Editing Angus MacLise (section)

===The Velvet Underground===
MacLise was a member of [[La Monte Young]]'s [[Theatre of Eternal Music]], with [[John Cale]], [[Tony Conrad]], [[Marian Zazeela]]<ref>Watson, Steven (2003), "Factory Made: Warhol and the Sixties" Pantheon Books, p. 157</ref> and sometimes [[Terry Riley]]. He contributed to the early [[Fluxus]] newspaper VTre, edited by [[George Brecht]], and was also an early member of [[the Velvet Underground]],<ref name="Watson, Steven 2003 p. 208">Watson, Steven (2003), "Factory Made: Warhol and the Sixties" Pantheon Books, p. 208</ref> having been brought into the group by flatmate [[John Cale]] when they were living at 56 [[Ludlow Street]]<ref name="Watson, Steven 2003 p. 208"/> in [[Manhattan]]. [[Lou Reed]] recruited his friend [[Sterling Morrison]], whom he knew from [[Syracuse University]], and the initial line-up of the Velvets consisted of Reed, Cale, Morrison and MacLise.

MacLise played [[bongo drum|bongos]] and [[hand drums]] during 1965 with the first incarnation of the Velvet Underground and he was also capable of playing [[tabla]], [[cimbalom]] and [[tambourine]]. Although the band regularly extemporized soundtracks to underground films during this era, MacLise never officially recorded with them, and is often considered something of a shadowy, legendary figure in their history.{{by whom?|date=February 2025}} Demos recorded during this period are included on the ''Peel Slowly and See'' box set, but MacLise plays on none of them because (according to John Cale) he did not appreciate the need to turn up on time.

Cale describes MacLise as "living on the Angus calendar", showing up to gigs hours or even days after the band had finished.

When the band's first paying gig in November 1965 arose, MacLise quit, suggesting the group were [[selling out]]. He was replaced by [[Moe Tucker]], resulting in the "classic" lineup of the Velvet Underground.{{fact|date=February 2025}}