World renowned Pop Art maven, Andy Warhol, was very busy pursuing all forms of artistic expression in the 1960's. He was in charge of a creative space called the Factory where he dabbled in painting, filmmaking, and the expressive possibilities of music. Warhol decided to invite the New York based art rock group, The Velvet Underground to engage in providing the soundtrack for a mixed media spectacle called The Exploding Plastic Inevitable. As seen in the accompanying video, films and a light show are projected off the hosting theatre's walls and the gyrating participants to produce a rather psychedelic tapestry. You see a lot of Warhol's fellow participating "players" who appeared in his movies and other various happenings in action but scant views of The Velvets themselves. The audio is very clipped and overdriven. Too bad. It would have been a rare, treasured document indeed if the seminal underground group had been adequately recorded. That being said, The Velvets were more than capable of feeding back and serenading an attendant audience with their innovative noise baths. This is just a bit too much!
