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Chris Frantz
Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA
Charton Christopher Frantz is an American musician, producer and author. Born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Frantz attended the Rhode Island School of Design in the early 1970s, whe…
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Charton Christopher Frantz is an American musician, producer and author. Born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Frantz attended the Rhode Island School of Design in the early 1970s, where he met musicians David Byrne and Tina Weymouth. Byrne and Frantz formed a band called the Artistics, which eventually transformed into the acclaimed new wave band Talking Heads. Weymouth, then Frantz's girlfriend, joined the band in 1975, and the two married in 1977. In 1981, Frantz and Weymouth formed Tom Tom Club, who achieved chart success with the influential single Genius of Love. Frantz was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Talking Heads in 2002. Frantz's memoir, Remain in Love, was published in 2020.
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- 2024
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2022
Finster
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- 2022
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self
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2014
Paradise Garden: Howard Finster's Legacy
Movie Self
- 2011
- 2009
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2008
I Need That Record!
Movie Himself
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2006
100 Greatest Songs of the '80s
TV show Self
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2005
Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth
Movie Self
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2001
25 Years of Punk
Movie Self
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1995
Dancing Barefoot
Movie Self
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1988
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
Movie Self
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1986
True Stories
Movie Lip-Syncher
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1984
Stop Making Sense
Movie Self - Drums, Vocals
- 1984
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- 1982
- 1981
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1980
Talking Heads: Live in Rome
Movie Self - Drums, vocals
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1980
Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
Movie Self - Drums, Vocals
- 1978
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1976
The Blank Generation
Movie Self
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Talking Heads: 77
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