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Television Was One Of The Most Creative Bands To Emerge From New York's Underground 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. With Its Angular Rhythms And Fluid Leads Television's Music Always Went In Unconventional Directions Laying The Groundwork For Many Of The Guitar-Based Post-Punk Pop Groups Of The Late '70s And '80s. In The Early '70s Television Began As The Neon Boys A Group Featuring Guitarist/vocalist Tom Verlaine Drummer Billy Ficca And Bassist Richard Hell. At The End Of 1973 In New York City New York The Group Reunited Under The Name Television Adding Rhythm Guitarist Richard Lloyd. The Following Year The Band Made Its Live Debut At New York's Townhouse Theater And Began To Build Up An Underground Following. Soon Their Fan Base Was Large Enough That Verlaine Was Able To Persuade CBGB To Begin Featuring Live Bands On A Regular Basis The Club Would Become An Important Venue For Punk And New Wave Bands. Television Was The First Punk/new Wave Bands To Play At CBGB. That Year Verlaine Played Guitar On Patti Smith's First Single "Hey Joe"/"Piss Factory " As Well As Wrote A Book Of Poetry With The Singer. Television Recorded A Demo Tape For Island Records With Brian Eno In 1975 Yet The Label Decided Not To Sign The Band. Hell Left The Band After The Recording Of The Demo Tape Forming The Heartbreakers With Former New York Dolls Guitarist Johnny Thunders The Following Year He Began A Solo Career Supported By The Voidoids Releasing A Debut Album Blank Generation In 1977. Hell Was Replaced By Ex-Blondie Bassist Fred Smith And Television Recorded "Little Johnny Jewel " Releasing It On Their Own Ork Record Label. "Little Johnny Jewel" Became An Underground Hit Attracting The Attention Of Major Record Labels. In 1976 The Band Released A British EP On Stiff Records Which Expanded Their Reputation. They Signed With Elektra Records And Began Recording Their Debut Album. Marquee Moon The Group's First Album Was Released In Early 1977 To Great Critical Acclaim Yet It Failed To Attract A Wide Audience In America In The U.K. It Reached Number 28 On The Charts Launching The Top 40 Single "Prove It." Television Supported Blondie On The Group's 1977 Tour But The Shows Didn't Increase The Group's Following Significantly. Television Released Their Second Album Adventure In The Spring Of 1978. While Its American Sales Were Better Than Those Of Marquee Moon The Record Didn't Make The Charts In Britain It Became A Top Ten Hit. Months Later The Group Suddenly Broke Up Largely Due To Tensions Between The Two Guitarists. Smith Rejoined Blondie While Verlaine And Lloyd Both Pursued Solo Careers Lloyd Also Played On John Doe's First Solo Album As Well As Joined Matthew Sweet's Supporting Band With The 1991 Album Girlfriend. Nearly 14 Years After Their Breakup Television Re-Formed In Late 1991 Recording A New Self Titled Album For Capitol Records. The Reunited Band Began Its Comeback With A Performance At England's Glastonbury Summer Festival In 1992 Releasing Television A Couple Months Later. The Album Received Good Reviews As Did The Tour That Followed Yet The Reunion Was Short-Lived — The Group Disbanded Again In Early 1993. In 2001 Television Again Reunited For A Handful Of Shows In The U.K. As Well As An Appearance At The Noise Pop Festival In Chicago.
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Television Was One Of The Most Creative Bands To Emerge From New York's Underground 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. With Its Angular Rhythms And Fluid Leads Television's Music Always Went In Unconventional Directions Laying The Groundwork For Many Of The Guitar-Based Post-Punk Pop Groups Of The Late '70s And '80s. In The Early '70s Television Began As The Neon Boys A Group Featuring Guitarist/vocalist Tom Verlaine Drummer Billy Ficca And Bassist Richard Hell. At The End Of 1973 In New York City New York The Group Reunited Under The Name Television Adding Rhythm Guitarist Richard Lloyd. The Following Year The Band Made Its Live Debut At New York's Townhouse Theater And Began To Build Up An Underground Following. Soon Their Fan Base Was Large Enough That Verlaine Was Able To Persuade CBGB To Begin Featuring Live Bands On A Regular Basis The Club Would Become An Important Venue For Punk And New Wave Bands. Television Was The First Punk/new Wave Bands To Play At CBGB. That Year Verlaine Played Guitar On Patti Smith's First Single "Hey Joe"/"Piss Factory " As Well As Wrote A Book Of Poetry With The Singer. Television Recorded A Demo Tape For Island Records With Brian Eno In 1975 Yet The Label Decided Not To Sign The Band. Hell Left The Band After The Recording Of The Demo Tape Forming The Heartbreakers With Former New York Dolls Guitarist Johnny Thunders The Following Year He Began A Solo Career Supported By The Voidoids Releasing A Debut Album Blank Generation In 1977. Hell Was Replaced By Ex-Blondie Bassist Fred Smith And Television Recorded "Little Johnny Jewel " Releasing It On Their Own Ork Record Label. "Little Johnny Jewel" Became An Underground Hit Attracting The Attention Of Major Record Labels. In 1976 The Band Released A British EP On Stiff Records Which Expanded Their Reputation. They Signed With Elektra Records And Began Recording Their Debut Album. Marquee Moon