The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers [UK Bonus Tracks]

Compiled of demos the band recorded with John Cale in 1973, The Modern Lovers is one of the great proto-punk albums of all-time, capturing an angst-ridden adolescent geekiness that is married to a stripped-down, minimalistic rock & roll derived from the art punk of The Velvet Underground. While the sound is in debt to the primal three-chord pounding of early Velvet Underground, the attitude of Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers is a million miles away from Lou Reed's jaded urban nightmares. Read More