Apart from his sculpture, Ron Nagle is also a musician and songwriter. In 1965, he founded the “San Francisco Sound” rock’n’roll band The Mystery Trend with a group of friends while at the San Francisco Art Institute. Nagle has also completed several solo albums, including "Bad Rice" that was released by Warner Bros. in 1970. Along with fellow San Franciscan Scott Mathews he formed the band The Durocs and had modest hits "Hog Wild" and "Saving it all up for Larry". Pablo Cruise did three of his songs on their first two albums.