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Angus MacLise
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American musician and poet (1938–1979)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Year
- Imprimatur 1281 & The completed works of Angus MacLise
- The map of dusk
- The cloud doctrine
- The subliminal report
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Film & TV
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Angus William MacLise was an American percussionist, composer, poet, occultist and calligrapher, known as the first drummer for the Velvet Underground who abruptly quit due to disagreements with the band's ethic.
Known for
- Song of Avignon — Narrator (archive footage)1998
- Gerard Malanga's Film Notebooks — Self1970
- The Stone Age1970
- The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda — The Methedrine Cardinal1968
- Diaries, Notes, and Sketches — Self1968
- Exploding Plastic Inevitable — Himself1967
- Joan of Arc — Self1967
- Venus in Furs1966
- Satisfaction1966
- Normal Love — Green Mummy1965
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1938-03-04
- Active to
- 1979-06-21
Discography
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Angus MacLise (March 4, 1938 - June 21, 1979) was a percussionist, composer, mystic, shaman, poet, occultist and calligrapher. He is probably best known as the first drummer for the Velvet Underground, but had an intriguing career outside of that group. MacLise was a member of La Monte Young's Theater of Eternal Music, with John Cale and Tony Conrad. He was brought into the Velvet Underground by flatmate John Cale. MacLise played bongos and hand drums during 1965 with the first incarnation of t
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Angus
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bridgeport
- Place of death
- Kathmandu
- Occupation
- printmaker
- Genre
- avant-garde music
- Instrument
- percussion instrument
- Image
- Angus MacLise yearbook.jpg
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- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1938-03-14
- date of death
- 1979-06-21
- medical condition
- tuberculosis
- archives at
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
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- UbuWeb
- Commons category
- Angus MacLise
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- member of
- The Velvet Underground
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