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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-05-08

Place of Birth

Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA

Chris Frantz

Biography

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.

Known for

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater.

The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from 27 May 2012. Presented by Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience.

Stop Making Sense

Stop Making Sense

A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning and cinematic performance that features creative choreography and visuals.

100 Greatest Songs of the '80s

100 Greatest Songs of the '80s

100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s

100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s

True Stories

True Stories

A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.

Never Mind the Sex Pistols, Here's the Bollocks

Never Mind the Sex Pistols, Here's the Bollocks

Documentary of the emerging punk rock music scene in Los Angeles in 1977-1978.

Talking Heads: Live in Rome

Talking Heads: Live in Rome

On December 18, 1980, the American rock band Talking Heads, with guest guitarist Adrian Belew, delivered a fantastic performance at Palaeur Arena in Rome that was filmed for broadcast on Italian TV. Taking place just two months after the release of Remain In Light, that night’s set was heavy on material from that album such as Born Under Punches, Crosseyed and Painless and The Great Curve.

Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth

Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth

The life and the sound of Bernie Worrell, best known as a founding member of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective and a touring member of Talking Heads in the 1980s.

Talking Heads - Chronology

Talking Heads - Chronology

Chronology pulls together live performances from across Talking Heads' career. It starts with their earliest days at CBGB and The Kitchen in New York City in the mid-seventies, through their breakthrough years in the late seventies and on to global success in the eighties. They completed their last tour in 1983 although they would continue to make very successful albums throughout the eighties before officially breaking up in 1991. The DVD concludes with their "reunion" performance of "Life During Wartime" on their induction into the Rock `n' Roll Hall Of Fame in 2002.

The Greatest Radio Station In The World

The Greatest Radio Station In The World

A fun-filled documentary that tells the unique 60-year history of WPKN in Bridgeport, CT, through in-depth interviews and extraordinary film footage.

25 Years of Punk

25 Years of Punk

Lou Reed narrates this Television special that takes a look back at the beginnings of the punk rock movements in New York & England, the underground punk scenes in the 70's & 80's, and the punk resurgence in the 90's. A collaboration between VH1 and Spin magazine.

Talking Heads: 77

Talking Heads: 77

Talking Heads: 77 is the debut studio album by the American rock band Talking Heads, released on September 16, 1977, by Sire Records. The recording took place in April 1977 at New York's Sundragon Studios. The single "Psycho Killer" reached No. 92 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant

A compilation of the music videos produced by the band Talking Heads, interspersed with various everyday people telling anecdotes about their lives.

Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille

Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille

The life and times of the most original American singer/ songwriter of the last 50 years.