The Factory was Andy Warhol 's studio in Manhattan , New York City , which had four locations between 1963 and 1987. The Factory became famed for its parties in the 1960s. It was the hip hangout spot for artists, musicians, celebrities, and Warhol's superstars . The original Factory was often referred to as the Silver Factory. In the studio, Warhol's workers would make silkscreens and lithographs under his direction.
85-592: Speaking in 2002, musician John Cale said, "It wasn't called the Factory for nothing. It was where the assembly line for the silkscreens happened. While one person was making a silkscreen, somebody else would be filming a screen test . Every day something new." Due to the mess his work was causing at home, Warhol wanted to find a studio where he could paint. A friend of his found an old unoccupied firehouse on 159 East 87th Street where Warhol began working in January 1963. No one
170-475: A Dutch door so that visitors would have be buzzed in. In 1969, Warhol co-founded Interview magazine and the Factory transformed "from an all-night party to an all-day office, from hell-on-earth to down-to-earth." In 1973, Warhol moved the Factory to 860 Broadway at the north end of Union Square. He filmed his television series Andy Warhol's TV at the Factory from 1980 to 1983. The nightclub Underground operated at 860 Broadway from 1980 to 1989. It
255-622: A halfway house for two and a half months. After their release on April 17, 1981, Rubell and Schrager opened the Executive Hotel on Madison Avenue and renamed it Morgans. The hotel was conveyed to them in lieu of payments due to them from defaulted promissory notes from the sale of the club. Steve Rubell and Peter Gatien later opened the Palladium , a large dance club famous for displaying art by Keith Haring , Kenny Scharf , Jean-Michel Basquiat , and Andy Warhol , and considered central to
340-551: A 1969 film directed, produced, written and cinematographed by Warhol. The film, starring Viva and Louis Waldon , was the first adult erotic film depicting explicit sex to receive wide theatrical release in the United States . Holly Woodlawn and Candy Darling were noted transgender women who were part of the Factory group, as was drag queen Jackie Curtis . Andy Warhol frequently used these women and other sexual non-conformists in his films, plays, and events. Because of
425-492: A New Society (1982), was still extremely militant in some ways. Caribbean Sunset became Cale's only studio album to chart on the Dutch Album Top 100 , peaking at No. 28. However, it received negative reviews from critics, and has never been released on CD. A live album, John Cale Comes Alive (1984), followed Caribbean Sunset and included two new studio songs, "Ooh La La" and "Never Give Up on You". Different mixes of
510-493: A church and a music teacher. He played organ at Ammanford church. The BBC recorded Cale playing a toccata he composed primarily on the black keys of the piano in the style of Aram Khachaturian . Having discovered a talent for viola , Cale joined the National Youth Orchestra of Wales (NYOW) at age 13. Receiving a scholarship, Cale studied music at Goldsmiths College , University of London (UoL). While he
595-421: A club which Warhol and his entourage frequently visited. The same year Warhol created the business Factory Additions to handle the business of publishing and printmaking. In June 1968, Warhol was shot by feminist Valerie Solanas at the Factory. The Factory had an open door policy where anyone could enter, but after the shooting, Warhol's longtime partner Jed Johnson built a wall around the elevator and put in
680-401: A company he had influenced the creation of and which had absorbed SPY Records , the label he had co-founded with Jane Friedman. In 1982, Cale released the sparse studio album Music for a New Society . Seeming to blend the refined music of his early solo work with the threatening music that came later, it is by any standard a bleak, harrowing record. It's been called "understated, and perhaps
765-553: A crudely recorded, acoustic-based Velvet Underground demo reel to several luminaries in the British rock scene (including Marianne Faithfull ) with the intention of securing a recording contract . Although this failed to manifest, the tape was disseminated throughout the UK underground over the following eighteen months by such figures as producer Joe Boyd and Mick Farren of the Deviants . As
850-717: A dramatization of the Kurt Vonnegut short story, Who Am I This Time? (1982), which aired on PBS and starred Christopher Walken and Susan Sarandon . Cale again returned to record producing, producing Belgian pop singer Lio 's third studio album Pop model (1986), and Happy Mondays 's debut studio album, Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out) (1987). Other albums that he produced during this time were Element of Crime 's second studio album Try to Be Mensch (1987), and Art Bergmann 's debut solo studio album Crawl with Me (1988). In part because of his young daughter, Cale took
