Television
PunkCBGB proto-punkart rock experimentationpost-punk precursorguitar-driven art punk
Television was an American proto-punk band formed in New York City in 1973. One of the most creative bands to emerge from New York's CBGB scene of the mid-'70s, creating an influential new guitar vocabulary. While guitarists Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd liked to jam, they didn't follow the accepted rock structures for improvisation — they removed the blues while retaining the raw energy of garage rock, adding complex, lyrical solo lines that recalled both jazz and rock.
Influenced by: The Velvet Underground, MC5, The Stooges
- Active:
- 1973-1978, 1992-present
- Scene:
- NYC punk
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