TV Smith 
was founder member, singer and songwriter for the 
Adverts, 
who formed in late 
1976
, and were one of the leading bands in the first wave of British 
punk rock
. In early 
1977
, they performed regularly at the newly-opened 
Roxy Club 
in London, and gained cult success with the 
Stiff Records 
single "
One Chord Wonders
." Their next release, "
Gary Gilmore's Eyes
" became a hit record, leading to radio and TV appear-ances and extensive media interest. A further single, 
“No Time To Be 21,” 
also entered the charts, and the band spent the rest of the year playing live, including major tours with 
The Damned 
and 
Iggy Pop
. 
The album that followed in early 
1978
, "
Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts,
" is still considered a genuine classic of the era and is often cited as one of the twenty best punk albums ever released. The Adverts released one more album, 
“Cast Of Thousands,” 
before they split in 
1979. 
Slammed by the critics at the time, the album was later re-released to universal acclaim, and described by 
Mojo 
magazine as 
“the long lost punk album that rivals The Clash’s ‘London Calling’.” 
Immediately after the break up of The Adverts, TV formed 
TV Smith's Explorers, 
who gained a UK hit in 
1980 
with the single 
“Tomahawk Cruise” 
and released one album, 
“Last Words Of The Great Explorer” 
a year later. Lack of commercial success led to the band being dropped by their record label and their sub-sequent split
. 
TV re-entered the live arena in 
1986 
with 
Cheap, 
before performing his first gigs as a solo artist in the early 
’90’s. 
Since then he has established himself as the leading solo performer of the punk rock scene and has released a succession of albums including “
March Of The Giants” (1992), “Immortal Rich” (1995), “Generation Y” (1999), “Not A Bad Day” (2003), “Misinformation Overload” 
(
2006), “In The Arms Of My Enemy” (2008), “Coming In To Land” (2011), “The Acoustic Sessions” Volumes 1 & 2 (2013 & 2022), 
and 
“I Delete” (2014). 
He has also been involved in a number of collaborations with other bands, most notably with German superstars 
Die Toten Hosen, 
who performed as TV’s backing band on the album 
“Useless.” 
Die Toten Hosen released TV’s album 
“Land Of The Overdose” 
worldwide on their label 
JKP/Warners 
in 
2018
. Fiercely independent and proudly embodying the original spirit of punk rock, TV was playing over 100 gigs a year all over the world before Coronavirus hit in 
2020
. Over 60 gigs were subsequently cancelled, but not to be daunted he went into his home studio and wrote and recorded eleven new songs inspired by the pandem-ic. 
The resulting album, 
“Lockdown Holiday,” 
was released on the 
Easy Action label 
in the UK at the be-ginning of 
2021
, and has been described by many critics as the best of his career. As live music finally started up again in 
2022, TV 
wasted no time in getting back to work, with three major tours in the UK supporting 
Stiff Little Fingers
, the 
Damned 
and 
Ruts DC
, as well as four appearances at the 
Rebellion 
punk festival, UK club dates, and European gigs in 
Germany
, 
Switzerland 
and 
Finland
. 
He also released two new records: the much-requested follow up to his “Acoustic Sessions” album, 
“Acoustic Sessions Volume 2,” 
and a studio version of his 
Rebellion 
set with the 
Bored Teenagers, “TV Smith & The Bored Teenagers Replay The Adverts.” 
In 
2023 TV 
continues his non-stop touring with gigs in the 
UK, Europe, 
and the 
U.S.A. 
On the recording front, a 
double CD 
release of collaborations with 
Doctors Of Madness 
frontman and founder 
Richard Strange 
entitled 
“A DFFRNT WRLD” 
was released on Molecular Scream on May 5th. 
And finally, 
TV 
has started work on a brand new solo album for release in early Summer 
2024
. Recorded in collaboration with renowned folk producer and multi-instrumentalist 
Gerry Diver
, the pair promise a record that creates a thrilling 
totally new musical landscape 
with no conventional rock instruments. A full UK tour to promote it is being planned for September. 
A full-length 
BBC 4 
documentary on TV Smith titled 
“We Who Wait: TV Smith & The Adverts” 
is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWZqYCsT2uk
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