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Talking Heads
Talking Heads band1.jpg
Talking Heads performing at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on May 13, 1978
Background information
Origin New York City, New York, U.S.
Genres
Years active 1975–1991
Labels Sire/Warner Bros., EMI, Rhino
Associated acts Tom Tom Club, Brian Eno, Casual Gods, The Modern Lovers
Past members David Byrne
Chris Frantz
Tina Weymouth
Jerry Harrison

Talking Heads was a rock band from the United States. The band first became popular in the late 1970s. Talking Heads had an early influence on other musical groups by combining the sounds of punk, art rock, funk, dance and world music with an avant-garde style and the anxious way David Byrne sang on stage.

Images for kids

  • Tina-Weymouth 1978

    Tina Weymouth on bass in Minneapolis in 1978

  • Talkin'HeadsELMO

    Talking Heads perform at El Mocambo in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; pictured: Harrison (left) and Byrne.

  • Tina weymouth tom tom club

    Tina Weymouth, pictured here performing in 1986, and her husband Chris Frantz formed the side project Tom Tom Club.

  • Talking Heads SXSW by Ron Baker

    Weymouth, Frantz, and Harrison, are pictured here at SXSW in 2010

  • Talking Heads band3

    Talking Heads at Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto in 1978

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Talking Heads para niños

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