Television

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Years Active
1973 – 1978 (5 years)
Founded In
New York, New York, United States
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 guita… read more
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 improvisat… read more
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 ro… read more

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1 Play track Marquee Moon Marquee Moon
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 3,293 listeners
2 Play track Marquee Moon See No Evil
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 1,953 listeners
3 Play track Marquee Moon Venus
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 1,843 listeners
4 Play track Marquee Moon Friction
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5 Play track Marquee Moon Elevation
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6 Play track Marquee Moon Guiding Light
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7 Play track Marquee Moon Prove It
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8 Play track Marquee Moon Torn Curtain
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9 Play track Television 1880 Or So
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10 Play track Days - 2003 Remaster Days - 2003 Remaster
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Albums

  1. 614,810 listeners

    10 Jan 1977 · 8 tracks

    Marquee Moon
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  2. 168,931 listeners

    Apr 1978 · 8 tracks

    Adventure
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  3. 143,662 listeners

    1 Jan 1992 · 10 tracks

    Television
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  4. 55,614 listeners

    8 Nov 2005 · 34 tracks

    Marquee Moon/Adventure/Live At The Waldorf [The Complete Elektra Recordings Plus Liner Notes]
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