Television

Television
Formed: 1973 in New York, NY
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Disbanded: 1978
Genre: Rock
Styles: Proto-Punk, Punk, New York Punk, American Punk
Group Members: Richard Hell, Tom Verlaine, Richard Lloyd, Billy Ficca, Fred Smith
Biography: Television were one of the most creative bands to emerge from New York's punk scene of the mid-'70s, creating an influential new guitar vocabulary. While guitarists Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd liked to jam, they didn't follow the accepted rock structures for improvisation -- they removed the blues ...Read full biography
Marquee Moon
Released: 1977
Label: Elektra Records
Critics' Rating:
Marquee Moon is a revolutionary album, but it's a subtle, understated revolution. Without question, it is a guitar rock album -- it's astonishing to hear the interplay between Tom Verlaine and Richard ...Read full review
Adventure
Released: 1978
Label: WEA Japan
Critics' Rating:
Television's groundbreaking first album, Marquee Moon, was as close to a perfect debut as any band made in the 1970s, and in many respects it would have been all but impossible for the band to top it. ...Read full review
More Television albums: Main Albums (6), Compilations (2), Others (3)
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