935-717: A long spoken word piece written by Reed during his time at Syracuse University. Though Cale co-wrote the music to several songs, his most distinctive contribution is the electrically amplified viola. He also played celesta on " Sunday Morning ". Cale also played on Nico 's debut studio album, Chelsea Girl (1967), which includes songs co-written by Velvet Underground members Cale, Reed and Morrison, who also appear as musicians. Cale makes his debut as lyricist on "Winter Song" "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams", and "Little Sister". With tensions between Reed and Cale growing, Reed gave an ultimatum to Morrison and Tucker, declaring that unless Cale
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#17330861753931020-621: A long break from recording and performing. He made a comeback in 1989 with the Brian Eno-produced studio album Words for the Dying . The album consists mainly of oral work, read or sung by Cale. It was written in 1982 as a response to the Anglo-Argentinian Falklands War , using poems written by fellow Welshman Dylan Thomas . There are also two orchestral interludes, two other solo piano pieces "Songs Without Words", and finally
1105-417: A masterpiece." He followed it up with his ninth solo studio album Caribbean Sunset (1984), also on ZE Records. The album features contributions from Brian Eno and an otherwise "young unknown" band, that consisted of David Young on guitar, Andrew Heermans on bass guitar, and David Lichtenstein (son of artist Roy Lichtenstein ) on drums. This work, with much more accessible production than on Music for
1190-407: A postal worker and later became a tennis pro. Rubell attended Wingate High School and was also an avid tennis player, but decided against playing professionally. Entering Syracuse University , Rubell completed bachelor's and master's degrees in finance. While attending college, Rubell met Ian Schrager , who became a lifelong friend and business partner. Rubell and Schrager were both brothers of
1275-452: A radio and digital single, "Jumbo in tha Modernworld", which was a standalone single. A music video was created for the song as well. In February 2007, a 23-song live retrospective, Circus Live , was released in Europe. This two-disc album, composed of recordings from both the 2004 and 2006 tours, featured new arrangements and reworkings of songs from his entire career. Of particular interest
1360-442: A recording contract with A&M Records and moved in a more commercial direction with his seventh solo studio album Honi Soit (1981). He worked with record producer Mike Thorne towards this end. Andy Warhol provided the cover art, in black and white, but against Warhol's wishes, Cale colourised it. The new direction did not succeed commercially, however, and his relationship with A&M ended. He signed with ZE Records ,
1445-476: A regular recording artist, this time with music influenced by modern electronica and alternative rock . The well-received album was co-produced with Nick Franglen of Lemon Jelly . It was followed by his 2005 studio album blackAcetate . In 2005, Cale produced Austin, Texas singer-songwriter Alejandro Escovedo 's eighth studio album, The Boxing Mirror , which was released in May 2006. In June 2006, Cale released
1530-519: A reputation, he was working day and night on his paintings. Warhol used silkscreens so that he could mass-produce images the way corporations mass-produced consumer goods. To increase production, he attracted a ménage of adult film performers, drag queens , socialites, drug addicts, musicians, and free-thinkers who became known as the Warhol Superstars, to help him. These "art-workers" helped him create his paintings, starred in his films, and created
1615-585: A result, the Deviants, the Yardbirds and David Bowie had all covered Velvet Underground songs prior to the release of their debut studio album in 1967. The very first commercially available recording of the Velvet Underground, an instrumental track called "Loop" given away with the Pop Art issue of Aspen magazine, was a feedback experiment written and conducted by Cale. His creative relationship with Reed
1700-511: A series of solo studio albums which moved in a new direction. His records now featured a dark and threatening aura, often carrying a sense of barely suppressed aggression. A trilogy of studio albums – Fear (1974), Slow Dazzle (1975), and Helen of Troy (1975) – were rapidly recorded and released over the course of about a year with other Island artists, including Phil Manzanera and Brian Eno of Roxy Music and Chris Spedding , who played in his live band. A showpiece of his concerts from
1785-555: A solo recording career in early 1970. His debut studio album, Vintage Violence (1970), is a lushly produced roots rock effort indebted to a range of disparate influences, including the Band , Leonard Cohen , the Byrds , Phil Spector and Brian Wilson . The more experimental Church of Anthrax (a collaboration with minimal music pioneer Terry Riley ) followed in February 1971, although it
