Television

Television, American rock group that played a prominent role in the emergence of the punk–new-wave movement. With Television’s first single, “Little Johnny Jewel” (1975), and much-touted debut album, Marquee Moon (1977), the extended guitar solo found a place in a movement that generally rebelled against intricate musicianship. The principal members were Tom Verlaine, Richard Hell, Billy Ficca, Richard Lloyd, and Fred Smith. Principal members Guitarist Verlaine (who took his name from the French Symbolist poet...