The Druds was a short-lived 1963 avant-garde band founded by Andy Warhol,Blake Gopnik, Warhol: A Life as Art London: Allen Lane. March 5, 2020. p. 297 that featured prominent members of the early New York conceptual art community.
History 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);Blake Gopnik, Warhol: A Life as Art London: Allen Lane. March 5, 2020. p. 297 artist and poet Patty Mucha (then Patty Oldenburg, as she was married to sculptor Claes Oldenburg) was the lead singer. Jasper Johns wrote neodada lyrics as did Warhol who also occasionally sang.Blake Gopnik, Warhol: A Life as Art London: Allen Lane. March 5, 2020. p. 297 Warhol wrote the songs The Alphabet Song, Movie Stars, Hollywood and Coca-Cola.Blake Gopnik, Warhol: A Life as Art London: Allen Lane. March 5, 2020. p. 297 Warhol Live: Music and Dance in Andy Warhol's Workat the Frist Center for the Visual Arts by Robert Stalker Happening artists Gloria GravesBlake Gopnik, Warhol: A Life as Art London: Allen Lane. March 5, 2020. p. 297 and Lucas Samaras also sang with the group. FROM WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT The Velvet Underground DAY BY DAY
The band's sound has been compared to that of Henry Flynt as well as Lou Reed and John Cale's early band the Primitives, formed prior to the Velvet Underground. Warhol Live: Music and Dance in Andy Warhol's Workat the Frist Center for the Visual Arts by Robert Stalker
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