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#17330861753931870-430: A song by Cale, "The Soul of Carmen Miranda ". Following Warhol's death in 1987, Cale again collaborated with Lou Reed on the 1990 studio album Songs for Drella , a song cycle about Warhol, their mentor. The album marked an end to a 18-year estrangement from Reed. In his autobiography, Cale revealed that he resented letting Reed take charge of the project. The longstanding friction between Reed and Cale contributed to
1955-459: A spectacle that combined art, rock, Warhol films and dancers of all kinds, as well as live S&M enactments and imagery. The Velvet Underground and EPI used the Factory as a place to rehearse and hang out. " Walk on the Wild Side ", Lou Reed's best-known song from his solo career, was released on his second, and first commercially successful, solo album, Transformer (1972). The song relates to
2040-593: A version of the Velvet Underground's " Venus in Furs ". Cale's autobiography , What's Welsh for Zen? , was written in collaboration with Victor Bockris and published in 1999 by Bloomsbury Publishing . Cale had recorded a cover version of "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen for the tribute album I'm Your Fan (1991). Cohen's original version of the song had not garnered much interest; it was only through Cale's arrangement and recording of it (and Jeff Buckley 's subsequent cover of Cale's arrangement) that it achieved popularity. It
2125-424: A wide array of instruments to unusual effect. While meeting with Joe Boyd (who co-produced Desertshore ), he came across Nick Drake 's music and insisted on collaborating with the fledgling artist. He appeared on Drake's second studio album, Bryter Layter (1971), playing viola and harpsichord on "Fly" and piano, organ, and celesta on " Northern Sky ". In addition to working as a record producer, Cale initiated
2210-665: A young age; on a visit to Britain in 1965, he procured records by the Kinks , the Who and Small Faces that had remained unavailable in the United States. Earlier that year, he co-founded the Velvet Underground with Lou Reed , recruiting his flatmate Angus MacLise and Reed's college friend Sterling Morrison to complete the initial line-up. Just before the band's first paying gig for $ 75 at Summit High School in New Jersey , MacLise abruptly quit
2295-657: Is listed as hepatitis and septic shock complicated by AIDS. Rubell's private funeral was attended by numerous Studio 54 regulars including Bianca Jagger and Calvin Klein on July 27 at the Riverside Memorial Chapel on Amsterdam Avenue and 76th Street in Manhattan. He is buried at Beth Moses Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York . Mike Myers portrayed Steve Rubell in the 1998 drama film 54 . Rubell has also been
2380-534: Is the Amsterdam Suite , a set of songs from a performance at the Amsterdam Paradiso in 2004. A studio-created drone has been edited into these songs. The set also included a DVD, featuring electric rehearsal material and a short acoustic set, as well as the video for "Jumbo in tha Modernworld", a 2006 single. In May 2007, Cale contributed a cover version of the song " All My Friends " by LCD Soundsystem to
2465-716: The ARP synthesizer on the track "Bastard" by Ian Hunter of Mott the Hoople , on his fourth solo studio album You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic . The band included Deerfrance on vocals and percussion. An earlier live set, consisting mostly of new material, was recorded at CBGB the previous year. It was released in 1987 as Even Cowgirls Get the Blues . The band on that recording includes Ivan Král (best known for his work with Patti Smith) on bass and longtime Brian Eno associate Judy Nylon providing vocals, and narrating. In 1980, Cale signed
2550-569: The Animal Justice EP. Cale has admitted that some of his paranoia and erratic behaviour at this time was associated with heavy cocaine use. Also in 1977, Cale produced " I Don't Wanna ", the debut single by punk rock band Sham 69. In 1978, Cale produced the majority of Squeeze's debut studio album Squeeze , with Cale instructing the band to discard all of the songs that the band had written up until that point, and to write new songs instead, with Glenn Tilbrook , and Chris Difford finding
2635-597: The Interview magazine office had an entrance at 19 East 32nd Street. Warhol filmed his MTV talk show Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes at the Factory from 1985 until he died in 1987. Friends of Warhol and "superstars" associated with the Factory included: The Factory became a meeting place of artists and musicians such as Lou Reed , Bob Dylan , and Mick Jagger , as well as writer Truman Capote . Less frequent visitors included Salvador Dalí and Allen Ginsberg . Warhol collaborated with Reed's influential New York rock band
