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| - Television is an American rock band, formed in New York City in 1973 and considered influential in the development of punk and alternative music. Television was a fixture of the 1970s New York rock scene along with acts like thePatti Smith Group, the Ramones, Blondie, and Talking Heads. Although they recorded in a stripped-down, guitar-based manner similar to their punk contemporaries, Television's music was by comparison clean, improvisational, and technically proficient, drawing influence from avant-garde jazz and 1960s rock.[1][4] The group's debut album, Marquee Moon, is often considered one of the defining releases of the punk era.
- Television were a cult Punk Rock/New Wave band from the USA, active between 1973-1978, 1992-1993 and since 2001. Its core lineup includes guitarist/vocalist Tom Verlaine, guitarist/vocalist Richard Lloyd, bassist/vocalist Fred Smith and drummer Billy Ficca. Early on, their line-up also included guitarist Richard Hell, who would go on to front the Voidoids, another influential punk group. Discography:
* Marquee Moon (1977)
* Adventure (1978)
* Television (1992) Tropes:
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| - Television were a cult Punk Rock/New Wave band from the USA, active between 1973-1978, 1992-1993 and since 2001. Its core lineup includes guitarist/vocalist Tom Verlaine, guitarist/vocalist Richard Lloyd, bassist/vocalist Fred Smith and drummer Billy Ficca. Early on, their line-up also included guitarist Richard Hell, who would go on to front the Voidoids, another influential punk group. The band were famous for being more technically proficient than the punk scene they were associated with, with their Signature Style involving complex, interlocking guitars (influenced by Velvet Underground, Love and Buffalo Springfield) and extended Improvs and jamming. Discography:
* Marquee Moon (1977)
* Adventure (1978)
* Television (1992) Tropes:
* City Noir: The setting of most of Verlaine's lyrics. "Broadway looks so medieval", to quote "Venus."
* Epic Rocking: "Marquee Moon", "Torn Curtain", "The Fire", "The Dream's Dream", "Little Johnny Jewel".
* First Installment Wins
* Magnum Opus: Marquee Moon.
* Painful Rhyme: Verlaine likes these.
* Perishing Alt Rock Voice: Verlaine.
* Title Drop: "Marquee Moon".
* Verlaine stealth-drops the band's name in at least two songs - "Elevation" ("'Elevision, don't go to my head") and "Little Johnny Jewel" ("He just had to tell-a-vision")
* Self-Titled Album
* What Might Have Been: Imagine if Richard Hell had stayed in the band and Marquee Moon had featured "Blank Generation" and "Love Comes In Spurts"...
- Television is an American rock band, formed in New York City in 1973 and considered influential in the development of punk and alternative music. Television was a fixture of the 1970s New York rock scene along with acts like thePatti Smith Group, the Ramones, Blondie, and Talking Heads. Although they recorded in a stripped-down, guitar-based manner similar to their punk contemporaries, Television's music was by comparison clean, improvisational, and technically proficient, drawing influence from avant-garde jazz and 1960s rock.[1][4] The group's debut album, Marquee Moon, is often considered one of the defining releases of the punk era.
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