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Black Francis Biography
Black Francis is one of the most popular and richest Rock Singer who was born on April 6, 1965 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. American artist and songwriter who has served as the frontman of the group Pixies. The group’s tracks include “Debaser,” “Havalina,” and “Here Comes Your Man.”
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Charles Thompson was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was a bar owner, and Thompson lived in Los Angeles, California, as a baby because his father wanted to “learn more about the restaurant and bar business.” Thompson was introduced to music at a young age, as his parents listened to 1960s folk rock. His first guitar was his mother’s, a Yamaha classical guitar bought with money from his father’s bar tips, which he started to play at age “11 or 12.”
Charles Thompson IV (born April 6, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the 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.
He was often in and out of the city when he was a kid with his father who was an owner of a bar, and lived in areas such as Los Angeles and Westport, Massachusetts.
| Name | Black Francis |
| First Name | Black |
| Last Name | Francis |
| Occupation | Rock Singer |
| Birthday | April 6 |
| Birth Year | 1965 |
| Place of Birth | Boston |
| Home Town | Massachusetts |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Violet Clark , Jean Black |
| Children(s) | Lucy Berlin, Jack Errol Thompson |
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Soon after returning to Massachusetts, Thompson dropped out of college, and moved to Boston with Santiago. He spent 1985 working in a warehouse, “managing buttons on teddy bears,” composing songs on his acoustic guitar, and writing lyrics on the subway. In January 1986, Thompson formed the Pixies with Santiago. Bassist Kim Deal was recruited a week later via a classified advertisement placed in a Boston paper, which requested a bassist “into Hüsker Dü and Peter, Paul and Mary.” Drummer David Lovering was later hired on recommendation from Deal’s husband.
Black Francis Net Worth
Black Francis is one of the richest Rock Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Black Francis's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He began playing guitar by using the grandmother’s Yamaha classical guitar at the age of 11 years old. He began composing his own songs when being a senior in high school.
He was in a 2013 commercial that promoted the children’s book Lost Sloth.
Thompson has drawn influence from a number of musical genres. As a teenager, he mostly listened to 1960s folk and religious music, including the Christian singer-songwriter Larry Norman. For playing on his junior high baseball team, he was given Leon Russell’s 1970 debut album, which he says influenced some of his vocalizing. Later in high school and in college, he discovered punk music (Black Flag), along with bands from other genres, such as the new wave band The Cars and the obscure Angst. While in Boston in 1984, before starting the Pixies, he listened to Hüsker Dü’s Zen Arcade, The Spotlight Kid by Captain Beefheart, and I’m Sick of You, an Iggy Pop bootleg. Thompson was also greatly influenced by the Beatles self-titled 1968 release with regards to the experimental nature of his compositions.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Rock Singer |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
In 1987, the Pixies released an 18-track demo tape, commonly referred to as The Purple Tape. Thompson’s father assisted the band financially, lending $1,000 in order to record the demo tape; Thompson later said that his father “wasn’t around for a lot of my younger years, so I think he was doing his best to make up for lost time.” The Purple Tape led to a recording contract with the English independent record label 4AD. For the release of the mini album Come On Pilgrim, Thompson adopted the alias “Black Francis”, a name inspired by his father: “he had been saving that name in case he had another son.”
In 1988, the Pixies recorded their debut album Surfer Rosa. Thompson wrote and sang on all the tracks, with the exception of the single “Gigantic,” which was co-written and sung by Deal. To support the album, the band undertook a European tour, during which Thompson met Eric Drew Feldman, a later collaborator on Pixies and solo albums. Doolittle, with Thompson-penned songs such as “Debaser” and “Monkey Gone To Heaven,” was released the following year to widespread critical acclaim. However, by this time, tensions between Thompson and Deal, combined with exhaustion, led the band to announce a hiatus. Thompson has an aversion to flying, and spent this time driving across America with his girlfriend, Jean Walsh (whom he had met in the band’s early days), performing solo shows in order to raise funds to buy furniture for his new Los Angeles apartment.
