Editing Art rock (section)

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{{Main|The Velvet Underground & Nico|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band}}

''[[Clash Music]]'' names the Velvet Underground's debut March 1967 album ''[[The Velvet Underground & Nico]]'' "the original art-rock record".<ref>{{cite news|date=11 December 2009|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/classic-albums-the-velvet-undergrond-and-nico|title=Classic Albums: The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico|newspaper=[[Clash Music]]|access-date=28 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402112235/http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/classic-albums-the-velvet-undergrond-and-nico|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|In late 1966, the Velvet Underground's principal songwriter [[Lou Reed]] praised Spector, crowning his "[[You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin']]" (1964) "the best record ever made". In addition, he wrote: "There is no God and Brian Wilson is his son."{{sfn|Unterberger|2009|p=122}} }} Bannister writes of the Velvet Underground: "no other band exerted the same grip on the minds of 1970s/1980s art/alternative rock artists, writers and audiences."{{sfn|Bannister|2007|p=44}} Their influence would recur from the 1970s onwards to various worldwide [[indie music|indie]] scenes,{{sfn|Bannister|2007|p=44}}{{refn|group=nb|Bannister adds that [[indie rock]] musicians would be significantly influenced by the "pop" offshoots of psychedelia that includes the later Beatles, the later Beach Boys, [[the Byrds]], early Pink Floyd, and [[Love (band)|Love]].{{sfn|Bannister|2007|p=37}} }} and in 2006, ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' was inducted into the [[Library of Congress]]' [[National Recording Registry]], who commented: "For decades [it] has cast a huge shadow over nearly every sub-variety of [[avant-garde rock]], from 70s art-rock to [[no wave|no-wave]], [[new wave music|new-wave]], and [[punk rock|punk]]."{{sfn|Unterberger|2009|pp=6, 358}} However, when the Velvet Underground first appeared in the mid 1960s, they faced rejection and were commonly dismissed as a "fag" band.{{sfn|Bannister|2007|p=45}} In 1982, musician [[Brian Eno]] famously stated that while ''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' initially sold just 30,000 copies, "everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band."<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Gensler|first1=Andy|title=Lou Reed RIP: What If Everyone Who Bought The First Velvet Underground Album Did Start A Band?|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/5770584/lou-reed-rip-what-if-everyone-who-bought-the-first|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|location=New York|date=28 October 2013}}</ref>

The Beatles' [[Paul McCartney]] deemed ''Pet Sounds'' "the record of the time", and in June 1967, the band responded with their own album: ''Sgt. Pepper's'',{{sfn|Jones|2008|p=50}}{{refn|group=nb|It is frequently cited for its ''Pet Sounds'' influence, as McCartney explains: "If records had a director within a band, I sort of directed ''Pepper'' ... and my influence was basically the ''Pet Sounds'' album."{{sfn|Jones|2008|p=50}} The interplay between the Beach Boys and the Beatles' creative work thus inextricably links the two albums together.{{sfn|Jones|2008|p=50}}}} which was also influenced by ''Freak Out!''{{sfn|Julien|2008|pp=158–160}} [[AllMusic]] states that the first wave of art rock musicians were inspired by ''Sgt. Pepper's'' and believed that for rock music to grow artistically, they should incorporate elements of [[European music|European]] and classical music to the genre.<ref name="prog-rock"/>{{refn|group=nb|In the ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'', [[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]] wrote of ''Sgt. Pepper'': "[It] turned out to be no mere pop album but a cultural icon, embracing the constituent elements of the 60s' youth culture: pop art, garish fashion, drugs, instant mysticism and freedom from parental control."<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|year=2006|publisher=[[Muze]]|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|volume=1|pages=487–489|isbn=0-19-531373-9}}</ref>}} Many British groups flowered in the album's wake; those who are listed in ''Music in American Life'' include [[the Moody Blues]], [[the Strawbs]], [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], and "most notably", Pink Floyd.{{sfn|Edmondson|2013|p=184}}{{refn|group=nb|Pink Floyd recorded their 1967 debut album ''[[The Piper at the Gates of Dawn|Piper at the Gates of Dawn]]'' next door to the ''Sgt. Pepper's'' sessions at London's [[EMI Studios]]. Fans believe that the ''Piper'' track "[[Pow R. Toc H.]]" would derive from ''Pepper's'' "[[Lovely Rita]]", whose sessions Pink Floyd were witness to.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Geslani|first1=Michelle|title=Nick Mason details Pink Floyd and The Beatles' first encounter in 1967|url=https://consequence.net/2014/11/nick-mason-details-pink-floyd-and-the-beatles-first-encounter-in-1967/|magazine=[[Consequence of Sound]]|date=14 November 2014}}</ref>}} The band's bassist, [[Roger Waters]] later stated that both ''Sgt. Pepper'' and ''Pet Sounds'' "completely changed everything about records" for him.<ref>{{citation |title= Roger Waters Interview|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date= 12 March 2003}}</ref>