Television

Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eligible since: 2001

First Recording: 1975

Previously Considered? No  what's this?

Television
HALL OF FAME INDICATORS
✅Rolling Stone 500 Albums
✅Rolling Stone 500 Songs
🔲Rolling Stone Cover
🔲Saturday Night Live
🔲Major Festival Headliner
🔲Songwriters Hall of Fame
🔲“Big Four” Grammys
✅500 Songs That Shaped Rock & Roll
✅Rolling Stone
100 Greatest Guitarists
Inducted into Rock Hall Projected in 2027 (ranked #226) .
R.S. Top 500 Albums (?)RankVersion
Marquee Moon1072020
Marquee Moon1302012
R.S. Top 500 Songs (?)RankVersion
Marquee Moon (1977)1732021
Essential Albums (?)WikipediaYouTube
Marquee Moon (1977)☆☊
Adventure (1978)☆☊
Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
Marquee Moon (1977)☆☊
See No Evil (1977)☆☊
Venus (1977)☆☊

Television @ Wikipedia

Will Television be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
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YES YES YES YES YES

Posted by BulmaPunkRocker on Sunday, 07/6/2014 @ 23:36pm

Television have TWO great albums and should definitely get in albeit not before a band like XTC or The Jam.

Posted by David on Saturday, 07/27/2019 @ 14:13pm

I personally take issue with Television not being in the hall yet. OK they weren't the most prolific band out there but they were important in the transition from Punk to New Wave music. Tom Verlaine was one of the most inventive guitarists of the era and "Marquee Moon" has got to be the best new wave album of all time. I think without Television, bands such as XTC, Blondie and R.E.M. would have sounded very different, maybe not even have formed.

Posted by StunningStocktaker on Wednesday, 08/7/2019 @ 15:10pm

even if theyd only done the song marquee moon theyd be worthy. love this band and along with devo b52s and buzzcocks are some of the most notable punk era snubs,

Posted by Will M on Monday, 01/9/2023 @ 20:31pm

RIP Tom Verlaine

Posted by J.W. on Saturday, 01/28/2023 @ 19:27pm

man. i cant believe verlaine has passed. this month has been horrible, too many icons passing away. my guitar hero, he'll be very much missed

Posted by Will M on Saturday, 01/28/2023 @ 21:57pm

I just heard about Tom Verlaine, 1949-2023. May he rest in peace.

Posted by Joe S. on Sunday, 01/29/2023 @ 00:53am

Tom Verlaine AND Television should be in the HoF is it means anything.

Posted by Dogart on Sunday, 02/5/2023 @ 18:42pm

The only guitarist that makes me pick up the guitar after listening to him play ! As for the band Television they should have been in the Hall Of Fame the day after their first release !

Posted by Jobn Barnewold on Friday, 03/10/2023 @ 00:08am

It's shameful , this band should've
been in the Hall of Fame many years ago, best guitar band for sure , studio or live , 3 albums, all stunning. Tom Verlaine , Fred Smith , Richard Lloyd , Billy Ficca, top class musicians. None of the people they influenced came even close to Television and Verlaine's talent , and they know it ! . God bless Tom , you were a true original .

Posted by JOHN on Saturday, 05/4/2024 @ 13:49pm

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