Editing Richard Hell (section)

===The Neon Boys, Television, and the Heartbreakers===
In 1972, Verlaine joined Hell in New York and formed the Neon Boys.<ref name="Larkinindie"/> In 1974, the band added a second guitarist, [[Richard Lloyd (guitarist)|Richard Lloyd]], and changed their name to [[Television (band)|Television]].<ref name="Larkinindie"/>

Television's performances at [[CBGB]] helped kick-start the first wave of punk bands, inspiring a number of different artists including [[Patti Smith]], who wrote the first press review of Television for the ''[[SoHo Weekly News]]'' in June 1974. She formed a highly successful band of her own, [[the Patti Smith Group]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/richard-hell-on-new-memoir-i-never-really-thought-of-anything-i-did-as-punk-246004/|title=Richard Hell on New Memoir: 'I Never Really Thought of Anything I Did As 'Punk'|last=Sullivan|first=James|date=2013-03-27|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref> Television was one of the early bands to play at CBGB because their manager, [[Terry Ork]], persuaded owner [[Hilly Kristal]] to book them alongside the [[Ramones]]. They also built the club's first stage. Hell started playing his punk rock anthem "Blank Generation" during his time in Television. In early 1975, Hell parted ways with Television after a dispute over creative control.<ref name="Larkinindie"/> Hell claimed that he and Verlaine had originally divided the songwriting evenly, but that later Verlaine sometimes refused to play Hell's songs. Verlaine remained silent on the subject.

Hell left Television the same week that [[Jerry Nolan]] and [[Johnny Thunders]] quit the [[New York Dolls]]. In May 1975, the three of them formed [[the Heartbreakers]] (not to be confused with [[Tom Petty]]'s band, which adopted the same name the following year).<ref name="Larkinindie"/> After one show, [[Walter Lure]] joined the Heartbreakers as a second guitarist. Four Heartbreakers demo tracks, recorded while Hell was still in the band, were later released on that band's ''[[L.A.M.F.|L.A.M.F. Definitive Edition]]'' reissue. A live album recorded with Hell in 1975 was released as ''What Goes Around...'' in 1991.