The Group's First Album Was Released In Early 1977 To Great Critical Acclaim Yet It Failed To Attract A Wide Audience In America In The U.K. It Reached Number 28 On The Charts Launching The Top 40 Single "Prove It." Television Supported Blondie On The Group's 1977 Tour But The Shows Didn't Increase The Group's Following Significantly. Television Released Their Second Album Adventure In The Spring Of 1978. While Its American Sales Were Better Than Those Of Marquee Moon The Record Didn't Make The Charts In Britain It Became A Top Ten Hit. Months Later The Group Suddenly Broke Up Largely Due To Tensions Between The Two Guitarists. Smith Rejoined Blondie While Verlaine And Lloyd Both Pursued Solo Careers Lloyd Also Played On John Doe's First Solo Album As Well As Joined Matthew Sweet's Supporting Band With The 1991 Album Girlfriend. Nearly 14 Years After Their Breakup Television Re-Formed In Late 1991 Recording A New Self Titled Album For Capitol Records. The Reunited Band Began Its Comeback With A Performance At England's Glastonbury Summer Festival In 1992 Releasing Television A Couple Months Later. The Album Received Good Reviews As Did The Tour That Followed Yet The Reunion Was Short-Lived — The Group Disbanded Again In Early 1993. In 2001 Television Again Reunited For A Handful Of Shows In The U.K. As Well As An Appearance At The Noise Pop Festival In Chicago. read less
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On The Evening Of March 31 1974 The Band Television Took The Stage At The NYC Bowery Night Club CBGB's For An Extended Residency That Revolutionized The Rock And Roll Universe! It Was The Actual Birth Date Of The New Wave Movement. This Anti-Glam Anti-Big Industry Rock Crusade Incubated In New York With The Likes Of Patti Smith The Ramones Richard Hell And The Dictators. At The Very Least The Television Residency At CBGB's Brought Enormous Media Focus To A Simmering Underground For A New Kind Of Music The Industry Denied And Hated. Television Historically Became One Of The Great Legendary Bands Of All Time Largely Because Of Their Seminal Peer Influences Their Rich Original Eclectic Passionate Music The Clash Of Tom Verlaine's Guitar And Surreal Lyrics With Richard Lloyd's Psychedelic Guitar. The Television Double Cassette Release Of 1982 Became One Of ROIR's Best-Selling Cassettes Of All Time. We Are Proud To Bring It Back Digitally Remastered And Re-Edited In 1999 25 Years After Television's First CBGB Residency Performance. "The Blow-Up Is Television's Most Fiery Rock 'n Roll Both The Extended Epics Marquee Moon And Little Johnny Jewel And The Rockers Fire Engine Profit From The Raw Trebley Mix." –9's!!! Spin Record Guide "Live They Were The Ultimate Garage Band With Pretension. A Post-Humous Tape-Only Compilation Of Live Performances Shows The Bands Rawer Side." –Trouser Press Record Guide "Television's Debut At CBGB's Was On March 31 1974. It Was The Beginning Of A Six-Month Period In Which Post-Glam NY Rock And Roll Underground Coalesced Into A Small But Highly Active Scene. Through This Period Television Continued To Play Every Sunday At CBGB Regularly Attracting Between 20 And 30 People. " –From The Velvets To The Voidoids Clinton Hylen "They Exploded In Front Of An Audience. Richard Lloyd Goes Nuts Here. Documents One Of The Most Influential Bar Bands In Rock And Roll History." –Robert Christgau From Liner Notes "John Piccarella And I Annotated This Eighty-Five Minute Tape Because Guitar Heroes Like Tom Verlaine And Richard Lloyd Deserve A Heroic Live Album." – Robert Christgau's Record Guide The 80's "A Bar Band Extraordinaire Without Precedent Phenomenal Excitement. Some Of The Most Gorgeous Guitar Expertise Ever Heard In The Old New Wave." –NME December 12 1982 "Two Albums Worth Of Live Material Exhibiting The Band's Energy So Urgent In Live Sets." –Goldmine November 4 1982 "On This Remarkable Live Artifact From 1978 Television Recaptures All The Fire And Daring They Lost In The Studio. Tom Verlaine And Richard Lloyd Brandish Their Guitars Like Crazed Swordsmen Making Each Song A Brand New Discovery." –Trouser Press Jon Young March 1983 "You Can Practically Taste The New York Scene." –John Milward Backbeat "Rock Heaven In An Extra Length 85 Minute Cassette. The Jams Are Awesome. Listen To The Live Audience Cry Out For Joy." –Rounders Round Up "Tension Informs And Ignites All 85 Minutes Of This Astonishing Cassette - An Illicit Intrusion Into A Very Private Experience Between Television And A Cultish Club Audience. This Stuff Still Burns With A Mighty Glow." –David Fricke Melody Maker January 1 1983 UK "The Blow-Up Offers The Average Rock Fan The Best Evidence Yet To Support The Claim That Tom Verlaine Has The Stuff Of Which Guitar Heroes Are Made." –Musician 1983 "A Stunning Reminder Of Just How Amazing The Band Was In Its Prime At The Height Of Their Improvisatory Powers. The Real Strength Of This Set Lies In Their Uncanny Telepathy Between Tom Verlaine And Richard Lloyd The Sheer Inspiration Of Their Playing Comes Through. This Is An Excellent Representation Of Television At Their Best Stretching And Shattering Musical Boundaries Left And Right." –Sweet Potato February 1983 "For The Most Part The Blow-Up Is Way Out There. 'Guitars' Shouts The Liner Notes - And They're Not Kidding." –UK Select February 1983