0
Television
Television
American post-punk band
1
Richard Hell
Richard Hell
American actor and musician
2
Tom Verlaine
Tom Verlaine
American singer, songwriter and guitarist
3
Richard Lloyd
Richard Lloyd
American guitarist, singer and songwriter
4
Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Richard Hell and the Voidoids
band
5
Gary Lachman
Gary Lachman
American writer and rock musician
6
Clem Burke
Clem Burke
American drummer
7
Blondie
Blondie
American rock band
8
The Dream Syndicate
The Dream Syndicate
band
9
Ivan Král
Ivan Král
Czech-American musician
10
Richard Barone
Richard Barone
American rock musician
11
Billy Sheehan
Billy Sheehan
American musician
12
New York Dolls
New York Dolls
American rock band
13
Robert Quine
Robert Quine
American guitarist
14
Black Oak Arkansas
Black Oak Arkansas
American Southern rock band
15
Kenny Aaronson
Kenny Aaronson
American bassist
16
John Greaves
John Greaves
British musician and composer
17
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
18
Bush Tetras
Bush Tetras
American rock band
19
Jimmy Rip
Jimmy Rip
American musician
20
The Heartbreakers
The Heartbreakers
American punk band
21
The 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators
American rock band
22
Mike Chapman
Mike Chapman
Australian record producer and songwriter
23
David Johansen
David Johansen
American singer
24
Felix Pappalardi
Felix Pappalardi
American music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bassist
25
Paul Revere and the Raiders
Paul Revere and the Raiders
American band
26
The Replacements
The Replacements
American rock band
27
Tom Hess
Tom Hess
American musician
28
Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly
American rock group
29
The Pretenders
The Pretenders
English-American rock band
30
Stars
Stars
Canadian indie rock band
31
Blondie Chaplin
Blondie Chaplin
South African musician; member of The Beach Boys
32
The Archies
The Archies
cartoon band; fictional music group
33
Marty Willson-Piper
Marty Willson-Piper
English Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter
34
Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley
American singer, guitarist and songwriter
35
Debbie Harry
Debbie Harry
American singer, songwriter and actress
36
Fred Smith
Fred Smith
American Musician
37
Jay Jay French
Jay Jay French
American musician
38
Ian Paice
Ian Paice
British rock drummer, songwriter
39
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
American rock band
40
Talking Heads
Talking Heads
American rock band
41
Harvey Brooks
Harvey Brooks
American bass guitarist
42
Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew
American rock musician
43
John Entwistle
John Entwistle
English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer, bassist for The Who
44
The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers
American rock band
45
Mike Portnoy
Mike Portnoy
American drummer
46
Stryper
Stryper
American band
47
G. E. Smith
G. E. Smith
American musician
48
Kate Pierson
Kate Pierson
American singer, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist
49
Popa Chubby
Popa Chubby
American electric blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
50
Bruce Kulick
Bruce Kulick
American guitarist
51
Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr
English musician, songwriter, and singer
52
Nicko McBrain
Nicko McBrain
Musician bio
Fred Smith
American bassist, born 1948

Fred Smith

Intro
American bassist, born 1948
Genres
Member of, past and present

Fred Smith (born April 10, 1948 in New York) is an American bass guitarist, best known for his work with Television. He was the original bassist with Angel and the Snake, which changed names to Blondie and the Banzai Babies, and then Blondie. He quit in spring 1975 to replace Richard Hell who had left Television over disputes with Tom Verlaine. Hell went on to form The Heartbreakers with Johnny Thunders. At the time, Television played at CBGB along with Blondie. According to Smith, "Blondie was like a sinking ship and Television was my favorite band." He stayed with the band till they broke up in 1978 and rejoined them when they reunited in 1992; the band has played off and on ever since. 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, Peregrins and The Revelons. From 1988 to 1989 he played bass, recorded, and toured with The Fleshtones.

In 1999 he and his wife, artist Paula Cereghino, started making wine in their apartment on Houston Street in New York City's East Village. In 2003 they shifted production to Bloomington, NY and in 2007 formally established their artisanal winery, Cereghino Smith.