Nick Triani

Musician John Cale, founding member of the Velvet Underground, met musician Lou Reed and began working with him in 1965. They formed a band called the Primitives and then the Falling Spikes. When Sterling Morrison and drummer Angus MacLise joined them they formed the Warlocks, which later became the Velvet Underground. MacLise later quit the band and was replaced with Maureen Tucker. Andy Warhol attended the Velvets' first concert and became their manager throughout 1966 and 1967. He added Nico to the group, produced their first album, "The Velvet Underground and Nico" in 1967, and booked concerts for them in many cities around the US. In 1968 Cale left the group to embark on a solo career. He also produced many albums for a range of musicians and created music tracks for movies including "Heat" (1972), a Warhol/Morrissey film. This "Screen Test" of Cale from 1966 includes zooming in and out and cuts to shots with the camera tilted left and right. Browse more works from our collections: bit.ly/3S6Al9n Andy Warhol, "John Cale" [ST43], 1966, 16mm film, black-and-white, silent, 4.2 minutes at 16 frames per second, © The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, a museum of Carnegie Institute. All rights reserved.