Black Francis
Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV (born April 6, 1965) is 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 the name Black Francis in 2007.
His vocal style has varied from a screaming, yowling delivery as lead vocalist of the Pixies to a more measured and melodic style in his solo career. His cryptic lyrics mostly explore unconventional subjects, such as surrealism, incest and biblical violence, along with science fiction and surf culture. His use of atypical meter signatures, loud–quiet dynamics and distinct preference for live-to-two-track recording in his career as a solo artist give him a distinct style within alternative rock.
Frank Black (disambiguation)
Frank Black may refer to:
- Frank Black (album), the eponymous debut album of Frank Black
See also
Frank Black (character)
Frank Black is a fictional character in the crime-thriller television series Millennium. Black serves as the primary character of the series, which centers his investigation into unusual crimes as part of the private investigative organisation the Millennium Group. Black appeared in all but one of the series' sixty-seven episodes, with "Anamnesis" being the exception; the character was portrayed by Lance Henriksen throughout the series.
The character of Black was conceived by series creator Chris Carter as a modern Western hero, and has been considered the main constant throughout the series' changes in tone and direction. Henriksen was described by Carter as his "first and last" choice for the role, and has garnered critical acclaim for his portrayal, including three Golden Globe Award nominations.
Character arc
Frank Black (Lance Henriksen) started his career as an offender profiler for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where his unusual gift for empathising with the killers he was investigating aided in their capture. However, Black retires when he finds that his family—wife Catherine (Megan Gallagher) and daughter Jordan (Brittany Tiplady)—are being threatened by an unknown stalker, who is mailing polaroid photographs of the family to Black. After retiring from the FBI, Black moves to Seattle, Washington, and begins to consult for the Millennium Group, a private investigative organisation that aid law enforcement in violent criminal cases.
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- 93-03 released: 2007
- Christmass released: 2006
- Fast Man Raider Man released: 2006
- Honeycomb released: 2005
- Frank Black Francis released: 2004
- Oddballs released: 2000
- 1996-04-24: Portland, OR, USA released: 1996
- The Black Sessions (live in Paris) + The Kitchen Tapes released: 1996
- The Cult of Ray released: 1996
- Hate Me: Live Wetlands New York City 13 June 1994 released: 1994
- Live at the Reading Festival released: 1994
- Black Session released: 1994
- Teenager of the Year released: 1994
- Frank Black released: 1993
- 2006-09-29: Berkeley, CA, USA released:
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- 2000-02-22: Minneapolis, MN, USA released:
- 1996-06-14: Hultsfred, Sweden released:
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- 1996-09-21: Santa Monica, CA, USA released:
- No Big Deal released:
- The Dream Is Over released:
93-03
Released 2007- Los Angeles
- Ten Percenter
- Czar
- Old Black Dawning
- (I Want to Live on an) Abstract Plain
- Calistan
- Speedy Marie
- Headache
- Freedom Rock
- Men in Black
- You Ain’t Me
- I Don’t Want to Hurt You (Every Single Time)
- All My Ghosts
- I Gotta Move
- Bad Harmony
- Western Star
- Robert Onion
- Hermaphroditos
- Velvety
- California Bound
- Massif Centrale
- Manitoba
- Threshold Apprehension (radio edit)
1996-04-24: Portland, OR, USA
Released 1996- [intro]
- The Marsist
- Superabound
- Whatever Happened to Pong? / Thalassocracy
- Brackish Boy
- Kicked in the Taco
- Headache
- Mosh, Don't Pass the Guy
- Big Red
- The Creature Crawling
- [crowd noise]
- Adda Lee
- Jesus Was Right
- White Noise Maker / Men in Black
- Los Angeles
- Czar
- You Ain't Me
- (I Want to Live on An) Abstract Plain
- The Last Stand of Shazeb Andleeb
- Calistan
- Two Reelers
- Freedom Rock
- Ten Percenter
- Pray a Little Faster / You Never Heard About Me
- Announcement
The Black Sessions (live in Paris) + The Kitchen Tapes
Released 1996- Two Spaces
- (I Want to Live on An) Abstract Plain
- Headache
- Old Black Dawning
- Superabound
- Calistan
- The Vanishing Spies
- Sir Rockaby
- Big Red
- The Jacques Tati
- Oddball
- Men in Black
- Czar
- Freedom Rock
- Whatever Happened To Pong?
