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Television

Formed 1973

  • Principal Members
  • Billy Ficca
  • Richard Hell
  • Richard Lloyd
  • Fred Smith
  • Tom Verlaine

Biography

Television's roots can be traced to the teenage friendship between Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine. The duo met at St. Andrew's boarding school in Middletown, Delaware, from which they ran away. Later the two would move separately to New York in the early 1970s aspiring to be poets.

Their first group together was the Neon Boys, comprised of Verlaine on guitar and vocals, Hell on bass guitar and vocals, and Billy Ficca on drums. The group lasted from late 1972 to early 1973. A posthumous 7' featuring 'That's All I Know (Right Now)' and 'Love Comes in Spurts' was released in 1980...

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Artist Timeline

  • 1973 Television form and take up residency at New York's CBGB club
  • 1975 Bassist/vocalist Richard Hell leaves to form the Heartbreakers
  • 1975 Debut single released
  • 1975 Tom Verlaine contributes to Patti Smith's 'Horses'
  • 1977 'Marquee Moon' released
  • 1978 The band split
  • 1992 The first of a series of sporadic reunions
  • 2003 NME declare 'Marquee Moon' as 4th best album of all time
 

Key Releases

  • Marquee Moon

    1977

    Raw, intellectual garage rock - halfway between The Shadows, The Velvet Underground and John Coltrane.

    Review on BBC Music

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