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Occupation (s) Musician, singer, songwriter. Instrument (s) Guitar, vocals, piano. Formerly of. Television, Neon Boys. Thomas Joseph Miller (December 13, 1949 – January 28, 2023), known professionally as Tom Verlaine, was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, best known as the frontman of the New York City rock band Television.
Feb 9, 2024 · Ward Meeker. 0. Tom Verlaine, co-founder of the influential garage/new-wave band Television, died January 28. He was 73 and passed after a battle with prostate cancer that had metastasized. Born Thomas Miller in Denville, New Jersey, he studied piano as a child, followed by saxophone in middle school, then guitar after hearing the Rolling Stones.
Jan 30, 2023 · When Tom Miller and Richard Meyers met at the Sanford School in Delaware, they both ditched the place in favor of becoming poets in the Big Apple. They didn’t migrate together, but they both ...
Apr 6, 2023 · Just as it worked with Sonic Youth, who came out of a similar cultural environment, weaned on experimental music and art, it did in England. In a 2021 Guitar World interview, Johnny Marr said Verlaine and Lloyd were the fresh blood guitar music needed. A lot of us took note from Richard Lloyd and Tom Verlaine. Those guys were game-changers.
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Jan 29, 2023 · Will listen 1000 more. Tom Verlaine is one of the greatest rock musicians ever. He effected the way John and I play immeasurably. Fly on Tom." Alice In Chains frontman William DuVall wrote, "RIP to the great Tom Verlaine, one of my primary influences along w/ Hendrix, Eddie Hazel, & Greg Ginn. The live version of “Little Johnny Jewel” from ...
Jan 29, 2023 · Darren Eagles via Getty Images. Tom Verlaine, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal proto-punk band Television, has died at the age of 73. The influential musician died on Saturday in New York ...
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Jan 30, 2023 · He Was Tom Verlaine. Patti Smith remembers her friend, who possessed the child’s gift of transforming a drop of water into a poem that somehow begat music. He awoke to the sound of water ...