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2720-542: The New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre and the 55th Street Playhouse , for their distribution. The following list includes all movies filmed entirely or partly at the Factory. 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 John Cale John Davies Cale OBE (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band
2805-496: The Theatre of Eternal Music . The heavily drone -laden music he played there proved to be a big influence in his work with his next band, the Velvet Underground . One of his collaborators on these recordings was the Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison . Three albums of his early experimental work from this period were released in 2001. Cale had enjoyed and followed rock music as well as avant-garde and European art music from
2890-597: The self-titled debut of the Modern Lovers , which Reprise chose not to release; it subsequently appeared on Beserkley Records , the latest in a series of important Cale-produced proto-punk records. In 1974, he signed to Island Records as an artist, while continuing to produce a variety of artists, mostly for other labels, including Squeeze , Patti Smith and Sham 69 . He worked as a talent scout with Island's A&R department. In 1974, Cale moved back to London . As his second marriage had begun to dissolve, he made
2975-495: The superstars and life of the Factory. He mentions Holly Woodlawn , Candy Darling , Joe Dallesandro , Jackie Curtis and Joe Campbell (referred to in the song by his Factory nickname Sugar Plum Fairy). Andy Warhol commented on mainstream America through his art while disregarding its conservative social views. Almost all his work filmed at the Factory featured nudity, graphic sexuality, drug use , same-sex relations and transgender characters in much greater proportion to what
3060-761: The Borderline in celebration of what, five days later, would have been her 70th birthday. The event was reprised at the Teatro Communale in Ferrara , Italy on 10 May 2009. Steve Rubell Steve Rubell (December 2, 1943 – July 25, 1989) was an American entrepreneur and co-owner of the New York City disco Studio 54 . Rubell and his brother Donald grew up in a Jewish family in the Crown Heights and Canarsie sections of Brooklyn, New York . His father worked as
3145-782: The New York club scene in the 1980s. In 1998, the Palladium was demolished so that New York University dorms could be built in its place. In 1985, Rubell, who was closeted for most of his life, discovered he had contracted HIV , which later progressed to AIDS . He began taking AZT , but his illness was exacerbated by his continued drug use and drinking, which affected his compromised immune system. A few weeks before his death, Rubell checked into Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City under an assumed name, to seek treatment for severe peptic ulcers , kidney failure , and hepatitis . He died there on July 25, 1989. Rubell's official cause of death
3230-492: The United States to continue his musical training with the assistance and influence of Aaron Copland , who recommended him for Tanglewood . Upon arriving in New York City , Cale met a number of influential composers. On 9 September 1963 he participated, along with John Cage and several others, in an 18-hour and 40 minute piano-playing marathon that was the first full-length performance of Erik Satie 's " Vexations ". After
3315-545: The Velvet Underground in 1965, and designed the noted cover for The Velvet Underground & Nico , the band's debut album. It featured a plastic image of a yellow banana, which users could peel off to reveal a flesh-hued version of the banana. Warhol also designed the album cover for the Rolling Stones ' album Sticky Fingers . Warhol included the Velvet Underground in the Exploding Plastic Inevitable ,
3400-415: The Velvet Underground . Over his six-decade career, Cale has worked in various styles across rock, drone , classical , avant-garde and electronic music . He studied music at Goldsmiths College , University of London (UoL), before relocating in 1963 to New York City 's downtown music scene, where he performed as part of the Theatre of Eternal Music and formed the Velvet Underground. Since leaving
3485-457: The album was a pop effort characterised by prominent use of synthesizers and drum machines . It was not significantly more successful than its predecessors, despite the relative success of the single "Satellite Walk". However, "Dying on the Vine" is generally regarded as one of Cale's best songs. That same year, he played a neo-Nazi organizer on an episode of The Equalizer , and wrote the music for
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3570-797: The album were based on the poetry of Arthur Rimbaud . In 1994, Cale performed a spoken-word duet with folk rock singer Suzanne Vega on the song "The Long Voyage" on Zazou's studio album Chansons des mers froides . The lyrics were based on the poem "Les Silhouettes" by Oscar Wilde , and Cale co-wrote the music with Zazou. It was later released as a single (retitled "The Long Voyages" as it featured several remixes by Zazou, Mad Professor and more). In 1996, he played piano on "Love to Die For" by Marc Almond of Soft Cell , from his ninth solo studio album Fantastic Star . He also produced Scottish alternative rock band Goya Dress 's debut studio album Rooms . That same year, Cale released Walking on Locusts which turned out to be his only solo studio album of
