Tom Verlaine
Tom Verlaine ( born December 13, 1949 in Wilmington ( Delaware), Delaware as Thomas Miller) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter. He became known as the frontman of the New York rock band Television.
Biography
As an adolescent Tom Miller had keen interest in music and poetry. He had piano and saxophone lessons. After hearing 19th Nervous Breakdown The Rolling Stones, he began playing guitar.
In 1968 he went with his school friend Richard Hell (bass ) to New York. Together with drummer Billy Ficca 1972 they founded the band " The Neon Boys." Miller took the stage name Tom Verlaine, a reference to the French poet Paul Verlaine.
By Richard Lloyd as a second guitarist called himself the group from 1973 " Television". They were one of the leading bands of the New York underground scene. After two albums, however, they dissolved in 1978, and Verlaine began a solo career.
In 1979 his first solo album, which should follow a number. In the 1990s, there was a reunion of Television, in 1992 they released their third studio album. Then there was sporadic appearances of the band. Verlaine again worked with Patti Smith, with whom he had in the 1970s lived and worked together. He wrote the music for the film Love and a .45.
Over time, Tom Verlaine has collaborated with numerous musicians. He was also a member of the band " The Million Dollar Bashers " which grossed a part of the music for the film I'm Not There.
Discography
See there for the recordings with Television.
For the recording of the "Million Dollar Bashers " see I'm Not There: Original Soundtrack.