(SOUNDBITE OF TELEVISION SONG, "MARQUEE MOON")JUANA SUMMERS, HOST:Punk rock pioneer Tom Verlaine died last week at 73 years old. Television got their start in the mid-'70s at the iconic Manhattan music club CBGB. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MARQUEE MOON")TELEVISION: (Singing) There I stand 'neath the marquee moon just waiting. TOM VERLAINE: Some of the kind of wilder guitar things I started to hear on the radio. SUMMERS: And in-between those television reunions, Verlaine continued to make music, releasing solo albums and collaborating with another CBGB fixture, Patti Smith.

Source: CNN January 31, 2023 22:09 UTC