Marquee Moon is the debut album by the American rock band Television, released on February 8, 1977, by Elektra Records. In the years leading up to the album, Television had become a prominent act in t
Lower Manhattan's CBGB in 2005. Television performed there regularly before recording Marquee Moon.
Television in 1977 with the lineup that recorded the album: from left, drummer Billy Ficca, guitarist Richard Lloyd, guitarist-vocalist Tom Verlaine, and bassist Fred Smith
An East Village sidewalk by Veselka at night, 2011. Verlaine's nocturnal lyrics and geographical references led critics to associate Marquee Moon with the New York City neighborhood.
Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music rele
The Velvet Underground was an influential experimental rock act during the late 1960s.
Dan Treacy's Television Personalities, one of the leading bands of the UK DIY wave and forerunners to indie pop
The Chills performing at Indietracks in rural Derbyshire in 2014