Tv singer, guitarist and songwriter Tom Verlaine died right now at age 73 after battling an unspecified transient sickness.
The New York Instances stories that the information was confirmed by Jesse Paris Smith, the daughter of Verlaine’s fellow musician Patti Smith.
Tv had been one among a number of distinctive and influential bands to emerge from New York Metropolis’s fruitful mid-’70s music scene. They constructed a following by performing repeatedly at CBGBs, the membership that additionally helped give delivery to the Ramones, Smith, Blondie and the Speaking Heads.
The band’s 1977 arty, jazz-influenced debut Marquee Moon is taken into account one of many masterpieces of its period. R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, Purple Sizzling Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante, Pleasure Division’s Stephen Morris and U2’s the Edge are among the many artists who’ve credited it with altering the way in which they approached their music.
It is a growing story.
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