3655-457: The atmosphere for which the Factory became legendary. Warhol began looking for a new Factory location in 1967 because the building was scheduled to be demolished. The location is now the entrance to the parking garage of One Dag . He then relocated his studio to the sixth floor of the Decker Building at 33 Union Square West near the corner of East 16th Street , near Max's Kansas City ,
3740-427: The band because he viewed accepting money for art as selling out ; he was replaced by Moe Tucker as the band's drummer. Initially hired to play that one show, she soon became a permanent member and her tribal pounding style became an integral part of the band's music, despite the initial objections of Cale to the band having a female drummer. On his aforementioned visit to Britain in the summer of 1965, Cale shopped
3825-473: The band in 1968, Cale has released seventeen solo studio albums , including the widely acclaimed Paris 1919 (1973) and Music for a New Society (1982). Cale has also acquired a reputation as an adventurous record producer, working on the debut studio albums of several innovative artists, including the Stooges and Patti Smith . John Davies Cale was born on 9 March 1942 in the mining village of Garnant in
3910-477: The band's fourth studio album Loaded , nearly two years after he left the band. He was enticed back into the studio by the band's manager, Steve Sesnick , "in a half-hearted attempt to reunite old comrades", as Cale put it. Although he does not appear on the finished album, the demo recording of "Ocean" was included in the 1997 Loaded: Fully Loaded Edition CD re-issue. Finally, five previously unreleased tracks recorded in late 1967 and early 1968 were included on
3995-464: The beginning of his third marriage. In December 1979, Cale's embrace of the punk rock ethic that he helped to inspire culminated in the release of Sabotage/Live . This record, recorded live over three nights, at CBGB that June, features aggressive vocal and instrumental performances. The album consists entirely of new songs, many of which grapple confrontationally with global politics, militarism and paranoia. Also in 1979, Cale played piano and
4080-662: The building and were hidden in the ceiling sections of Rubell's office, where both he and Schrager worked. A second raid occurred in December 1979. The pair hired Roy Cohn to defend them, but on January 18, 1980, they were sentenced to three and a half years in prison and a $ 20,000 fine each for the tax evasion charge. On February 4, 1980, Rubell and Schrager went to prison and Studio 54 was sold to Mark Fleischman in November of that year for $ 4.75 million. On April 17, 1981, Rubell and Schrager were released from prison after which they lived at
4165-495: The club. After about a decade, the club was reimagined by BlackBook Magazine columnist Steve Lewis & Co. as Le Palace de Beauté , where RuPaul often performed. After the Underground closed, Petco opened, moving in 2022, to 44 Union Square, the former Tammany Hall . In 1984, Warhol moved his art studio to 22 East 33rd Street , a conventional office building. His television studio had an entrance at 158 Madison Avenue and
4250-425: The compilation albums VU (1985) and Another View (1986). After leaving the Velvet Underground, Cale worked as a record producer and arranger on a number of studio albums, most notably the Stooges ' highly influential 1969 self-titled debut and a trilogy by Nico, including The Marble Index (1968), Desertshore (1970) and The End... (1974). On these he accompanied Nico's voice and harmonium using
4335-422: The constant drug use and the presence of sexually liberal artists and radicals, drugged orgies were a frequent happening at the Factory. Warhol met Ondine at an orgy in 1962: I was at an orgy, and [Warhol] was, ah, this great presence in the back of the room. And this orgy was run by a friend of mine, and, so, I said to this person, "Would you please mind throwing that thing [Warhol] out of here?" And that thing
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#17330861753934420-625: The decade. The record featured appearances by Talking Heads ' David Byrne , the Soldier String Quartet , and original Velvet Underground drummer Moe Tucker. Throughout the rest of the nineties, he worked primarily as a producer or contributor to other's recordings. Cale composed an instrumental score for a ballet titled Nico , performed by the Scapino Ballet in Rotterdam in October 1997 and
4505-415: The direction of the band, and this tension was central to their later collaborations. When Cale left, he seemed to take the more experimental tendencies with him, as is noticeable in comparing the proto- noise rock of White Light/White Heat (which Cale co-created) to the comparatively dulcet, folk rock –influenced The Velvet Underground (1969), recorded after his departure. Cale has favorably compared
