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Black Francis
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American musician
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Black Francis, born Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV in 1965 in Boston, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and guitarist. He is a member of the bands Pixies and Frank Black and the Catholics. His musical career began in 1986, and he performs in the genres of alternative rock, indie rock, and alternative country. He also plays the guitar and uses his voice as an instrument.
He has released works through record labels including 4AD, American Recordings, and Cooking Vinyl. His notable compositions include "Where Is My Mind?" and "Confederate General from Big Sur." He is represented by Broadcast Music, Inc. for copyright purposes. He speaks English and has been educated at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Where Is My Mind?
- Confederate General from Big Sur
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Boston, Massachusetts
Black Francis (born Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV on 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 4AD, he…
Known for
- Pixies - Rock en Seine 2024 — Self2024
- Pixies - Olympia, Paris — Self2023
- Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. — himself2021
- Unknown Brood2016
- Pixies - Lollapalooza Argentina 2014 — Himself2014
- Pixies à l'Olympia - ARTE Live Web2013
- Pixies: 6Music In Concert2013
- Pixies - Live at iTunes Festival2013
- Sound City — Self2013
- Berlin Live — Self - Performer2011
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1965
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 101,734
- Total plays
- 1,073,677
Tags
Black Francis is the stage name used by Pixies singer, Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV. Inspired by a quip by the late Warren Zevon after the group's 1993 disbandment, Francis embarked upon a successful solo career under the inverted pseudonym, Frank Black; in addition to releasing a prolific number of stylistically departed records with Frank Black and the Catholics; until the 2004 reunion of the Pixies. Despite the reunion proving a massive critical and financial success <a href="https
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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· 2000 · cited 10,934x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Thompson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- alternative country
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Cooking Vinyl
- Official website
- www.frankblack.net
- Image
- Black francis zwolle.jpg
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1965-04-06
- topic's main category
- Category:Black Francis
- Commons category
- Black Francis
- member of
- Frank Black and the Catholics
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
- pseudonym
- Black Francis
- birth name
- Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
Sources (3)
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Black Francis, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
