Television band

Television: Richard Lloyd & Tom Verlaine photographed by Ebet Roberts.

Richard Hell's androgynous look—and the spiky hair/safety-pin aesthetic—was a major influence on Sex Pistols impresario Malcolm McLaren and, in turn,...

Richard Hell was born Richard Meyers on October 2, 1949. In 1969, He and friend Tom Verlaine started a band called Neon Boys, later changing their name to Television. Television became the first "punk" band to play CBGBs and became the club's house band. In 1975 Hell quite Television, it just so happened that that same week Jerry Nolan and Johnny Thunders quite The New York Dolls. They joined together and started The Heartbreakers. They were notorious for being a band made up of junkies…

Television paved the way for every ambitious rock record to follow in the next 40 years with their breakthrough debut album “Marquee Moon.”

Alastair McKay investigates the claim that the origins of punk lie in New York

An extremely rare and early punk poster advertising an August, 1974 series of shows by Patti Smith and Television at the legendary New York City club Max's Kans

Television is an American rock band, formed in New York City in 1973. Although Television have never had more than a cult audience in the USA, they have achieved significant commercial success in Europe. Today, they are widely regarded as one of the founders of "punk" and New Wave.

In 1977, the guitarist of the seminal proto-punk band went to hospital to purify his blood from heavy drug use, and photographer Godlis captured the scenes