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); 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. Warhol wrote the songs
The Alphabet Song,
Movie Stars,
Hollywood and
Coca-Cola. Happening artists Gloria Graves and
Lucas Samaras also sang with the group. 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. ==References==