Fred Smith


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American bass guitarist (born 10 April 1948, New York City, New York, USA), best known for his work with Television. He was the original bassist with Blondie until he replaced Richard Hell when Hell left Television in 1975 to form The Heartbreakers.
Smith also participated in the solo albums of the Television guitarists Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd, and played with such artists as The Roches, Willie Nile, and the Peregrins. He also played bass, recorded, and toured with The Fleshtones from 1988 to 1989.

ALBUMS


Blue Beast
Equator Ping Pong
2025, 8xFile, MP3, Album, 320, Dewclaw Ditties
Various
Ork Records: New York, New York
2015, Box Set Book, 2x CD, ,
Punk/Power Pop/New Wave
Courtney Lee Adams Jr.*
Know What I Mean?
2003, CD, Olympic Records (31)
Alpha Cat
Pearl Harbor
2001, CD, Album, Aquamarine Records
Bubble
Bash Bish
2000, CD, Album, Oomph! Records
Alpha Cat
Real Boy
1999, CD, EP, Blind Side
Television
Television
1992, ,
Alternative Rock/New Wave
Tom Verlaine
The Wonder
1990
Tom Verlaine
Shimmer
1989
Tom Verlaine
A Town Called Walker
1987, 12", Ltd, Promo, PolyGram, ,
Indie Rock
Tom Verlaine
Flash Light
1987, ,
Alternative Rock/New Wave
Tom Verlaine
A Town Called Walker
1987
Tom Verlaine
The Funniest Thing
1987, ,
Indie Rock/Post-Punk
Tom Verlaine
Cry Mercy Judge
1987
The Revelons*
The Way (You Touch My Hand)
1979, 7", Single, Ork Records, Ork Records
Two Dollar Guitar
The Wear And Tear Of Fear: A Lover's Discourse
2006, CD, Album, Smells Like Records, ,
Lo-Fi/Indie Rock
Deerfrance : Extra Virgin Mary
"Blest"
2003, CD, Album, Moon Caravan Records, ,
Art Rock/AOR
Courtney Lee Adams Jr.*
Songs From The Record
2003, CDr, Not On Label
Television
Television
1992
Susan Springfield
The Tenant Of The Room
1980, 7", EP, Doe Records (4), ,
New Wave/Art Rock/No Wave
Television
Live At The Academy NYC 12.4.92
2024
Blondie
Greatest Hits: Deluxe Redux / Ghosts Of Download
2014
Television
Live At The Old Waldorf - San Francisco, 6/29/78
2003
Television
Television
1992, CD, Promo, Smplr, Capitol Records
Television
Call Mr Lee
1992, CD, Single, Promo, Capitol Records
The Fleshtones
Soul Madrid
1989, LP, Album, Gat, Imposible Records
Peregrins
Peregrins
1989, Cass, Advance, Album, MCA Records, Inc.
Peregrins
Peregrins
1989, Vinyl, ,
Alternative Rock
Television
The Blow Up
1982, ,
New Wave
Television
Little Johnny Jewel Parts 1 And 2
1979
Television
Adventure
1978, Vinyl PRC-W, ,
New Wave/Punk
Television
Marquee Moon
1977
Television
See No Evil...Live 1978
2025, 2xCD, Album, Unofficial, Power Chord
Television
Live... Long Island 1978
2020, CD, Album, Unofficial, Timeline (2)
Television
At CBGB
2007, CD, CDr, ,
Punk
Television
I Need A New Adventure
2003, CD, Unofficial, Punk Vault
Television
New York Stories
1998, CD, Comp, Unofficial, Punk Vault, ,
Punk
Television
This Case Is Closed
1997
Television
Interference
1992, LP, Unofficial, W/Lbl, Psychic Reaction Records
Television
Double Exposure
1992, ,
Alternative Rock/Punk/Art Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Television
Live In S. Francisco / 1978
1992
Television
Live Portland Oregon 1978
1989
Television
Do Not Adjust Your Set This Is A Live TV
CDr, Unofficial, The Alex Butterfield Archives
Television
Central Park Summerstage June 18, 2007 N.Y.C.
2xCDr, Unofficial, Not On Label,