- Thalasocracy
- White Noise Maker
- Los Angeles
- Handyman
- Modern Age
- Jumping Beans
- (I Want to Live on An) Abstract Plain (acoustic)
Hate Me: Live Wetlands New York City 13 June 1994
Released 1994- Sir Rockaby
- Two Spaces
- Hate Me
- (I Want to live on an) Abstract Plain
- Song About John Candy
- Calistan
- Headache
- Freedom Rock
- Space Is Gonna Do Me Good
- Big Red
- Superabound
- Places Like This
- Pure Denizen of the Citizens Band
- White Noise Maker
- Speedy Marie
- Camcorder Assault
- Adda Lee
- Parry the Wind High, Low
- I’m a Jerk
- The Man Who Was Too Loud
- I Fix Broken Hearts
- Los Angeles
- Ole Mulholland
- There’s No Time
1993-07-03: New Orleans, LA, USA
- [intro]
- [synth noodling]
- Fear (Theme from "One Step Beyond")
- War of the Satellites
- Tossed (instrumental version)
- I Heard Ramona Sing
- Los Angeles
- Fu Manchu
- Adda Lee
- Hang On to Your Ego
- Freedom Rock
- Parry the Wind High, Low
- Ten Percenter
- Two Spaces
- Old Black Dawning
- Don't Ya Rile 'Em
- This Is Where I Belong
- Duke of Earl / Brackish Boy
- Places Named After Numbers
- Everytime I Go Around Here
- Czar
1996-09-21: Santa Monica, CA, USA
- Old Black Dawning
- (I Want to Live on An) Abstract Plain
- Pray a Little Faster
- Los Angeles
- Pure Denizen of the Citizen's Band
- Six-Sixty-Six
- Adda Lee
- Kicked in the Taco
- Headache
- Superabound
- The Last Stand of Shazeb Andleeb
- Skeleton Man
- The Creature Crawling
- Sir Rockaby
- Don't Ya Rile 'Em
- Jumping Beans
- At the End of the World
- Two Reelers
- Calistan
- I Heard Ramona Sing
- Village of the Sun
- The Vanishing Spies
- Modern Age
- Wave of Mutilation
- Sister Isabel
- Brackish Boy
- The Cult of Ray
- Big Red
- I Don't Want to Hurt You (Every Single Time)
- I Could Stay Here Forever
- Whatever Happened to Pong?
- Oddball
- Everybody Got the Beat [aborted] / Dance War
- Everytime I Go Around Here
- Punk Rock City
No Big Deal
- Fear (Theme from "One Step Beyond")
- War of the Satellites / Tossed (vocal version)
- Czar
- Hang On to Your Ego
- I Heard Ramona Sing
- Adda Lee
- Old Black Dawning
- Places Named After Numbers
- Two Spaces
- Don't Ya Rile 'Em
- Freedom Rock
- Fu Manchu
- Los Angeles
- Parry the Wind High, Low
- Ten Percenter
- Brackish Boy
- This Is Where I Belong
- Everytime I Go Around Here
The Dream Is Over
- Tame
- Cactus / Tony's Theme
- The Holiday Song
- Gouge Away
- Monkey Gone to Heaven
- Weird at My School
- Hang Wire
- No. 13 Baby
- Dead
- Wave of Mutilation
- Broken Face
- Into the White
- I'm Amazed
- The Happening
- Manta Ray
- I Bleed
- Blown Away
- Crackity Jones
- Is She Weird
- Nimrod's Son
- Ed Is Dead
- Levitate Me
- River Euphrates
- Dancing the Manta Ray
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Pie In The Sky
by: Frank BlackIt takes photon power and eight minutes of an hour
To make it to our sun
And I know it sounds weird, but it'll take you four years
To make the next one
Expanding border
That's the sauce of chaos
And that's an order
That's an order
So stomp your feet and clap your hands
Get outta your seat and do a little dance
Lift up your voice and sing with glee
Now listen carefully to me
Desert your quarters
Behold the pie in the sky
And that's an order
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