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The Dreams of Tom Verlaine

Kris Needs, ZigZag, October 1981

TOM VERLAINE was the mysterious force behind Television, the now-legendary outfit who swept to prominence in the New York Invasion of 1977. They captured eyes, hearts, charts and ecstatic reviews before falling from fad-hip status and going off the air two years later.

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