Verlaine was regarded as one of the most accomplished musicians to come out of the now-defunct CBGBs bar in New York City’s Bowery, where they shared the stage with Talking Heads, Blondie, and The Ramones.
Although they gained notoriety as a result of the punk movement, Verlaine and fellow guitarist Richard Lloyd’s music was more complicated than that of their competitors. They frequently traded lengthy solos and intricate jazz-inspired riffs.
Verlaine, who was named Thomas Miller and was born in New Jersey, took the stage name Verlaine in honor of the French symbolist poet Paul Verlaine.
Following the dissolution of Television, he put out several solo albums, and David Bowie used a rare cover of his song Kingdom Come on his Scary Monsters album.
Tom Verlaine’s cause of death: How did Tom Verlaine die?
Tom Verlaine, a guitarist who became well-known in the 1970s New York punk scene as the lead singer of the rock group Television, has passed away at the age of 73.
In their prime, Television released the albums Marquee Moon and Adventure and had three UK Top 40 smash singles. But they found greater success in Britain than in their own America, and they broke up in 1978.
Jesse Paris Smith, the daughter of longtime friend and colleague Patti Smith, announced Verlaine’s passing.
She stated that he passed away without a reason “after a brief illness”.
