Chris Frantz

Known for ActingBorn 1951-05-08 (age 75)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.Read more

Movies & web series

100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s

Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert

Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre

Never Mind the Sex Pistols, Here's the Bollocks

Stop Making Sense

Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant

Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille

25 Years of Punk

True Stories

I Need That Record!

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Dancing Barefoot

Talking Heads: Live in Rome

Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth

The Blank Generation

Talking Heads - Chronology

Finster

The Greatest Radio Station In The World

Paradise Garden: Howard Finster's Legacy

100 Greatest Songs of the '80s

Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime

Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival

Talking Heads: 77