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Signed black and white 10" x 8" photo of
Talking Heads. The photo is hand signed in
black and blue marker pen.
Price: £39.99
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Talking Heads
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Biography
Talking Heads were an American New Wave and avant-garde band formed in 1974 in
New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris
Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison. Auxiliary musicians also regularly
made appearances in concert and on the group's albums.
The New Wave style of Talking Heads combined elements of punk, art rock,
avant-garde, pop, funk, world music, and Americana. Frontman and songwriter
David Byrne contributed whimsical, esoteric lyrics to the band's songs, and
emphasized their showmanship through various multimedia projects and
performances. Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine describes Talking Heads as being
"one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the '80s, while managing to earn
several pop hits."
In 2002, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Four of the
band's albums appeared on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 Greatest
Albums of All Time, and the Channel 4 100 Greatest Albums poll listed one album
(Fear of Music) at number 76. In a 2011 update of Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest
Artists of All Time", the band was ranked 100.
Read more....
Talking Heads on allmusic.com |
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