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Television might not have sounded like a lot of the other CBGB bands, but its members were purely “punk” in their attitude. When it came to making their debut album, the guys in Television were uncompromising. For starters, Television zigged when most of the New York groups zagged. Guitarists Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd favored thin, intermingled guitar over power chords – surgeon’s scalpels vs. bulldozers. Some of that easily […]

Britney Spears addressed her reported police well check that took place earlier this week again, and explained why she recently left Instagram, in a series of new tweets Saturday night (Jan. 28). Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Yep that’s me … I’m alive and well,” she tweeted alongside a video that appears to be filmed at a fitness center. “But not […]

Tom Verlaine has died after a brief illness, a representative for the innovative guitarist and founding member of Television confirms to Billboard. He was 73. Verlaine died peacefully and surrounded by friends in New York City, the rep says. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Born Thomas Miller in 1949, Verlaine was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, before moving to New York City in […]

Television singer, guitarist and songwriter Tom Verlaine died today at age 73 after battling an unspecified brief illness. The New York Times reports that the news was confirmed by Jesse Paris Smith, the daughter of Verlaine's fellow musician Patti Smith. Television were one of several unique and influential bands to emerge from New York City's fruitful mid-'70s music scene. They built a following by performing regularly at CBGBs, the club […]

Katy Perry is looking back on some of her past musical regrets. The 38-year-old American Idol judge revealed in a TikTok posted by 102.7 KIIS FM on Friday (Jan. 27) that she had once passed on the opportunity to work with Billie Eilish ahead of her 2016 debut single “Ocean Eyes.” During a Q&A portion of what appeared to be an intimate concert, Perry revealed that someone had “sent me an […]

Glen Matlock said the version of his split with the Sex Pistols seen in TV miniseries Pistol was untrue, and offered his own explanation, adding that he’d refused a request from manager Malcolm McLaren to rejoin soon after he’d been fired. The bassist – credited as writer on 10 of the 12 tracks on Never Mind the Bollocks – said he hadn’t been consulted in February 1977 when McLaren announced […]