Author:Chris Frantz
I really wanted to like this book. And Chris Frantz. I pre-ordered it, because I read promo interviews with CF who sounded like such a nice guy and hey – he’s a successful musician in a band I love, he’s stayed married to the bass player and if he’s got a few gripes with the lead singer – well what’s new?
As the subtitle to Remain In Love says it’s a rock ’n roll love story – Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina (Weymouth, in case you’ve got this far and don’t know who I’m talking about)
And it’s all beautiful. He’s a kid from Kentucky, Dad’s in the army, he discovers Marvin Gaye and black music, finds his way into a band, but also he’s an art student, and ends up at the Rhode Island School Of Design, where he meets the aforementioned Tina W and the devil in the detail, David Byrne.
It turns out (according to CF) that he and Tina wrote Psycho Killer. And a few other early hits. It took a while for DB to credit them (heard this story before?) And don’t mention Brian Eno, who doesn’t get a good rap here.
