Frank Black
Frank Black
Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IVis an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the influential alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. Following the band's breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career under the name Frank Black. After releasing two albums with record label 4AD and one with American Recordings, he left the label and formed a new band, Frank Black and the Catholics. He re-adopted...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth6 April 1965
CountryUnited States of America
I don't want to do children's music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids - like when I'm putting them to bed. We sing some song that we made up but I don't want to make a record like that.
Bob Dylan is quite a songwriter, and a great singer and musician. I won't bother with comparing myself to him, but I will say that I heard his records at a very young age and I still listen to all his records.
I have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That's three college funds.
I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song.
My most cryptic, strange songs might be my most personal, but that isn't how people are going to receive them, because they don't know the code.
I listen to Neil Young and jazz and classical stations and, if my girlfriend's driving, it tends to be Hall & Oates.
As soon as I got into music, I tried to be a working, real artist who gets paid for what he does, who doesn't have a day job.
I will be meeting with Bruce and Frank Warren to discuss the future,