Underground music

Generally speaking underground music is music which has developed a cult following, independent of their commericial success.

Related Topics:
Music - Cult following

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For example, The Velvet Underground remains one of the most influential bands of their time, with an influence that has outlasted their short existence and meagre record sales.

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Since then, the term underground music has been applied to several artistic movements, notably to the early psychedelic movement of the mid 1960s.

Related Topics:
Psychedelic - 1960s

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The term is also currently used to describe contemporary music of non mainstream musical exponents with actual specific genre or style being unimportant in determining the underground status.

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