APPEARANCES +


Taxi Girls
Black Jelly
2024, 7", Single, Ltd, Num, Red, Fantastic Mess
Various
Looking For The Magic (American Power Pop In The Seventies)
2023, 3xCD, Comp, Grapefruit Records, Grapefruit USA, ,
Power Pop
Revelons
1977-82
2022, LP, Comp, HoZac Records
Jill Kroesen
I Really Want To Bomb You: 1972 -1984
2022, ,
Avantgarde/Art Rock/No Wave/Post-Punk
Tom Verlaine
Tom Verlaine / Dreamtime
2016, CD, Comp, RM, BGO Records, ,
New Wave
Various
100 Hits Guitar Heroes
2013, 5xCD, Comp + Box, 100 Hits,
Akira Otsuka
First Tear
2012, CD, Album, Patuxent Music, ,
Bluegrass
Various
Omoiyari For Japan: International Music Rescue Vol. 1
2011, 2xCD, Comp, Vinyl Japan, ,
Indie Rock/Rockabilly/Rock & Roll
Sally Spring
Made Of Stars
2010, CD, Sniffinpup Records
Willie Nile
Places I Have Never Been
2009, CD, ,
Rock & Roll
Tom Verlaine and Jimmy Rip
Music For Experimental Film
2007, DVD-V, Kino International, ,
Soundtrack/Score
Sally Spring
Mockingbird
2006, HDCD, Sniffinpup Records,
Tom Verlaine
Songs And Other Things
2006, CD, ,
Post Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Indie Rock
The Stillettos*
Punk Trampoline!
2005, CD, Album, Elda Sez Music
The Revelons*
Anthology
2004, CD, Comp, Sepia Tone
The Roches
The Collected Works Of The Roches
2003, CD, Album, Comp, Rhino Records (2), Warner Bros. Records, ,
Folk Rock
Willie Nile
Archive Alive
1997
Michael Stein
Music Of The Wind
1992, Cass, Album, Stratton Records
Tom Verlaine
Warm And Cool
1992, CD, ,
Indie Rock
Various
Singles (The Great New York Singles Scene)
1991, CD, ,
New Wave/Power Pop/Punk/Garage Rock
Peter Zaremba's Love Delegation
Delegation-Time
1989, CD, ,
Garage Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock
Revolver
Scratch & Dent
1987, 12", Slinky Records (3),
Kristi Rose And The Midnight Walkers
Some People
1987, Vinyl, ,
Country Rock
Dieter Osten
East Of Eden
1986, LP, Album, Moon Records (8)
Tom Verlaine
Cover
1984, Vinyl Allied Pressing, ,
Indie Rock/Post-Punk
Jill Kroesen
Stop Vicious Cycles
1982, Vinyl, ,
Avantgarde/No Wave
Tom Verlaine
Words From The Front
1982, Vinyl Jacksonville Pressing, ,
Alternative Rock
Willie Nile
Golden Down
1981
Tom Verlaine
Dreamtime
1981, Vinyl Winchester Press, ,
New Wave/Art Rock
The Roches
Nurds
1980, ,
Alternative Rock
Jill Kroesen
I Really Want To Bomb You
1980, ,
Art Rock
Tom Verlaine
Tom Verlaine
1979
Richard Lloyd
Alchemy
1979
Richard Lloyd
Blue And Grey
1979
Richard Lloyd
Live.. New York '79
2017, CD, Album, RM, Unofficial, Air Cuts
Television With Bryan Eno*
1974, Hollywood Session Live At The "Fairland Studios"
1994
Television / Richard Hell And The Voidoids* / Neon Boys*
Television, Richard Hell And The Voidoids, The Neon Boys
LP, Comp, Unofficial, Ghenos Records
Richard Hell & The Voidoids / Television
Blank Generation '77 / Marquee Moon '77
Cass, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label (Richard Hell & The Voidoids), Not On Label (Television), ,
Punk
Tom Verlaine
Shemps Meets The Wild Thing In A Toad's Place
CDr, Unofficial, The Alex Butterfield Archives, ,
Art Rock
Tom Verlaine
Souvenir From A Dream (Live At Toad's Place 1982)
2xCDr, Unofficial, The Alex Butterfield Archives