Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist)

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Relationships

member of:	Grand Duchy Pigface (industrial supergroup)
original member of:	Pixies (from 1986 to present: lead vocals, guitar)
performance name of:	Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/390397 [info]
official homepages:	http://blackfrancis.net/ [info]
other databases:	https://imvdb.com/n/black-francis [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/frank_black [info] https://www.45cat.com/artist/black-francis [info] https://www.45worlds.com/cdalbum/artist/black-francis [info] https://www.45worlds.com/cdsingle/artist/black-francis [info] https://www.45worlds.com/live/artist/black-francis [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/black-francis/ [info] https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/M00000304228/POPULAR/ [info]
Myspace:	https://myspace.com/officialblackfrancis [info]
BBC Music:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/789f6768-5830-4b08-8b4f-f38566b2eb1d [info] (until 2020-11-19)
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/artist/2pNYUcoJ2HpOxNLH13TrnD [info] https://www.deezer.com/artist/422422 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000094501 [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/3294 [info]
VIAF ID:	171717102 [info]
Wikidata:	Q11627 [info]
setlist.fm:	https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/black-francis-33d6845d.html [info]
streaming page:	https://itun.apple.com/us/artist/798253 [info] https://tidal.com/artist/3608805 [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited as	Attributes	Artist	Length
	arranged
	Her Majesty	Frank Black		Art Brut	2:38
	instruments
1988-05-03	Caribou (live, 1988-05-03: Peel Session, Maida Vale Studio 4, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	3:19
1988-05-03	Hey (live, 1988-05-03: Peel Session, Maida Vale Studio 4, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	3:17
1988-05-03	In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song) (live, 1988-05-03: Peel Session, Maida Vale Studio 4, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	1:50
1988-05-03	Levitate Me (live, 1988-05-03: Peel Session, Maida Vale Studio 4, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	2:18
1988-05-03	Wild Honey Pie (live, 1988-05-03: Peel Session, Maida Vale Studio 4, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	1:51
1988-10-09	Dead (live, 1988-10-09: Peel Session, BBC Hippodrome, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	1:30
1988-10-09	Manta Ray (live, 1988-10-09: Peel Session, BBC Hippodrome, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	2:15
1988-10-09	Tame (John Peel session, 9th October 1988) (live, 1988-10-09: Peel Session, BBC Hippodrome, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	1:58
1988-10-09	There Goes My Gun (live, 1988-10-09: Peel Session, BBC Hippodrome, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	1:25
1989-04-16	Down to the Well (live, 1989-04-16: Peel Session, Maida Vale Studio 3, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	2:31
1989-04-16	Into the White (John Peel session, 16th April 1989) (live, 1989-04-16: Peel Session, Maida Vale Studio 3, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	4:11
1989-04-16	Wave of Mutilation (live, 1989-04-16: Peel Session, Maida Vale Studio 3, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	2:23
1989	Winterlong		guitar	Pixies	3:09
1990-06-11	Allison (John Peel session, 11th June 1990) (live, 1990-06-11: Peel Session, Protocol, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	1:21
1990-06-11	Hang On to Your Ego (John Peel session, 11th June 1990) (live, 1990-06-11: Peel Session, Protocol, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	3:19
1990-06-11	Is She Weird (live, 1990-06-11: Peel Session, Protocol, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	2:53
1990-06-11	Velouria (John Peel session, 11th June 1990) (live, 1990-06-11: Peel Session, Protocol, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	3:26
