Periodically, I’ll write about an artist outside of the mainstream that I love. The only criteria for these cult favorites are that they are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and you will not hear their songs on the classic rock station. For this article, we’re talking about the band Television.

Cult bands typically never broke through themselves but influenced bands that achieved mainstream success. For example, Big Star never made it big but influenced bands like Cheap Trick or R.E.M.