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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.
Feb 2, 2023 · Wilco’s visionary guitarist pays tribute to Television’s late frontman. February 2, 2023 by Shaun Brady. “It’s hard to think of New York City without Tom in it,” Cline says. Credit: Rovi. The death of Tom Verlaine on Jan. 28, at age 73, has inspired eulogies from countless artists whose own work has stretched the boundaries of rock.
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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Feb 1, 2023 · Patti Smith has written a heartfelt obituary to her friend and one-time partner, Tom Verlaine.Verlaine was the singer, guitarist and front person for the highly acclaimed and influential art rock ...
Jan 31, 2023 · The New York punk rock and new wave scene of the mid-1970s was not known for its guitar heroics, but Tom Verlaine, who plied that trade with the seminal band Television could have worn that mantle.
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Jan 29, 2023 · The musician passed away from an unspecified “brief illness,” according to Jesse Paris Smith, daughter of Patti Smith. Tom Verlaine was the frontman and guitarist for the band Television. He died Jan. 28 at the age of 73. Photo via Getty Images. Before he was a punk icon, Tom Verlaine was simply Tom Miller, a young boy from New Jersey.