1990-08-18	Allison (Mark Goodier session, 18th August 1990) (live, 1990-08-18: Mark Goodier Session, BBC Studios, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	1:13
1990-08-18	Ana (live, 1990-08-18: Mark Goodier Session, BBC Studios, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	2:14
1990-08-18	Monkey Gone to Heaven (live, 1990-08-18: Mark Goodier Session, BBC Studios, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	2:57
1990-08-18	Wave of Mutilation (Mark Goodier session, 18th August 1990) (live, 1990-08-18: Mark Goodier Session, BBC Studios, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	2:11
1991-06-23	Letter to Memphis (live, 1991-06-23: Peel Session, Maida Vale Studio 3, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	2:33
1991-06-23	Motorway to Roswell (John Peel session, 23rd June 1991) (live, 1991-06-23: Peel Session, Maida Vale Studio 3, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	3:37
1991-06-23	Palace of the Brine (John Peel session, 23rd June 1991) (live, 1991-06-23: Peel Session, Maida Vale Studio 3, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	1:39
1991-06-23	Subbacultcha (live, 1991-06-23: Peel Session, Maida Vale Studio 3, London, UK)		guitar	Pixies	2:08
1991	Alec Eiffel		electric guitar	Pixies	2:50
1991	Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons		electric guitar	Pixies	2:48
1991	Distance Equals Rate Times Time		electric guitar	Pixies	1:24
1991	Head On		electric guitar	Pixies	2:14
1991	Letter to Memphis		electric guitar	Pixies	2:40
1991	Lovely Day		electric guitar	Pixies	2:06
1991	Motorway to Roswell		electric guitar	Pixies	4:44
1991	Palace of the Brine		electric guitar	Pixies	1:34
1991	Planet of Sound		electric guitar	Pixies	2:06
1991	Space (I Believe In)		electric guitar	Pixies	4:19
1991	Subbacultcha		electric guitar	Pixies	2:10
1991	The Navajo Know		electric guitar	Pixies	2:20
1991	The Sad Punk		electric guitar	Pixies	3:00
1991	Trompe le Monde		electric guitar	Pixies	1:47
1991	U‐Mass		electric guitar	Pixies	3:01
	(Do What You Want) Gyaneshwar (live, 2008-02-28: Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands)		guitar	Black Francis	2:34
	All Around the World (live, 2008-02-28: Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands)		guitar	Black Francis	3:55
	All I Think About Now		guitar	Pixies	3:07
	All Over the World		electric guitar	Pixies	5:27
	All the Saints		guitar	Pixies	2:41
	Allison		electric guitar	Pixies	1:18
	Ana		electric guitar	Pixies	2:09
	Ana		electric guitar	Pixies	2:09
	Andro Queen		electric guitar	Pixies	3:23
	Angels Come to Comfort You (live, 2008-02-28: Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands)		guitar	Black Francis	4:42
	Another Toe in the Ocean		electric guitar	Pixies	3:46
	Baal’s Back		guitar	Pixies	1:54
	Bagboy		electric guitar	Pixies	4:53
	Bailey’s Walk		electric guitar	Pixies	2:24
	Bel Esprit		guitar	Pixies	3:12
	Bird of Prey		guitar	Pixies	2:37
	Blown Away		electric guitar	Pixies	2:20
	Blue Eyed Hexe		electric guitar	Pixies	3:12
	Bluefinger (live, 2008-02-28: Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands)		guitar	Black Francis	4:01
	Bone Machine		electric guitar	Pixies	3:09
	Bone Machine		guitar	Pixies	3:03
	Bone Machine		electric guitar	Pixies	3:03
	Boom Chicka Boom (live, 1986-12-15: The Fallout Shelter, University Of Massachusetts, MA, USA)		guitar	Pixies	3:06
	Break My Body		guitar	Pixies	2:06
	Brick Is Red		guitar	Pixies	2:01
	Broken Face (live, 1986-12-15: The Fallout Shelter, University Of Massachusetts, MA, USA)		guitar	Pixies	1:29
	Broken Face		guitar	Pixies	1:30
	Build High (live, 1986-12-15: The Fallout Shelter, University Of Massachusetts, MA, USA)		guitar	Pixies	1:28
	Build High		electric guitar	Pixies	1:42
	Cactus		guitar	Pixies	2:17
	Captain Pasty (live, 2008-02-28: Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands)		guitar	Black Francis	2:24
	Caribou (live, 1986-12-15: The Fallout Shelter, University Of Massachusetts, MA, USA)		guitar	Pixies	3:13
	Caribou		electric guitar	Pixies	3:14
	Catfish Kate		guitar	Pixies	3:08
	Cecilia Ann		electric guitar	Pixies	2:06
