Television's Tom Verlaine is being mourned by Patti Smith, Michael Stipe, Flea and others. See their heartfelt tributes here.
“I have lost a hero. Bless you Tom Verlaine for the songs, the lyrics, the voice!” Stipe
. “And later, the laughs, the inspiration, the stories, and the rigorous belief that music and art can alter and change matter, lives, experience. You introduced me to a world that flipped my life upside down. I am forever grateful.”a vintage concert poster featuring Television and Blondie on the same bill, and he recalled first meeting Verlaine in 1972.
“I met Tom Verlaine when he just arrived in NYC I guess ’72. He had long hair and came to my apartment with an acoustic guitar and played some songs he’d written,” Stein. “Both Tom and Richard Hell have told me that I auditioned for the Neon Boys but I don’t remember.” Flea also took to social media to share his memories of Television’s groundbreaking debut 1977 debut album,1000 times. And I mean LISTENED, sitting still, lights down low taking it all in,” the RHCP bassist
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