Walter De Maria, drummer in pre-Velvet Underground band, dies

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Walter De Maria, who died Thursday at the age of 77, was best known as a lauded visual artist. But buried within his impressive resume is an experience that helped define the future of avant garde rock. Before they were called the Velvet Underground, De Maria played drums in Lou Reed and John Cale’s first band, the Primitives.[img]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PopHiss/~4/KcLkDHVrtrM[/img]

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