	Classic Masher		guitar	Pixies	2:37
	Crackity Jones		electric guitar	Pixies	1:24
	Dancing the Manta Ray		electric guitar	Pixies	2:14
	Daniel Boone		guitar	Pixies	4:52
	Dead		electric guitar	Pixies	2:21
	Dead Man’s Curve (live, 2008-02-28: Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands)		guitar	Black Francis	3:17
	Death Horizon		guitar	Pixies	2:05
	Debaser		electric guitar	Pixies	2:52
	Dig for Fire		electric guitar	Pixies	3:03
	Discotheque 36 (live, 2008-02-28: Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands)		guitar	Black Francis	4:20
	Distance Equals Rate Times Time		electric guitar	Pixies	1:17
	Dog		guitar family	Pigface	3:09
	Doggerel		guitar	Pixies	4:39
	Down to the Well		electric guitar	Pixies	2:29
	Down to the Well (live, 1986-12-15: The Fallout Shelter, University Of Massachusetts, MA, USA)		guitar	Pixies	2:01
	Dregs of the Wine		guitar	Pixies	3:30
	Ed Is Dead (live, 1986-12-15: The Fallout Shelter, University Of Massachusetts, MA, USA)		guitar	Pixies	2:47
	Evil Hearted You		electric guitar	Pixies	2:38
	Garbage Heap		guitar and harmonica	Black Francis	2:50
	Get Away Oil (live, 2008-02-28: Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands)		guitar	Black Francis	2:50
	Get Simulated		guitar	Pixies	3:18
	Gigantic (single version)		electric guitar	Pixies	3:14
	Gigantic		guitar	Pixies	3:55
	Gouge Away		electric guitar	Pixies	2:45
	Greens and Blues		electric guitar	Pixies	3:47
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	vocals
1989	Winterlong			Pixies	3:09
1991	Alec Eiffel			Pixies	2:50
1991	Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons			Pixies	2:48
1991	Distance Equals Rate Times Time			Pixies	1:24
1991	Head On			Pixies	2:14
1991	Letter to Memphis			Pixies	2:40
1991	Lovely Day			Pixies	2:06
1991	Motorway to Roswell			Pixies	4:44
1991	Palace of the Brine			Pixies	1:34
1991	Planet of Sound			Pixies	2:06
1991	Space (I Believe In)			Pixies	4:19
1991	Subbacultcha			Pixies	2:10
1991	The Navajo Know			Pixies	2:20
1991	The Sad Punk			Pixies	3:00
1991	Trompe le Monde			Pixies	1:47
1991	U‐Mass			Pixies	3:01
	(Do What You Want) Gyaneshwar (live, 2008-02-28: Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands)			Black Francis	2:34
	All Around the World (live, 2008-02-28: Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands)			Black Francis	3:55
	All Over the World			Pixies	5:27
	All the Saints		lead vocals	Pixies	2:41
	Allison			Pixies	1:18
	Ana		lead vocals	Pixies	2:09
	Ana			Pixies	2:09
	Andro Queen		lead vocals	Pixies	3:23
	Angels Come to Comfort You (live, 2008-02-28: Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands)			Black Francis	4:42
	Another Toe in the Ocean		lead vocals	Pixies	3:46
	Baal’s Back		lead vocals	Pixies	1:54
	Bagboy		background vocals	Pixies	4:53
	Bagboy		lead vocals	Pixies	4:53
	Bailey’s Walk			Pixies	2:24
	Bel Esprit		lead vocals	Pixies	3:12
	Bird of Prey		lead vocals	Pixies	2:37
	Blown Away			Pixies	2:20
	Blue Eyed Hexe		lead vocals	Pixies	3:12
	Bluefinger (live, 2008-02-28: Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands)			Black Francis	4:01
	Bone Machine		lead vocals	Pixies	3:09
	Bone Machine		lead vocals	Pixies	3:03
	Boom Chicka Boom (live, 1986-12-15: The Fallout Shelter, University Of Massachusetts, MA, USA)		lead vocals	Pixies	3:06
	Break My Body		lead vocals	Pixies	2:06
	Brick Is Red		lead vocals	Pixies	2:01
	Broken Face (live, 1986-12-15: The Fallout Shelter, University Of Massachusetts, MA, USA)		lead vocals	Pixies	1:29
	Broken Face		lead vocals	Pixies	1:30
	Build High			Pixies	1:42
	Build High (live, 1986-12-15: The Fallout Shelter, University Of Massachusetts, MA, USA)		lead vocals	Pixies	1:28
	Cactus		lead vocals	Pixies	2:17
	Captain Pasty (live, 2008-02-28: Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands)			Black Francis	2:24
	Caribou (live, 1986-12-15: The Fallout Shelter, University Of Massachusetts, MA, USA)		lead vocals	Pixies	3:13
	Caribou			Pixies	3:14
	Catfish Kate		lead vocals	Pixies	3:08
	Cecilia Ann			Pixies	2:06
	Classic Masher		lead vocals	Pixies	2:37
	Crackity Jones			Pixies	1:24
	Dancing the Manta Ray			Pixies	2:14
