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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.
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 ...
Jan 30, 2023 · Wherever you first encountered Tom Verlaine’s guitar—whether it was live, on the CBGB stage at the height of New York’s punk explosion, or years later, from a record bin or a college radio ...
- Jayson Greene
Apr 6, 2023 · Tom Verlaine, who died on January 28, 2023, had an approach to playing guitar that was never easy to describe. Post-punk, art rock, art punk, whatever; it was one of Verlaine’s great creative achievements that over three studio albums with Television, and a prolific solo career, he was able to unshackle his style from labels.
- Jonathan Horsley
Guitar Legends: Television’s Tom Verlaine & Richard Lloyd – the punk guitar heroes who weren’t punk at all They were tagged “punk” because of a time and place, but Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd’s guitar alchemy in Television was a lot more sophisticated than just rock ’n’ roll with a sneer at 99mph.
Feb 1, 2023 · In Memoriam: Tom Verlaine (1949–2023) Tom Verlaine performs with Television at the Bottom Line in New York City on June 11, 1978. The fiery, incandescent, and visionary guitarist who died on January 28, 2023, helped spark a punk revolution—and then transcended the form entirely. Musicians feel and experience influence in many ways.
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Tom Verlaine in 1977. Photo: Godlis. A guitar hero for people who are embarrassed to have guitar heroes, Tom Verlaine came to prominence in the ’70s CBGB punk scene with his band Television, yet his work seems almost diametrically opposed to the stereotypes associated with that era and subsequent punk. Under Verlaine’s stewardship ...
