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Tom Verlaine met Television co-founder Richard Hell when they both attended Sanford School near Hockessin, Delaware.

Tom Verlaine passed away on Saturday in New Yorks Manhattan

Tom Verlaine, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal proto-punk band Television who influenced many bands, has died. He was 73.

With fellow six-stringer and Television bandmate Richard Lloyd, Verlaine helped pioneer a nervy, avant-garde guitar approach driven by interlocking, weaving rhythm and lead parts

Tom Verlaine, 73, co-founder of seminal proto-punk band Television, died Saturday. The bands album Marquee Moon is an indie and punk classic.

But coming out of the cbgbs club, in the bowery, that is emblematic of punk, and you wouldnt call them that either. nonetheless, they were one of the earliest punk bands. talking heads, you wouldnt talk about as being punk, more funk, really, but they were counted as punk in that era. the punk movement grew out of that, and television was formed by tom verlaine with richard hell, who was an anarchist. with a name like that, youre going to be! richard hell and the voidoids... malcolm mclaren stol...

A hugely gifted and original musician, Verlaine kept up the exacting standards in his solo career

Tom Verlaine passed away on Saturday in New York's Manhattan. He revolutionised rock guitar during the punk era of the 1970s with his band 'Television'. He was 73.

Tom Verlaine, known for his lyricism and as a co-founder of the influential 70s punk rock band Television, passed away on Saturday in New York City. He was 73.

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