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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 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.
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 ...
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 31, 2023 · Photo by Getty Images. That lineup lasted just two albums – Verlaine and Lloyd were often at odds. They broke up for the first time in August 1978. “As soon as Tom had managed to get Hell out ...
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 ...
Jan 29, 2023 · Tom Verlaine’s guitar was the lightning that struck itself, giving off sparks that kept turning into great new bands, all over the world: R.E.M. down in Georgia, U2 in Dublin, Wilco in Chicago ...