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
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After graduating from high school in 1983, Thompson studied at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, majoring in anthropology. Thompson shared a room with another roommate for a semester before moving in with future Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago. The two shared an interest in rock music, and Santiago introduced Thompson to 1970s punk and the music of David Bowie; they began to jam together. It was at this time that Thompson discovered The Cars, a band he described as “very influential on me and the Pixies.”
While the Pixies’ 1991 album Trompe le Monde was being recorded, Thompson had discussions with the album’s producer, Gil Norton, about a possible solo record. He told Norton he was keen to record again, even though he had no new material; as a result, the two decided on a cover album. However, by the time Thompson visited a recording studio again in 1992, he had “plenty of tunes and musical scraps.”
Who is Black Francis Dating?
According to our records, Black Francis married to Violet Clark , Jean Black . As of December 1, 2023, Black Francis’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Black Francis. You may help us to build the dating records for Black Francis!The band reconvened in 1990, and recorded two further albums: 1990’s Bossanova and 1991’s Trompe le Monde; the latter was Thompson’s first collaboration with Feldman. The later Pixies albums were characterized by Thompson’s increasing influence on the band’s output, as well as a focus on science fiction themes, including aliens and UFOs. These themes would continue to be explored throughout his early solo work. Trompe le Monde includes the song “U-Mass,” which was written about the university he attended as a youth, and due to the keyboard part played by Feldman, signified a move away from the band’s alternative rock sound. Although Deal had contributed on the songs “Gigantic” (from Surfer Rosa) and “Silver” (from Doolittle), from Bossanova on, Thompson wrote all the band’s original material. This contributed to the increasing tension between him and Deal, and the Pixies broke up in 1992; this was not publicly announced until early 1993.
Top Facts about Black Francis
- Black Francis is the lead vocalist and guitarist of Pixies.
- He was born on April 6, 1965 in Boston, Massachusetts.
- His real name is Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV.
- Francis has released several solo albums since 1993.
- Pixies’ album “Doolittle” (1989) is considered a classic.
- The band’s hit songs include “Where Is My Mind?” and “Debaser.”
- Francis has collaborated with artists like David Bowie and PJ Harvey.
- He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 as a member of Pixies.
- Francis has also worked as an actor and composer for film soundtracks.
- He currently resides in Oregon with his family.
Facts & Trivia
Black Ranked on the list of most popular Rock Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Black Francis celebrates birthday on April 6 of every year.
He collaborated with Feldman to record new material; they began by trimming down the number of covers to one, The Beach Boys’ “Hang On to Your Ego”. Feldman became the album’s producer, and played keyboard and bass guitar on several songs, with Santiago featuring on lead guitar and Nick Vincent on drums. Francis recorded the album during the hiatus and breakup of the Pixies in late 1992 and early 1993. He then adopted the stage name “Frank Black” (inverting his old persona “Black Francis”) and released the results as Frank Black in March 1993. Frank Black was characterized by a focus on UFOs and science fiction, although he explored other subjects, such as in “I Heard Ramona Sing”, a song about the Ramones. The album was similar in style, both musically and lyrically, to the Pixies’ albums Bossanova and Trompe le Monde. Feldman later said that the first record connected his solo career with Trompe le Monde, “but at the same time it is an island, like nothing else he [Black] did.”
Why did Kim Deal quit Pixies?
In 2013, Deal announced she was leaving Pixies to concentrate on making new material with the Breeders, after the band’s most famous line-up (Wiggs and Jim Macpherson had rejoined the band for the first time since 1995) had reunited for a new series of tours celebrating the 20th anniversary of the band’s hit album Last …
Are Kim Deal and Black Francis friends?
We’re always friends – but nothing is for ever’
How old is Black Francis?
57 years (April 6, 1965)
Where is Frank Black from?
Boston, MA
Why was Kim Deal fired?
Francis has also made his first public statements about the sacking of Deal’s replacement, Kim Shattuck. The decision was not, as she theorised, due to her impromptu stage-dive at a gig in Los Angeles. Instead it was a combination of clashing personality types and Shattuck’s allegedly less-than-airtight bass-playing.
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