Moe Tucker

Maureen Tucker
Tucker in 1966
Background information
Birth name	Maureen Ann Tucker
Also known as	Moe Tucker
Born	(1944-08-26) August 26, 1944 (age 80) Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, U.S.
Genres	Experimental rock proto-punk rock and roll art rock avant garde folk rock
Occupations	Musician singer-songwriter
Instruments	Drums percussion guitar vocals bass
Years active	1963–c. 2007; 2017
Formerly of	The Velvet Underground Half Japanese

Maureen Ann "Moe" Tucker (born August 26, 1944)^[1] is an American musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the drummer of the New York City-based rock band the Velvet Underground. After the band disbanded in the early 1970s, she left the music industry for a while, though her music career restarted in the 1980s, and continued into the 1990s. She has released four solo albums, where she played most of the instruments herself, with frequent guest appearances by her former Velvet Underground bandmates and others, and has periodically toured. Tucker was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 as a member of the Velvet Underground.