In which band did Tom Verlaine play guitar and vocals?

Tom Verlaine played guitar and vocals in the band Television. The New York City group became one of the defining bands of the 1970s downtown punk and art-rock scene, with Verlaine serving as its principal singer, guitarist, and songwriter.

Television formed in 1973 after Verlaine and Richard Hell’s earlier group, the Neon Boys, expanded their lineup by recruiting guitarist Richard Lloyd. The band became an early fixture at CBGB, the influential Manhattan club that helped launch numerous punk and alternative acts. Verlaine and Lloyd developed an interlocking two-guitar style that gave Television a more exploratory sound than the term “punk” might suggest.

Television’s debut album, "Marquee Moon," arrived in 1977 and is widely regarded as a landmark of guitar-based art rock. The band also released "Adventure" in 1978 before breaking up that year, later re-forming for periods in the 1990s and 2000s. A common mix-up is identifying Verlaine only as a solo artist or associating him primarily with Patti Smith; Television was his most famous band.