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|occupation = |years_active = 1965–present |label = |associated_acts = |website = | notable_instruments = Fender Precision Bass }} John Davies Cale, OBE (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the NYC-based American experimental rock band the Velvet Underground. Though best known for his work in rock music, Cale has worked in various genres including drone and classical, and studied music at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Since departing from the Velvet Underground in 1968 he has released approximately 30 albums. Of his solo work, Cale is perhaps best known for his album ''Paris 1919'', and his cover version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah", plus his mid-1970s Island Records trilogy of albums: ''Fear'', ''Slow Dazzle'' and ''Helen of Troy''. 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, Super Furry Animals, Marc Almond, Element of Crime, Squeeze, Happy Mondays, LCD Soundsystem, the Replacements and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Cale was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as member of the Velvet Underground in 1996, and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2010. ==Early life and career== John Cale was born on 9 March 1942 in Garnant in the heavily industrial Amman Valley of Wales to Will Cale and Margaret Davies.〔Mitchell, Tim ''Sedition and Alchemy : A Biography of John Cale'', 2003, pp. 24〕 His mother was a primary school teacher and his father was a coal miner.〔 Although Will spoke only English, Margaret brought John up to speak only Welsh.〔 Being unable to speak the same language as his father naturally hindered their relationship.〔 John finally began learning English at primary school, at around age of seven.〔 Cale was molested by two different men during his childhood.〔〔MarkMordue.com page: "(Cold, Black Style: The John Cale Interview )."〕 One of the men was an Anglican priest who molested him in a church.〔〔 Having discovered a talent for viola, Cale studied music at Goldsmiths College, University of London. While he was there he organised an early Fluxus concert, ''A Little Festival of New Music'', on 6 July 1964. He also contributed to the short film ''Police Car'' and had two scores published in ''Fluxus Preview Review'' (July 1963) for the nascent avant-garde collective.〔Fluxus Codex, Jon HEndricks, Harry N Abrams 1988 p221〕 He conducted the first performance in the UK of Cage's ''Concert for Piano and Orchestra'', with the composer and pianist Michael Garrett as soloist. He also enjoyed rock music from an early age and in 1963 he travelled to the United States to continue his musical training, thanks to the help and influence of Aaron Copland. In New York City Cale met a number of influential composers. On 9 September 1963 he participated, along with John Cage and several others, in an 18-hour piano-playing marathon that was the first full-length performance of Erik Satie's "Vexations". After the performance Cale appeared on the television panel show ''I've Got a Secret''. Cale's secret was that he had performed in an 18-hour concert, and he was accompanied by a man whose secret was that he was the only member of the audience who had stayed for the duration.〔.〕 Cale also played in La Monte Young and Tony Conrad's ensemble the Theatre of Eternal Music, also known as the Dream Syndicate (not to be confused with the 1980s band of the same name). The heavily drone-laden music he played there proved to be a big influence in his work with his next group, the Velvet Underground. One of his collaborators on these recordings was the Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison. Three albums of his early experimental work from this period were released in 2001. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Cale」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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