The Druds was a short-lived 1963 avant-garde noise music band founded by Andy Warhol, [1] that featured prominent members of the New York proto- conceptual art and minimal art community. The band's noise rock sound has been compared to that of Henry Flynt and/or The Primitives, the band that featured the first collaboration of Lou Reed and John Cale, who would soon form The Velvet Underground. [2]
Minimalist sculptor Walter De Maria played drums, painter Larry Poons played guitar, and minimal composer La Monte Young played the saxophone (but finding it ridiculous, quit after the second rehearsal); [3] artist and poet Patty Mucha (then Patty Oldenburg, as she was married to sculptor Claes Oldenburg) was the lead singer. [4] Jasper Johns wrote neodada lyrics as did Warhol who also occasionally sang. [5] Warhol wrote the songs The Alphabet Song, Movie Stars, Hollywood and Coca-Cola. [6] [7] [4] Happening artist Gloria Graves [8] and Lucas Samaras also sang with the group. [9]
The Druds was a short-lived 1963 avant-garde noise music band founded by Andy Warhol, [1] that featured prominent members of the New York proto- conceptual art and minimal art community. The band's noise rock sound has been compared to that of Henry Flynt and/or The Primitives, the band that featured the first collaboration of Lou Reed and John Cale, who would soon form The Velvet Underground. [2]
Minimalist sculptor Walter De Maria played drums, painter Larry Poons played guitar, and minimal composer La Monte Young played the saxophone (but finding it ridiculous, quit after the second rehearsal); [3] artist and poet Patty Mucha (then Patty Oldenburg, as she was married to sculptor Claes Oldenburg) was the lead singer. [4] Jasper Johns wrote neodada lyrics as did Warhol who also occasionally sang. [5] Warhol wrote the songs The Alphabet Song, Movie Stars, Hollywood and Coca-Cola. [6] [7] [4] Happening artist Gloria Graves [8] and Lucas Samaras also sang with the group. [9]