative, \u003ci\u003eDo What You Fear Most\u003c\/i\u003e vividly captures the grit and uninhibited creativity of the 1960s New York cultural scene and is an essential portrait of one of the 20th century's most visionary and influential bands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781913172992, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/24\/2026 pg. 1 (EAN 9781913172992, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eForeword\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/27\/2026 (EAN 9781913172992, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781913172992, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eUnterberger, Richie\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRichie Unterberger\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of around a dozen rock history books, including \n\u003ci\u003eUnknown Legends of Rock'n'Roll, \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWon't Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003e Turn! 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