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If the School Of Rock Was Real... (295 items)
list by 13th moody grape

Published 12 years ago

4 comments

33 votes

Can we still call it New Wave ? (20 items)
list by Mass. Patriot

Published 7 years, 12 months ago

7 comments

32 votes

Let there be Punk... (10 items)
list by renan

Published 14 years, 4 months ago

4 comments

9 votes

Favorite Bands of the 70's (16 items)
list by Nusch

Published 8 years, 2 months ago

1 comment

7 votes

Music: Greatest Punk Bands (74 items)
list by Diabolik

Published 6 years, 10 months ago

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Description: 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. Television was part of the early 1970s New York underground rock scene, along with bands like the Patti Smith Group, The Ramones, Blondie, Richard Hell and The Voidoids, Talking Heads. In contrast to the Ramones' rock 'n' roll minimalism, Television's music was more complex and more technically proficient, defined by guitarists Tom Verlai ... (more)