Chris Frantz
May 8, 1951 (73 years old) in 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, 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
Credits
- 2022 · Finster as
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2014 · Paradise Garden: Howard Finster's Legacy as Self
- 2011 · Talking Heads - Chronology as
- 2009 · 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s as
- 2008 · I Need That Record! as Himself
- 2006 · 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s as Self
- 2001 · 25 Years of Punk as Self
- 1995 · Dancing Barefoot as Self
- 1988 · Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant as Self
- 1986 · True Stories as Lip-Syncher
- 1984 · Stop Making Sense as Self - Drums, Vocals
- 1984 · Talking Heads vs. Television as Self
- 1982 · Talking Heads live at Montreux Jazz Festival as
- 1981 · Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert as
- 1980 · Talking Heads - Live in Rome as Self - Drums, vocals
- 1980 · Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre as Self - Drums, Vocals
- 1978 · Never Mind the Sex Pistols, Here's the Bollocks as Self
- 1976 · The Blank Generation as Self