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Jan 29, 2023 · Tom Verlaine, a founding member of the band Television, has died. He was 73. Verlaine’s death was confirmed by Jesse Paris Smith, Patti Smith’s daughter, in an obituary dated Saturday, Jan. 28...
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Jan 29, 2023 · Jan. 28, 2023, 9:45 PM PST. By Variety. Tom Verlaine, who redefined rock guitar in the punk era of the 1970s with his band Television, died Saturday in Manhattan. He was 73.
Jan 29, 2023 · By Rob Tannenbaum. Jan. 28, 2023 Updated 7:57 PM PT. Tom Verlaine, the singer and guitarist who fronted the singular, ambitious and oblique New York band Television, with whom he made two of...
Jan 29, 2023 · By Rob Sheffield. January 29, 2023. Redferns. Farewell to Tom Verlaine, for some of us the greatest American rock guitarist not named “Hendrix.”. Verlaine, who died Saturday at 73, could hit ...
Jan 29, 2023 · By Jon Pareles. Jan. 29, 2023. Tom Verlaine was present at the creation of New York City punk. His band Television held a residency at CBGB in the club’s first years. But his music was never...
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About Television. Television were a New York punk band formed by friends Tom Verlaine and Richard Hell. As the band approached success, Hell was forced out due to having too much energy and...
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Television, American rock group that played a prominent role in the emergence of the punk–new-wave movement. With Television’s first single, “Little Johnny Jewel” (1975), and much-touted debut album, Marquee Moon (1977), the extended guitar solo found a place in a movement that generally rebelled.
