Warhol’s first band rehearsed only three or four times before folding

Evidence

3 Warhol had dreams of stardom himself. He made his first foray into pop music in the spring of 1962 as a backup singer, along with Lucas Samaras, in a band with Walter De Maria on drums, La Monte Young on saxophone, and Larry Poons on guitar. Patty Oldenburg sang lyrics penned by Jasper Johns. The project folded after three or four rehearsals. — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 1891

Categorization

• CANDY: Warhol as backup singer in a band with La Monte Young and Walter De Maria is a light, shareable anecdote about a failed pop venture by art-world figures.