Tom Verlaine,singer punk legend guitarist tv set Who created the band’s 1977 masterpiece marquee moondied at the age of 73.
Patti Smith’s daughter, Jesse Paris-Smith, has confirmed that Verlaine died of a “simple illness.” rolling stone Saturday. “He died peacefully in New York City, surrounded by his closest friends. His vision and imagination will be lost,” Smith wrote.
“Nowadays everything seems possible” Patti Smith wrote in condolence on Instagram, including a photo of her and Verlaine. “Goodbye Tom Over Omega”
Born Thomas Miller, Verlaine (who inherited his surname from French poet Paul Verlaine) was a high school classmate of punk icon Richard Hell, with whom he would later form his first band. In the early days of punk in Lower Manhattan he arrived on his side in the East, where he joined Verlaine and Hell in 1973 as guitarist of the short-lived band Neon Boys before co-founding Television with Richard Lloyd. I formed a team for the first time.
Verlaine and Television have honed their sound as one of the legendary punk clubs, with legendary punk clubs like CBGB (which established one of the earliest residencies at the venue) and Max’s Kansas City was established. Patti Smith — once called Verlaine’s guitar sound “A thousand blue birds are crying— joined as an audience member in one of television’s early shows in 1974, and split television and Bill the following year when the Patti Smith Group debuted on CBGB.
Hell soon left television to join fellow punk act Heartbreakers. With Verlaine and Lloyd taking the reins, the duo developed a guitar sound that fused punk riffs with jazz interplay. After debuting with the 1975 single “Little Johnny Jewels”, Television released his masterpiece, one of the best albums of the punk era. marquee moonwhose centerpiece was the album’s twisty and captivating title track. rolling stone The review noted it as “the most interesting and daring” of a string of 1977 releases from CBGB bands like Blondie and the Ramones, but also “the most unsettling”. )
“When the Television members materialized in New York, in the early days of punk, they played a discordant, soaring mixture of genres: the noir howl of the Velvet Underground, the brainy art-rock and Quiksilver.” Engraving of a double-helix guitar of the messenger service, ” rolling stone wrote marquee moon, #107 on the list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
“As brutal and simple as the Ramones’ debut was, its lyrical ambition was exhilarating. marquee moon Still surprised rolling stone I have written. “‘Friction,’ ‘Venus,’ and the strong title track are jagged, hopeless, and beautiful songs. As for the punk credo, guitarist Tom Verlaine’s voice and songwriting’s inexplicable electricity and neck. Don’t forget strangled existentialism.”
Television’s classic line-up released only one more album in the 1970s, the 1970s. adventure, before Verlaine embarked on a solo career. As Patti Smith wrote, Verlaine showcases on his album “his angular lyricism and pointed lyrical side, his cunning wit, and his ability to sway each string to its truest emotion.” Did. (The classic Television line-up of Verlaine, Lloyd, his bassist Fred Smith, and drummer Billy Ficca reunited for their final album in 1992. tv set.)
In 1979, Verlaine released a self-titled solo album. This album includes the song “Kingdom Come”, which he recorded a year later by David Bowie for his LP of his 1980 icon. scary monsters and super freaksAs a solo artist, Verlaine remained prolific over the next few decades, from post-punk explorations to fully instrumental EPs, silent film scores to collaborations with Smith and other former CBGB residents. transitioned seamlessly to
“Tom Verlaine once complained that he had never written about two of the strongest dreams of his life, because the language of dreams is difficult to understand.” Well, Verlaine gets closer to solving the problem than anyone else in his medium. ” rolling stone I wrote about Verlaine’s 1982 solo LP. words from the front“Like all of his work, there is something so evocative yet effortless in Verlaine’s songs that one has to wonder if he writes them… well, he is asleep.”
of 1988 interview rolling stone, U2’s Edge cited Verlaine as one of his main influences. “I think what I got from Verlaine was not his style, but the fact that he did things that no one else had done,” he said. And I liked it. I thought it was precious. “
