John Cale

John Davies Cale, OBE (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer and record producer, known as a founding member of experimental rock band The Velvet Underground. He played on two of their albums The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) and White Light/White Heat (1968). In 1970 he released first solo album Vintage Violence. He also worked as record producer. During his career, he worked with such as John Cage, Hector Zazou, Nick Drake, Brian Eno, Patti Smith, The Stooges and Manic Street Preachers.

Discography

Studio albums
 Vintage Violence (1970)
 Church of Anthrax (1971) − with Terry Riley
 The Academy in Peril (1972)
 Paris 1919 (1973)
 Fear (1974)
 Slow Dazzle (1975)
 Helen of Troy (1975)
 Honi Soit (1981)
 Music for a New Society (1982)
 Caribbean Sunset (1983)
 Artificial Intelligence (1985)
 Words for the Dying (1989)
 Songs for Drella (1990) − with Lou Reed
 Wrong Way Up (1990) − with Brian Eno
 Last Day on Earth (1994) − with Bob Neuwirth
 Walking on Locusts (1996)
 HoboSapiens (2003)
 blackAcetate (2005)
 Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood (2012)
 M:FANS (2016)
 Mercy (2023)
 Poptical Illusion (2024)

References

Category:1942 births
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Category:British bass guitarists
Category:British pianists
Category:British record producers
Category:British rock guitarists
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
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Category:Welsh rock musicians
Category:Welsh singers
Category:People from Carmarthenshire