The Velvet Underground

Reed / Cale avant-rock; Heroin is the early drone-narrative piece.

Formed 1964. Debut with Nico, White Light/White Heat, and later Reed-led albums used viola drone, feedback, deadpan lyric, and minimal chord vamps outside AM-psych fashion. Heroin (1967) is the listed track. Commercial failure at release; citation density in punk/post-punk/indie histories is the measure of impact.