5 Facts About Lenny Kaye and the Nuggets Compilation
- Lenny Kaye compiled and sequenced the original Nuggets double album for Elektra Records.
- He did this before joining Patti Smith as her guitarist.
- The Nuggets compilation focused on obscure American garage rock singles from the mid-1960s.
- Kaye’s work on Nuggets helped define the garage rock genre and influenced later punk and indie music.
- His role as compiler gave him deep knowledge of 1960s rock that he later brought to the Patti Smith Group.