	Daniel Boone		lead vocals	Pixies	4:52
	Dead			Pixies	2:21
	Dead Man’s Curve (live, 2008-02-28: Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands)			Black Francis	3:17
	Death Horizon		lead vocals	Pixies	2:05
	Debaser			Pixies	2:52
	Die! Die! Die!			The Residents	4:05
	Dig for Fire			Pixies	3:03
	Discotheque 36 (live, 2008-02-28: Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands)			Black Francis	4:20
	Distance Equals Rate Times Time		lead vocals	Pixies	1:17
	Doggerel			Pixies	4:39
	Down to the Well (live, 1986-12-15: The Fallout Shelter, University Of Massachusetts, MA, USA)		lead vocals	Pixies	2:01
	Down to the Well			Pixies	2:29
	Dregs of the Wine			Pixies	3:30
	Ed Is Dead (live, 1986-12-15: The Fallout Shelter, University Of Massachusetts, MA, USA)		lead vocals	Pixies	2:47
	Evil Hearted You			Pixies	2:38
	Garbage Heap		lead vocals	Black Francis	2:50
	Get Away Oil (live, 2008-02-28: Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands)			Black Francis	2:50
	Get Simulated			Pixies	3:18
	Gigantic (single version)			Pixies	3:14
	Gigantic		lead vocals	Pixies	3:55
	Gouge Away			Pixies	2:45
	Greens and Blues		lead vocals	Pixies	3:47
	Half Man (live, 2008-02-28: Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands)			Black Francis	2:26
	Half Man		lead vocals	Black Francis	2:33
	Hang Wire			Pixies	2:01
	Haunted House			Pixies	3:32
	Havalina			Pixies	2:34
	Head Carrier		lead vocals	Pixies	3:37
	Head On		lead vocals	Pixies	2:08
	Here Comes Your Man			Pixies	3:22
	Hey		lead vocals	Pixies	3:18
	Hey			Pixies	3:31
	I Bleed			Pixies	2:35
	I Can’t Forget			Pixies	3:24
	I Sent Away		lead vocals	Black Francis	2:04
	I Sent Away (live, 2008-02-28: Doornroosje, Nijmegen, Netherlands)			Black Francis	2:14
	I’m Amazed (live, 1986-12-15: The Fallout Shelter, University Of Massachusetts, MA, USA)		lead vocals	Pixies	1:37
	I’m Amazed		lead vocals	Pixies	1:42
	I’ve Been Tired (live, 1986-12-15: The Fallout Shelter, University Of Massachusetts, MA, USA)		lead vocals	Pixies	2:43
	I’ve Been Tired		lead vocals	Pixies	2:51
	In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song) (live, 1986-12-15: The Fallout Shelter, University Of Massachusetts, MA, USA)		lead vocals	Pixies	1:42
	In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song) (live)			Pixies	1:47
	In the Arms of Mrs. Mark of Cain		lead vocals	Pixies	4:12
	Indie Cindy		lead vocals	Pixies	4:09
	Indie Cindy		lead vocals	Pixies	4:41
	Is She Weird			Pixies	3:01
	Isla de Encanta (live, 1986-12-15: The Fallout Shelter, University Of Massachusetts, MA, USA)		lead vocals	Pixies	1:49
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	instruments
	Doolittle		guitar	Pixies
	Doolittle		guitar	Pixies
	Doolittle		guitar	Pixies
	Doolittle		guitar	Pixies
	Doolittle		guitar	Pixies
	Doolittle		guitar	Pixies
	Doolittle		guitar	Pixies
	Surfer Rosa		guitar	Pixies
	Surfer Rosa / Come On Pilgrim		guitar	Pixies
	Surfer Rosa / Come On Pilgrim		guitar	Pixies
	Surfer Rosa / Come On Pilgrim		guitar	Pixies
	Surfer Rosa / Come On Pilgrim		guitar	Pixies
	Surfer Rosa / Come On Pilgrim		guitar	Pixies
	vocals
	Doolittle			Pixies
	Doolittle			Pixies
	Doolittle			Pixies
	Doolittle			Pixies
	Doolittle			Pixies
	Doolittle			Pixies
	Doolittle			Pixies
	Surfer Rosa			Pixies
	Surfer Rosa / Come On Pilgrim			Pixies
	Surfer Rosa / Come On Pilgrim			Pixies
	Surfer Rosa / Come On Pilgrim			Pixies
	Surfer Rosa / Come On Pilgrim			Pixies
	Surfer Rosa / Come On Pilgrim			Pixies
	composed
	[untitled]
	Alec Eiffel
	Allison
	Bailey’s Walk
	Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons
	Bone Machine
	Break My Body
	Brick Is Red
	Broken Face
	Build High
	Cactus
	Caribou
	Crackity Jones
	Dancing the Manta Ray
	Dead
	Debaser
	Distance Equals Rate Times Time
	Dog
	Ed Is Dead
	Garbage Heap
	Gigantic
	Gouge Away
	Half Man
	Here Comes Your Man
	Hey
	Humppaholisti
	I Bleed
	I Sent Away
	I’m Amazed
	I’ve Been Tired
	Into the White
	Isla de Encanta
	La La Love You
	Letter to Memphis
	Lovely Day
	Magdalena 318
	Make Believe
	Manta Ray
	Monkey Gone to Heaven
	Motorway to Roswell
	Mr. Grieves
	Nimrod’s Son
	No. 13 Baby
	Oh My Golly!
