Sonic Transmission-The history of Television(the b

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A new book to be published next year:

from amazon.uk

"At the end of March 1974 Television played for the
first time at CBGB, a seedy club on New York's Bowery
- - and punk rock was born. Before long they would be
followed on to the stage there by Patti Smith, the
Ramones and Blondie, while Malcom McLaren would see
them play and return hotfoot to London with the
blueprint for the Sex Pistols. Television's leaders,
Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine, had been brought
together as teenagers by love of literature and rock
and roll - and contempt for almost everything else.
After running away from school, they escaped to New
York, where they first became renegade poets and then,
with Television, re-ignited the rock scene by
combining the revolutionary art of the Velvet
Underground with the street swagger of the New York
Dolls. Television could not contain its twin
figureheads for long and Hell left in early 1975. His
departure allowed Verlaine to develop the unique
combination of meshed guitar lines, urban poetry and
primal rock and roll that would lead to "Marquee
Moon", arguably the most striking debut in rock
history and an ever present since then in lists of the
best albums ever made. After splitting up in 1978,
Television got back together briefly in 1992 and then
again in 2001 and are today still creating new music
that cements their reputation as the most influential
band of their generation. "Sonic Transmission"
presents the complete story of Richard Hell, Tom
Verlaine and Television, from the very beginning to
the present day, and is illustrated throughout with
iconic photographs. This is the first ever book on one
of most legendary and influential punk/new wave bands
of all time. Illustrated throughout, it contains the
complete history of Richard Hell, Tom Verlaine and
Television. Television's "Marquee Moon" is amongst the
best albums of all time. This book includes complete
chronology, discography etc of the band that invented
punk!"






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