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Black Francis is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the influential alternative rock band Pixies, where he performs under the stage name Black Francis. Follow-ing the band’s breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career under the name Frank Black. After releas-ing two albums with 4AD, he left the label and formed a backing band, Frank Black and the Catholics. He reformed the Pixies in 2004, and continues to release solo records and tour as a solo artist, having re-adopted his current stage name in 2007.

His vocal style has varied from a screaming, yowling delivery as lead vocalist of the Pixies to a more measured and melodical style in his solo career. His cryptic lyrics mostly explore unconventional subjects, such as surrealism, incest and Biblical violence, along with dam collapses, science fiction and surf cul-ture. His use of atypical meter signatures, loud-quiet dynamics and distinct preference for live-to-two-track recording in his career as a solo artist give him a more specific style in alternative rock.

Black returned to prominence in 2004 with the Pixies reunion, a project became a two-year long world tour. During that time, Black still worked on solo material, including Frank Black Francis, a double-disc set of early Pixies demos and reinterpretations of Pixies songs by Black and the Two Pale Boys. In 2005, Black released Honeycomb, a collection of songs recorded in Nashville, TN, featuring performances by session greats such as Spooner Oldham, Reggie Young, Anton Fig, and Steve Cropper. He reunited with this crew and added a host of other guest stars for 2006’s sprawling double album Fast Man Raider Man, which he supported with a string of dates opening for Foo Fighters. The life and death of Dutch painter/punk rocker Herman Brood was the inspiration behind 2007’s Bluefinger, while 2008 saw the re-lease of The Seus EP, and the mini-album SVN FNGRS, a set of songs inspired by the Irish legend of Cchulainn. His latest album is Petits Fours, the first release by Grand Duchy, a dark pop rock project with his wife Violet Clark.

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