4590-413: The dissonance of his Velvet Underground compositions to the indecipherable lyricism of certain strains of Southern hip hop : "If I can use out-of-tune stuff, [rappers] don't need words to make sense. There's definitely a lineage". Cale would briefly return to the Velvet Underground in 1970, albeit in the studio only: he played organ on the track "Ocean" during the practice sessions to produce demos for
4675-519: The epic "Hedda Gabler" based very loosely on the 1891 play of the same name by Henrik Ibsen . His loud, abrasive and confrontational live performances fitted well with the punk rock scene developing on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Cale took to wearing a hockey goaltender mask onstage (as evinced by the cover of his 1977 compilation album Guts , a compilation drawn from the Island trilogy after
4760-628: The era was his radically transformed cover version of Elvis Presley 's " Heartbreak Hotel ", initially performed by Cale on Slow Dazzle (1975) and the live album June 1, 1974 , recorded with Kevin Ayers , Nico and Eno. Both "Leaving It Up to You" and "Fear Is a Man's Best Friend" (from Fear ) begin as relatively conventional songs that gradually grow more paranoid in tone before breaking down into what critic Dave Thompson calls "a morass of discordance and screaming". Cale released Animal Justice in 1977, an extended play (EP) notable particularly for
4845-537: The fraught relationship between the pair. The following year, Cale contributed a cover version of " Hallelujah " to the Leonard Cohen tribute album I'm Your Fan . His mid-tempo, piano arrangement formed the basis of most subsequent cover versions of the song, which has since become a standard . In 1992, he performed vocals on two songs, "Hunger" and "First Evening", on French composer and record producer Hector Zazou 's concept album , Sahara Blue . All lyrics on
4930-545: The label withheld Helen of Troy (1975) in the United States); this look predated the creation of Friday the 13th ' s villain, Jason Voorhees , by several years. During one concert in Croydon , south London , Cale chopped the head off a dead chicken with a meat cleaver, leading his band to walk offstage in protest. Cale's drummer – a vegetarian – was so bothered he quit the band. Cale mocks his decision on "Chicken Shit" from
5015-417: The old CBS Studio on West 54th Street that the network was selling. Rubell became a familiar face in front of the building, turning people away and only allowing entry to those who met his pedantic standards. Rubell also dealt with the club's celebrity patrons, ensuring that they were thrown lavish parties. His approach worked and the club made $ 7 million during its first year. On December 14, 1978, Studio 54
5100-666: The other in Mystic, Connecticut . With the help and knowledgeable influence of disco promoter Billy Amato (Smith), executive vice president 20th Century-Fox Records, Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager were introduced to the dance and disco market in early 1975 by John Addison of Le Jardin. Rubell and Schrager opened two clubs, one in Boston with John Addison from La Jardin, the other, called The Enchanted Garden , in Queens in 1975, which later became Douglaston Manor . In April 1977, they opened Studio 54 in
5185-497: The passion and lurching frustration evident in the sound of the album, as did the ambivalent relationship Reed had to Warhol. Nevertheless, that same year, following a 20-year hiatus, the Velvet Underground reformed for a Fondation Cartier benefit show in Paris , France. Cale again collaborated with Brian Eno, also in 1990, Wrong Way Up , a collaboration album characterised by an up-tempo accessibility at odds with Cale's description of
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#17330861753935270-566: The performance Cale appeared on the television panel show I've Got a Secret . Cale's secret was that he had performed in an 18-hour concert, and he was accompanied by Karl Schenzer, whose secret was that he was the only member of the audience who had stayed for the duration. Cale would later attribute Cage's writings with his own "relaxed" artistic outlook, having hitherto been raised to believe that European composers were obliged to justify their work. Cale played in La Monte Young 's ensemble
5355-581: The presence of the Metropole Orchestra . The concert was shown on Dutch national television and featured a song specially composed for the event and still unreleased, "Murdering Mouth", sung in duet with Siouxsie and her second band the Creatures . Cale and Siouxsie then did a double bill tour in the US for two months from late June until mid-August, both artists collaborating on stage on several songs including
