The Neon Boys were a short lived New York City proto-punk band, composed of Tom Verlaine, Richard Hell and Billy Ficca.
"[3] Information about the Neon Boys includes oral histories, newspaper and magazine articles, and narratives written by the band members themselves.
[6] Tom Verlaine and Richard Hell were schoolmates and friends, according to Legs McNeil's book Please Kill Me.
"[10] This may be emblematic of a desire for adventure and taking chances--a trait that eventually ran through the music of the Neon Boys.
[14] Eventually, both Hell and Verlaine would come to work in the bookstore, Cinemabilia[15] where they befriended the store's manager Terry Ork, who had extensive connections to Andy Warhol and other assorted members of the New York music scene.