Cale has produced or collaborated with Lou Reed , Nico , La Monte Young , John Cage , Terry Riley , Hector Zazou , Cranes , Nick Drake , Mike Heron , Kevin Ayers , Brian Eno , Patti Smith , The Stooges , Lio , The Modern Lovers , Art Bergmann , Manic Street Preachers and frontman James Dean Bradfield , Marc Almond , Element of Crime , Squeeze , Happy Mondays , LCD Soundsystem , The Replacements , and Siouxsie and the Banshees .
During his career , he worked with such as John Cage , Hector Zazou , Nick Drake , Brian Eno , Patti Smith , The Stooges and Manic Street Preachers .