Minimalist sculptor Walter De Maria played drums, painter Larry Poons played guitar, and minimal composer La Monte Young played the saxophone (but finding it ridiculous, quit after the second rehearsal);[3] artist and poet Patty Mucha (then Patty Oldenburg, as she was married to sculptor Claes Oldenburg) was the lead singer.[4]Jasper Johns wrote neodada lyrics as did Warhol who also occasionally sang.[5] Warhol wrote the songs The Alphabet Song, Movie Stars, Hollywood and Coca-Cola.[6][7][4]Happening artist Gloria Graves[8] and Lucas Samaras also sang with the group.[9]
