Talk:Tom Verlaine

Distortion

"Going against the prevailing tradition of rock guitar for the past 40 years, he rarely uses distortion."

I don't think this is true. If you listen to many live performances of Television, he often uses a decent amount of distortion, it's just usually less on recordings. Experimental Hobo Infiltration Droid (talk) 16:40, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

I completely agree, because most of his live stuff, even with Television, uses distortion. --BuddyOfHolly (talk) 01:27, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Birthplace

Sidebar says New Jersey; article says Wilmington Delaware (no citation). Someone please clarify. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.65.97.143 (talk) 04:11, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

Religion?

User Sickle And Hammer added to the lede that Verlaine is Jewish, with several references. I've reverted the edit for the moment,, because unfortunately none of the refs constitutes a reliable source, with the possible exception of the book Jews Who Rock by Guy Oseary. Does anyone else have further evidence about Verlaine's religion, and should this information be added back in? ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 21:56, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Six years later and Vanity Fair confirms it:

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/01/tom-verlaine-art-rock-pioneer-dies-at-age-73 2A02:A31C:225:4D00:4046:BE01:4532:D102 (talk) 17:10, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Image

The image used here appears to me to have copyright issues, so I've had to nominate it for deletion on Commons. If anyone thinks they could get permissions issue sorted out, please do weigh in there. - Jmabel | Talk 02:29, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

Death

Did Verlaine pass away on Jan. 28, 2023? 76.190.213.189 (talk) 21:28, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

yeah 2601:602:8D00:CE40:5CB3:ABF1:44F3:463F (talk) 21:39, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/arts/music/tom-verlaine-influential-guitarist-and-songwriter-dies-at-73.html 76.190.213.189 (talk) 22:12, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Verlaine was Jewish?

I've never seen this claim before, even though many Television histories note that Richard Hell is Jewish (but never Verlaine). Other than the Vanity Fair article (which cites no sources), is there any other source for this?

FWIW, Verlaine's entire immediate family (parents and twin brother) is buried in a Catholic cemetery, All Saints, in Wilmington, DE. Pobbard (talk) 21:11, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

That was added into the article here, which included no sources or explanation, before the VF ref was added. I added the VF article to get that first sentence cited a little while later, but it's plausible the VF article could be Citogenesis. I've removed that sentence section pending another source, and I've replaced the VF ref in the article with another instance of the New York Times obit, which covers the rest of the sentence (real name, birthplace, birth date). Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 01:00, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Update, albiet an unclear and unconfirmed, one This tweet from the editor of the Tucson Sentinel to the writer of that Vanity Fair piece links to a Facebook discussion wherein a Richard Lloyd who is implied to be the Richard Lloyd says Verlaine was Catholic. Obviously can't use a Facebook discussion as a reference but there is indeed a question about this being accurate. Either way, either claim is out of the article until we can get a source on one or the other. Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 01:15, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. That is definitely the Richard Lloyd (he's very active on Facebook, tours regularly etc). Pobbard (talk) 17:02, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

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