Marquee Moon is the 1977 debut album by American rock band Television. By 1974, the band had become a prominent act on the New York music scene and generated interest from a number of record labels. They rehearsed extensively in preparation for the album and, upon signing to Elektra Records, recorded most of the songs in single takes. Television's frontman Tom Verlaine and fellow guitarist Richard Lloyd eschewed contemporary punk rock's power chords in favor of rock and jazz-inspired interplay, melodic lines, and counter-melodies. Verlaine's lyrics for the album combined urban and pastoral imagery, references to lower Manhattan, themes of adolescence, and influences from French poetry. Marquee Moon was critically acclaimed upon its release and achieved unexpected commercial success in the UK, but sold poorly in the United States. It has since been viewed by critics as one of the greatest albums of the American punk rock movement and a cornerstone of alternative rock. The band's innovative post-punk instrumentation on the album strongly influenced the indie rock and new wave movements of the 1980s, as well as rock guitarists such as John Frusciante, Will Sergeant, and The Edge. (Full article...)
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1944 – The Holocaust: When members of the Sonderkommando—Jewish work units in Auschwitz—learned that they were due to be murdered, they staged a revolt, managing to kill more than 70 SS men before being massacred themselves.
1958 – Attempting to control the political instability in Pakistan, President Iskander Mirza(pictured) suspended the 1956 constitution, imposed martial law, and cancelled the elections scheduled for January 1959.
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