5440-407: The price of alternative colors to $ 20,000 each. Warhol used a large portion of his income to finance the Factory. Billy Name brought in the red couch which became a prominent furnishing at the Factory, finding it on the sidewalk of 47th street during one of his "midnight outings." The sofa quickly became a favorite place for Factory guests to crash overnight, usually after coming down from speed . It
5525-597: The process of working with Cale both frustrating and challenging. Also that year he played keyboards on Julie Covington 's cover version of Alice Cooper 's " Only Women Bleed ", which peaked at No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart . In 1979, he began a relationship with Austin, Texas -based groupie and journalist Margaret Moser . Cale named the group of women that Moser hung out with the Texas Blondes. His relationship with Moser lasted about five years, overlapping with
5610-447: The reason why he had to get rid of Cale in the band was Cale's ideas were just too out there. Cale had some wacky ideas. He wanted to record the next album with the amplifiers underwater, and [Lou] just couldn't have it. He was trying to make the band more accessible." Arguably, the artistic frictions between Cale and Reed are what shaped the band's early sound much more than any other members. The pair often had heated disagreements about
5695-530: The same scheme for his recently leased loft. Name covered the whole factory in silver, even the elevator. Warhol's years at the Factory were known as the Silver Era. Aside from the prints and paintings, Warhol produced shoes, films, sculptures and commissioned work in various genres to brand and sell items with his name. His first commissions consisted of a single silkscreen portrait for $ 25,000, with additional canvases in other colors for $ 5,000 each. He later increased
5780-575: The singer-songwriter mode of Vintage Violence (1970) with a backing band that included Lowell George of Little Feat and Wilton Felder of the Crusaders , as well as the UCLA Symphony Orchestra. Composed of highly melodic songs with arcane and complex lyrics, it has been cited by critics as one of his best. While affiliated with the label, he produced studio albums by Jennifer Warnes (her third, Jennifer ), Chunky, Novi & Ernie, and
5865-596: The two studio tracks appeared on both sides of the Atlantic. During this period, Eden Cale was born to Cale and his third wife Risé Irushalmi in July 1985. In a last-ditch attempt at commercial success, Cale recorded Artificial Intelligence (1985), his only studio album for Beggars Banquet Records . With all of its tracks written in collaboration with High Times and National Lampoon editor Larry "Ratso" Sloman (who had previously co-written two tracks on Caribbean Sunset ),
5950-534: The university's chapter of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. Eschewing Vietnam War -era conscription , Rubell joined the New York Army National Guard , returning to the metropolitan area after a tour of duty in a military intelligence unit. He worked at a brokerage firm after his return. Rubell then decided to start his own business and opened two Steak Loft restaurants, one in New York City, and
6035-569: The valley of the River Amman in Carmarthenshire of Wales to Will Cale, a coal miner , and Margaret Davies, a primary school teacher. Although his father spoke only English, his mother spoke and taught Welsh to Cale, which hindered his relationship with his father, although he began learning English at primary school, at around the age of seven. Cale was molested by two different men during his youth: an Anglican priest who molested him in
6120-597: The vinyl and digital single releases of the LCD Soundsystem original. Cale has continued to work with other artists, contributing viola to Replica Sun Machine , the Danger Mouse -produced second studio album by London alternative pop trio the Shortwave Set and producing the second studio album of American indie band Ambulance LTD . On 11 October 2008, Cale hosted an event to pay tribute to Nico called Life Along
6205-529: Was actually recorded nearly a year prior to its release. While his explorations in art music briefly continued with 1972's The Academy in Peril , he would not compose in the classical mode thereafter until he began working on film soundtracks in the 1980s. In 1972, he signed with au courant Reprise Records as a recording artist and staff producer. The Academy in Peril (1972) was his first project for Reprise. The subsequent Paris 1919 (1973) steered back towards
6290-522: Was being shown in mainstream cinema. By making the films, Warhol created a sexually lenient environment at the Factory for the " happenings " staged there, which included fake weddings between drag queens, porn film rentals, and vulgar plays. What was called free love took place in the studio, as sexuality in the 1960s was becoming more open and embraced as a high ideal. Warhol used footage of sexual acts between his friends in his work, such as in Blue Movie ,
