Tom Verlaine, Founder of Influential Punk-Era Band Television, Dies at 73
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Tom Verlaine, ex-leader de Television et figure de la scène punk-rock, est décédé
Né Thomas Miller, il décida de se faire connaître sous le nom de Tom Verlaine, en hommage à Paul, le poète français dont il tentera d’insuffler le lyrisme dans ses textes. Avec au bout un premier album majeur : « Marquee Moon », sorti en 1977.
Tom Verlaine dead: Punk guitarist in Television band dies at 73
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Verlaine, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal proto-punk band Television who influenced many bands while playing at ultra-cool downtown New York music venue CBGB alongside the Ramones, Patti Smith and Talking Heads, has died. He was 73.
Tom Verlaine, guitarist and vocalist of punk rock band Television, dies at 73
(CNN) — Tom Verlaine, founding member of seminal New York punk band Television, died Saturday at age 73 “after a brief illness,” according to a news release from Jesse Paris Smith, the daughter of Verlaine’s former partner Patti Smith. Verlaine died “peacefully” in New York City, “surrounded by close friends,” according to the release. The guitarist, raised in Wilmington, Delaware, was “noted for his angular lyricism and pointed lyrical asides, …
Guitarist Tom Verlaine, co-founder of proto-punk band Television, dies at 73
Tom Verlaine, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal proto-punk band Television who influenced many bands while playing at ultra-cool downtown New York music venue CBGB alongside the Ramones, Patti Smith and Talking Heads, has died. He was 73. He died Saturday in New York City, surrounded by close friends after…
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