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Tom Verlaine onstage in 1978

Listen to a six-and-a-half-hour track assembled from 50 versions of Television's Marquee Moon

By Fraser Lewry published

It's exactly why the internet was invented

Biographies
Television group portrait, 1976

"Transcending both hype and generic pigeon-holing, it is arguably one of the finest recordings of all time": the miracle of Television's Marquee Moon

By Ian Fortnam published

With poetic concision and angular symphonics, guitarists Richard Lloyd and Tom Verlaine always took the most unorthodox route from one guitar chord to another

Albums
Tom Verlaine, onstage in London, 1978

The music world reacts to the death of Television's Tom Verlaine: "You introduced me to a world that flipped my life upside down. I am forever grateful"

By Paul Brannigan published

R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, Steve Albini, Vernon Reid, Alice In Chains' William DuVall and more pay tribute to Tom Verlaine, who passed away on January 28

Bands & Artists
A picture of Tom Verlaine from 1985

Television frontman Tom Verlaine dead at 73

By Stef Lach published

Tom Verlaine, singer and guitarist with New York icons Television, has died after a short illness

Bands & Artists
The 20 Greatest Rock Albums of 1977

The 20 best rock albums of 1977

By Classic Rock Magazine last updated

Famous for being punk’s finest hour, 1977 also produced one of the best-selling rock albums in Rumours, and classics from Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Rush and Thin Lizzy

Albums
10 bands whose best album was their first

10 bands whose debut album was their best 

By Henry Yates last updated

For some, it never gets better than the beginning: here's 10 bands who never improved on their debut albums

Albums