6375-515: Was eager to go there, so the rent was $ 150 a month. A few months later, Warhol was informed that the building would have to be vacated soon, and in November he found another loft on the fifth floor at 231 East 47th Street in Midtown Manhattan , which would become the first Factory. In 1963, artist Ray Johnson took Warhol to a "haircutting party" at Billy Name 's apartment, decorated with tin foil and silver paint, and Warhol asked him to do
6460-455: Was featured in many photographs and films from the Silver era, including Blow Job (1963) and Couch (1964). During the move in 1968, the couch was stolen while left unattended on the sidewalk for a short time. Many Warhol films, including those made at the Factory, were first (or later) shown at the New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre or 55th Street Playhouse . By the time Warhol had achieved
6545-477: Was fine, it was good music, good songs, it was never the same though. It was good stuff, a lot of good songs, but, just, the lunacy factor was... gone." After his dismissal from the band, Cale was replaced by Boston -based musician Doug Yule , who played bass guitar, keyboards and who would soon share lead vocal duties in the band with Reed. Michael Carlucci, who was friends with Robert Quine , has given this explanation about Cale's dismissal, "Lou told Quine that
6630-475: Was fired, he would quit the band. Morrison and Tucker reluctantly went along with the scheme. In September 1968, Cale played his final gig with the Velvet Underground at the Boston Tea Party and according to Tucker, "When John left, it was really sad. I felt really bad. And of course, this was gonna really influence the music, 'cause, John's a lunatic (laughs). I think we became a little more normal, which
6715-551: Was integral to the sound of the Velvet Underground's first two studio albums, The Velvet Underground & Nico (recorded in 1966, released in 1967) and White Light/White Heat (recorded in 1967, released in 1968). On these albums he plays viola, bass guitar and piano , and sings occasional backing vocals . White Light/White Heat (1968) also features Cale on organ (on " Sister Ray ") as well as two vocal performances: " Lady Godiva's Operation ", an experimental song where he shares lead vocal duties with Reed, and " The Gift ",
6800-471: Was owned by Maurice Brahms, a former partner of Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager , the original owners of Studio 54 , and Jay Levy after Club 54 closed, due to jailing of Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager. The club opened on February 28, 1980. John Blair got his start there. Baird Jones promoted Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night parties from 1983 to 1986. Music videos for " I Want To Know What Love Is " by Foreigner and " Word Up! " by Cameo were filmed at
6885-462: Was raided after Rubell was quoted as saying that only the Mafia made more money than the club brought in. In June 1979, Rubell and Schrager were charged with tax evasion , obstruction of justice , and conspiracy for reportedly skimming nearly $ 2.5 million in unreported income from the club's receipts, in a system Rubell called "cash-in, cash-out and skim." Police reports state that cash and receipts were in
6970-576: Was released as Dance Music (1998). Cale has written a number of film soundtracks , often using more classically influenced instrumentation. In 1998, Cale mainly spent the year on tour with singer Siouxsie Sioux , formerly of Siouxsie and the Banshees. In February, he was the curator of one day festival called With a Little Help from My Friends that took place at the Paradiso in Amsterdam , Netherlands, with
7055-541: Was there he organised an early Fluxus concert, A Little Festival of New Music , on 6 July 1963. He also contributed to the short film Police Car and had two scores published in Fluxus Preview Review (July 1963) for the nascent avant-garde collective. He conducted the first performance in the UK of Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra , with the composer and pianist Michael Garrett as soloist. In 1963, he travelled to
7140-613: Was thrown out of there, and when he came up to me the next time, he said to me, "Nobody has ever thrown me out of a party." He said, "You know? Don't you know who I am?" And I said, "Well, I don't give a good flying fuck who you are. You just weren't there. You weren't involved..." Warhol started shooting movies in the Factory around 1963, when he began work on Kiss . He screened his films at the Factory for his friends before they were released for public audiences. When traditional theaters refused to screen his more provocative films, Warhol sometimes turned to night-clubs or porn theaters, including
7225-503: Was used in the 2001 animated film Shrek , although it did not appear in the film's soundtrack due to licensing issues. In 2002, Cale played piano and sang vocals on the track "Don't Pretend" by Gordon Gano of Violent Femmes , from his debut solo studio album Hitting the Ground . Signing to EMI Records in 2003 with the EP 5 Tracks and studio album HoboSapiens , Cale again returned as
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