Talk:Television (band)
From Academic Kids
Television was never a new wave band. The word new wave emerged end of 1979-begin 1980. The band was contemporary of the Sex Pistols and Patti Smith. It was considered punk by the press and the business. (Well everything new was punk at those time, even Blondie was punk).
- There is a great discussion about the origins of the term "new wave" in Bernard Gendron's book Between Montmartre and the Mudd Club. In it, he explains the origins of new wave, which appeared in the NYC press in the mid-1970s to describe The Ramones, Television, etc. Basically, Gendron went back and read ALL of the newspapers, magazines, and zines from the period and traces the evolution of the terms "new wave" and "punk." It is really interesting, and totally convincing.Cpomeara 01:53, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I removed the Followers heading, because all it included was Sonic Youth, Strokes, and Franz Ferdinand, which was so limited as to give a pretty inaccurate (NPOV) view of their influence. Especially since it is so heavily weighted to the last 4 years. I began to put together a longer list (below), but it seems to combine bands influenced by Television (which should be a VERY long list) and bands that came out of the same scene. Anyway, since a good list of "followers" should be really long, I'm not sure it's useful for a Encyclopedia article.
--Cpomeara 19:42, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- A list like this is not allowed according to Wikipedia:WikiProject Music, see standard #7. If there are similar bands, explain in what way they are similar in a prose format. Tuf-Kat 23:53, Feb 7, 2005 (UTC)
Thank you! That's very helpful. --Cpomeara
