Founded in 1973 in New York City Television were an extremely important band to the creation of the punk and post punk scene at the time. They could often by found on the stage at CBGB's along with The Ramones or Patti Smith. Where as punk was about returning rock and roll to its basics Television had a more complicated guitar sound. Led by Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd Television's songs contained a dynamic interplay between the two guitars. Their debut album Marquee Moon was voted number 128 on Rolling Stones 500 greatest albums list and ranked third on Pitchforks best of the 1970's. It also charted at number 28 in Britain at the time of it's release but remained an underground classic in the U.S. The band recorded one more album Adventure before breaking up. In 1992 they regrouped and released a self titled album and have performed live on and off ever since.
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