	Palace of the Brine
	Planet of Sound
	River Euphrates
	Santo
	Seven Fingers
	Silver
	Something Against You
	Space (I Believe In)
	Subbacultcha
	Tame
	The Holiday Song
	The Navajo Know
	The Sad Punk
	The Seus
	The Tale of Lonesome Fetter
	The Thing
	There Goes My Gun
	Threshold Apprehension
	Tony’s Theme
	Trompe le Monde
	U‐Mass
	Vaakabingo
	Vamos
	Velouria
	Velvety Instrumental Version
	Wave of Mutilation
	Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)
	Weird at My School
	When They Come to Murder Me
	Where Is My Mind?
	lyrics
	[untitled]
	Alec Eiffel
	All I Think About Now
	All the Saints
	Allison
	Baal’s Back
	Bailey’s Walk
	Bel Esprit
	Bone Machine
	Break My Body
	Brick Is Red
	Broken Face
	Build High
	Cactus
	Caribou
	Classic Masher
	Dancing the Manta Ray
	Down to the Well
	Garbage Heap
	Gigantic
	Gouge Away
	Half Man
	Head Carrier
	Here Comes Your Man
	I Sent Away
	I’m Amazed
	Into the White
	La La Love You
	Magdalena 318
	Make Believe
	Manta Ray
	Might as Well Be Gone
	Monkey Gone to Heaven
	No. 13 Baby
	Oh My Golly!
	Oona
	Plaster of Paris
	River Euphrates
	Santo
	Seven Fingers
	Something Against You
	Talent
	Tame
	Tenement Song
	The Holiday Song
	The Seus
	The Tale of Lonesome Fetter
	The Thing
	Threshold Apprehension
	Tony’s Theme
	Trompe le Monde
	Um Chagga Lagga
	Vamos
	Velouria
	Wave of Mutilation
	Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)
	Weird at My School
	When They Come to Murder Me
	Where Is My Mind?
	translated
	Evil Hearted You (Pixies Spanish version)
	wrote
	All Over the World
	Ana
	Andro Queen
	Another Toe in the Ocean
	Bagboy
	Bird of Prey
	Blown Away
	Blue Eyed Hexe
	Catfish Kate
	Daniel Boone
	Death Horizon
	Dig for Fire
	Doggerel
	Dregs of the Wine
	Get Simulated
	Greens and Blues
	Hang Wire
	Haunted House
	Havalina
	In the Arms of Mrs. Mark of Cain
	Indie Cindy
	Is She Weird?
	Jaime Bravo
	Levitate Me
	Long Rider
	Los Surfers Muertos
	Nomatterday
	On Graveyard Hill
	Pagan Man
	Ready for Love
	Ring the Bell
	Rock Music
	Silver Bullet
	Silver Snail
	Snakes
	St. Nazaire
	Stormy Weather
	The Happening
	The Lord Has Come Back Today
	There’s a Moon On
	This Is My Fate
	Thunder & Lightning
	Vault of Heaven
	What Goes Boom
	Who’s More Sorry Now?
	You’re Such a Sadducee

Black Francis (US singer, songwriter & guitarist)

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