Eye & I - Venus in Furs (Original Video)

What this video is

Eye & I emerged from the Black Rock Coalition, the landmark New York organization co-founded in 1985 by Vernon Reid, Greg Tate, DK Dyson, and Konda Mason to challenge racial segregation in the music industry and create space for Black rock musicians. Their cover of the Velvet Underground's 'Venus in Furs' — a track steeped in avant-garde transgression and art-world provocation — is a deliberate act of genre…

Why it matters

This video documents a critically underrepresented node in early-90s alternative rock: the Black Rock Coalition's fusion of free jazz, punk-funk, and hard rock. Eye & I's cover bridges the VU art-rock tradition with the BRC's politically charged Black rock aesthetic, featuring an extraordinary…