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
Stop Making Sense
100 Greatest Songs of the '80s
True Stories
25 Years of Punk
The Blank Generation
Talking Heads: Live in Rome
Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant
All Movies (20)
- Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille2024 · as Self
- Finster2022
- The Greatest Radio Station In The World2022
- Paradise Garden: Howard Finster's Legacy2014 · as Self
- Talking Heads - Chronology2011
- I Need That Record!2008 · as Himself
- Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth2005 · as Self
- 25 Years of Punk2001 · as Self
- Dancing Barefoot1995 · as Self
- Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant1988 · as Self
- True Stories1986 · as Lip-Syncher
- Stop Making Sense1984 · as Self - Drums, Vocals
- Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime1984 · as Self
- Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival1982
- Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert1981
- Talking Heads: Live in Rome1980 · as Self - Drums, vocals
- Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre1980 · as Self - Drums, Vocals
- Never Mind the Sex Pistols, Here's the Bollocks1978 · as Self
- The Blank Generation1976 · as Self
- Talking Heads: 77—
All TV Shows (3)
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
- 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s2009
- 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s2006 · as Self