Black Francis

Person · Open Library

Works

2

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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

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

France

Active from

1965

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

101,734

Total plays

1,073,677

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

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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   · 1934 · cited 17,151x

4. Guidelines for the Process of Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Self-Report Measures

   · 2000 · cited 10,934x

5. Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

   · 2012 · cited 10,801x

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