Television Birmingham Tickets

“Television” is the American rock band, one of the pioneers of the new wave and punk rock. Despite the fact that “Television” failed to get any mainstream success, they have had a significant impact on New York and the world rock scene. “Television” was a part of the early punk scene in New York, associated with the club CBGB, along with such artists as Patti Smith, “Suicide”, “Ramones”. However, in contrast to the deliberate minimalism of “Ramones”, “Television” used more sophisticated musical structures – the guitars of Verlaine and Lloyd, long and complicated structures of songs. “Television” had a considerable influence on new wave and post-punk, and became one of the first groups of the so-called art-punk. Read more