A powerful and carnivorous sound, with Verlaine’s hypnotic guitar exploring new paths, was unfortunately left unforeseen in the short history of the group and in the subsequent works of his solo career.
The memory of a few meetings with him remains: gentle and silent man, he was particularly illuminated when in 1996 he joined the Patti Smith tour, which, on the wave of the album "Gone Again" and in the company of the old band, including his two sons and Michael Stipe, reclaimed his place in Olympus of music.
Tom Verlaine also flies away “at only 73 years old”. It's stunning to think that 46 years have passed since the publication of "Marquee Moon", the debut of their Television for Elektra. In the groove of the Velvet Underground, that album was one of the most powerful divisions of new York punk, the one that came from immediately legendary venues such as CBGB’s, represented by Patti Smith, Richard Hell, Ramones, Suicide, Blondie, Dead Boys, Talking Heads.
Celebrating Rock Hudson’s birthday!
In 2005, Bob Hofler published a biography of Hudson's agent Henry Willson, titled The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson. He told The Village Voice that Phyllis Gates attempted to blackmail Hudson about his homosexual activities. The LGBT news magazine The Advocate published an article by Hofler, who claimed that Gates was actually a lesbian who believed from the beginning of their relationship that Hudson was gay.