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| Group Members: Richard Hell, Tom Verlaine, Richard Lloyd, Billy Ficca, Fred Smith
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| 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 |
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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 reviewReleased: 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
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