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                        Tom Verlaine

                       Marquee Moon

Tom Verlaine (born Thomas Miller, December 13, 1949, in Morristown, New Jersey) is a singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the frontman for the New York rock band Television. Verlaine is regarded by many as one of the most talented performers of the early post punk era. His poetic lyrics, coupled with his accomplished and original guitar playing, are highly influential and widely praised in the music media. He and Television bandmate Richard Lloyd are known as one of rock’s most acclaimed and inventive guitar duos. Verlaine is placed #56 on Rolling Stone magazine’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.  

Marquee Moon is the debut album by American rock band Television, released in 1977. While often considered a seminal work to come out of the New York punk scene of the late 1970s, the album differs from conventional punk in its clean, textured guitar-based arrangements and extended improvisation. As a result, it is also often cited as important to the development of post-punk and New Wave genres.  While critically acclaimed at the time of its release, the album failed to garner commercial success. The song  Marquee Moon was listed at number 381 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list in 2004 and number 41 on their 100 Greatest Guitar Songs list in 2008.