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21 de jun. de 2024 · Billy Ficca started off his association with fellow Delawareans Tom Verlaine and Richard Hell in Neon Boys, but they are only remembered as being the prelude to Television, who, alongside other musicians drawn to New York City, revamped the tired-out, trite rock n roll that was about at the time, and laid down the foundations of New York punk rock.
12 de jun. de 2024 · The group consisted of Tom Verlaine, Richard Lloyd, Fred Smith, and Billy Ficca. Verlaine was the group’s brooding, artsy lead singer and primary songwriter while Lloyd reinvented what a lead guitarist could be in the post-Beck/Clapton/Page rock guitar god era.
9 de jun. de 2024 · His first album Time leaves you behind was recorded during his time in New York, and the latest album Hotel Continental was followed by gigs there with Billy Ficca (Television) and Jason Victor (Dream Syndicate) joining the band.
Hace 4 días · Billy Ficca, the original Television drummer, played with us on occasion. One of the themes in your book seems to be defying the limitations of genre and labeling as artists. You articulate how the various music scenes and cultural hubs going on in the ’70s and ’80s, and the different genres and styles, didn’t cancel each other out but ...
24 de jun. de 2024 · Average reader rating: 10 /10. Tom Verlaine's instrumental album, Warm and Cool, was released in 1992 but no longer needs be defined in the context of the year of its release. It's moody and mesmerizing tones in this vinyl reissue deserve reevaluation.
13 de jun. de 2024 · Featuring former bandmate Billy Ficca on drums, Warm And Cool explores a diverse range of styles, from rock and jazz to country and surf rock. Verlaine's guitar work is original and with each solo bearing his distinctive musical fingerprint.
18 de jun. de 2024 · The obituaries following Verlaine’s death predictably focused on the first two Television albums, and his flowering as a cerebral revolutionary and stingingly precise guitar technician; a first-gen punk at aesthetic odds with most of his descendants.
