Frank Black
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With their weird and wonderful brand of outsider, alternative rock, The Pixies became favourites of Kurt Cobain and one of the most influential bands of the late 1980s with their classic albums Surfa Rosa (1988) and Doolittle (1989). Front man Charles Thompson grew up listening to 1960s beat groups and religious preachers before discovering punk and avant garde cinema in his teens, and after the demise of The Pixies in 1992, the Bostonian turned solo under the pseudonym Frank Black. Debut Frank Black (1993) continued his concoction of raucous, lo-fi, surf rock, reaching Number 9 in the UK charts. He obsessed about sci-fi and UFOs on The Cult Of Ray (1996) before Black Letter Days (2002) and the acclaimed, Nashville album Honeycomb (2005) explored more rootsy Americana, country and folk sounds. The Pixies reformed in 2004, but Black went on to pay tribute to cult Dutch musician and artist Herman Brood on Bluefinger (2007) - later turned into a rock opera - and form electro-rock outfit Grand Duchy with his wife Violet Clark. He also produced an album for Art Brut and released his self-confessed "sexy record" NonStopErotik in 2010. Yet, for all the strange, oddball styles, screeching, distorted guitars and art house weirdness, the enduring reference point and cornerstone of his work remained his love of the three minute pop song.
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- The Black Rider by Frank Black
- California Bound by Frank Black
- Cold Heart of Stone by Frank Black
- Chip Away Boy by Frank Black
- Valentine and Garuda by Frank Black
- Jesus Was Right
- Jet Black River by Frank Black
- You Ain't Me
- Whispering Weeds by Frank Black
- Punk Rock City
- The Good Life by Frank Black
- 21 Reasons by Frank Black
- Men In Black
- The Marsist
- End of Miles by Frank Black
- How You Went So Far by Frank Black
- The Farewell Bend by Frank Black
- 1826 by Frank Black
- I Left My Heart In San Francisco by Frank Black
- Go Home Girl by Gary U.S. Bonds
- Southbound Bevy by Frank Black
- True Blue by Frank Black
- Fields Of Marigold
- You Stepped Out Of A Dream by Frank Black
