Richard Lloyd, Television guitarist, dies at 75
Niche muso post. Sad to hear Richard Lloyd has died, guitarist on one of the greatest tracks ever.
RI Smith4The band that changed CBGBs
Huw Jelly4Not niche at all. Great album 🙏
jtrivella.bsky.social4Love this album. Rest in peace Richard, Fred, and Tom.
Luke Herring3Will go and give that album a spin
two-ch.bsky.social2The absolute smoke he brings to Matthew Sweets "Girlfriend" memorizes me still.
jay gibbs2Fantastic album. RIP Mr. Lloyd.
Tom Verlaine got credit for being the visionary in Television (not least from himself), but once you lock into the dynamic between his fluttery noodling and Richard Lloyd's straight-line thrills, you hear it everywhere. RIP to a genuine guitar hero.
Sam Adams11I hear a ton of Verlaine/Lloyd in the interplay between Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein, and even in the skronky outro of Olivia Rodrigo's "Bad Idea Right?"
Ian McShane MacGowan2Fred Smith passed away last year as well. :(
Andaluciasteve1Saw them at the Hammersmith Odeon on the Adventure tour, must have been 1978. I recall a couple of fangirls sitting behind me, and one one turned to the other and said "I want to sit on Richard Lloyd's lap". That's how I first encountered Television! Great gig, great band. RIP.
Today, it hit me particularly hard how quickly the members of Television died. Tom Verlaine passed in 2023, Fred Smith left us earlier this year and now Richard Lloyd is gone.
Bowiesongs (C. O'Leary)7is Talking Heads the last group from that scene with all of its members still around? seems likely
Synthetic Villains2Just lonesome Billy Ficca left. I would love to read his memoirs.
anothercultland1A friend of mine texted me this on the road. I had to stop. Damn - by himself, Richard was Amazing. LIsten to Richard & Quine laying it down on Matthew Sweet's "Girlfriend" album. Jaw dropping. With Television? With Verlaine? Still on my top three shows _ever._ I get chills thinking about it.😔
Really interesting article about this superb legendary artist, and don't forget he was one of the musical keys to the masterpiece of alternative rock, Television's "Marquee Moon". RIP the great Richard Lloyd.
John Shirley4Here's some of his solo material. He was a more user-friendly singer than Verlaine.
Goth Wyatt Earp1I sense a grave disturbance in the Force. As if a million Punks said, "Dude, what the FUCK," all at once. :( 💔
drumdad1And also don’t forget he was a key piece of Matthew Sweet’s “Girlfriend” album - a classic
Tim Lees1Great band. Lloyd was the more conventional of the two guitarists, holding down a good, solid rock sound, while Tom Verlaine was off doing his own bizarre solos, part jazz, part Eastern influenced, but the combined effect was wonderful.
