Television (Band)
Television is an American rock band. Although Television published only three studio albums in 14 years, they are considered highly influential and style-defining belt. Television came from, such as the Ramones and Patti Smith, the New York proto-punk scene. The combination of big-city rock with the duels of the guitarists Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd and reminiscent of Lou Reed voice of Tom Verlaine exerted a not inconsiderable influence on post-punk bands.
History
The Origins of Television lie in 1972. Under the name of The Neon Boys Verlaine, Ficca Light and played in a band that recorded some singles. After the dissolution they reformed in 1973 under the new name Television. Richard Lloyd was added as a second guitarist. Since they had quickly earned a reputation as a fantastic live band, they had several appearances in New York venues. Television was also the first CBGB band that occurred in the eponymous music club.
In 1975, she released her debut single, Little Johnny Jewel on the independent label Ork Records. As the song for a conventional single was too long, it appeared distributed over two single pages.
In 1977, the debut album Marquee Moon on Elektra Records, which came mainly in the UK on resonance with audiences and critics. 2003 was chosen by the Rolling Stone this album at number 128 of the 500 most important albums. In 1978, the successor, Adventure. Shortly after, the band broke up due to musical differences and Richard Lloyd's alleged drug addiction. The members pursued solo careers, where Verlaine and Lloyd released solo albums. 1992 took on a new Television, Television titled album and have since been sporadically active.
Style
In the punk scene, the virtuoso, jazz -influenced interaction of Lloyd and Verlaine were previously unheard of. You have canceled the separation of lead and rhythm guitar in favor of complex, interlocking, contrapuntal structures. The guitars complement each other, although they often play rhythmically and tonally radically different material. This type of guitar arrangements exercised a weighty influence on about The Police, U2, Dream Syndicate, Rain Parade, Russ Tolman's True West and The Church. In recent times, based again many young guitar bands on the model of television, including The Strokes.