Tom Verlaine, Guitarist And Vocalist Of Tv, Dies At 73

Tom Verlaine, Guitarist And Vocalist Of Television, Dies At 73 — Tom Verlaine, Guitarist And Vocalist Of Tv, Dies At 73

Tom Verlaine, the co-founder, guitarist, and vocalist of influential New York Metropolis post-punk band Television has died on the age of 73. Verlaine’s passing was confirmed to The New York Times by Jesse Paris Smith (the daughter of Patti Smith), who famous he died following “a short sickness”.

Verlaine was born Thomas Miller in Denville, New Jersey in 1949, having developed a keenness for rock music after listening to The Rolling Stones’ ’nineteenth Nervous Breakdown’ at a younger age. Befriending future bandmate, Richard Meyers (later referred to as Richard Hell) as an adolescent, the pair moved to New York Metropolis within the early ’70s, adopting his stage title from French poet Paul Verlaine, and forming The Neon Boys with Hell.

Tv – ‘Marquee Moon’

The Neon Boys lasted solely a short while earlier than splitting and subsequently reforming as Tv in 1973. Performing steadily over the approaching years, the group slowly gained a cult following at venues akin to CBGBS as they carved out their signature post-punk sound that may in the end be heard on their acclaimed debut album, 1977’s, Marquee Moon.

A second album, Journey, would comply with in 1978, although Tv would cut up up, with Verlaine embarking upon a solo profession. He would launch quite a few solo albums over the approaching years, whereas additionally working with an enormous array of famed artists, together with the likes of former companion Patti Smith, David Bowie, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth, and James Iha of the Smashing Pumpkins.

Tv would reunite in 1991, releasing a self-titled album the next yr, earlier than once more splitting in 1993. They might reform as soon as extra in 2001, remaining constantly energetic with sporadic tour dates till 2019.