It seems every band that broke up in the decade prior to, say, 1985 has reunited in the past few years to take advantage of whatever shred of nostalgia still dangles from its reputation. Television, the guitar band that emerged from the underground New York scene centered on the Bowery dive CBGB's in 1975, is one such band. But Television was never easy to categorize, and their reunion isn't really a reunion according to Richard Lloyd, who is one of the band's guitarists.
"The thing about Television is that we don't convene and break up and reconvene," he says over the phone from his home in New York City. "We're back together. We've been doing shows for three or four years now, full-time, steadily." When asked to define "steadily" he says, "About 10 or 15 shows a year. Basically, we do the shows we want to do. We're not on the hungry career track. We're not into touring little clubs, living off rice and beans."
Historically speaking, Television broke up in 1978 shortly after releasing their second album, "Adventure." In 1992, they reunited and released an eponymous album that, like their earlier two, didn't dent the U.S. charts, though, also like those two, it received glowing reviews.