If there’s a band out there that deserves to be recognized alongside the Ramones as forerunners to the NYC punk rock scene, it’s Television.
Television's UK Single "Prove It" (1977)
While their minimalist counterparts the Ramones favored the “lets play these three chords over and over again” approach, Television took a more nuanced approach, layering guitar riffs and melodies to create dualistic tunes dispatched by guitarists Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd.
Sounds like: Franz Ferdinand meeting up with Gang of Four to listen to a Jeff Beck album.
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(NOTE: This was my contribution to a feature that ran @NintendoLife about the 25th Anniversary of the NES. I just wanted to archive these memories for myself.) The first video game I ever saw was Kung-Fu for the NES. My older sister’s friend down the street had just gotten the system, so she kindly escorted [...]
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