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Tom Tom Club is an American new wave band founded in 1981 by husband-and-wife team Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth and as a side project from Talking Heads.
Tom Tom Club is the debut studio album by American new wave band Tom Tom Club, released in 1981, containing the UK hit singles "Wordy Rappinghood", which reached No. 7 in June 1981 and "Genius of Love", which reached No. 65 in October of the same year.
The Tom Tom Club was created by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth in 1981. Graduates from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1974, they moved to New York City where they founded Talking Heads as a trio with David Byrne in 1975. Chris played drums, Tina played bass and David sang and played guitar.
" Wordy Rappinghood " is the debut single by American new wave band Tom Tom Club, from their 1981 self-titled debut album. It uses part of a traditional Moroccan children's song and game, "A Ram Sam Sam", made popular by the 1971 Rolf Harris recording.
Tom Tom Club, the side project of Talking Heads members Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, arguably did more than anybody to bring South Bronx hip-hop into white man’s mainstream (Rick Rubin...
If Talking Heads was the antidote to conceptually dull rock ’n roll, Tom Tom Club was the remedy to its art school preoccupation. Formed in 1981 by husband and wife duo, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, the rhythm-section splinter group sought a more honest and explicit connection to their funk and r&b roots.
With the finalization of the Heads’ career at the end of the decade, the Tom Tom Club ceased to be an alternate musical outlet for Chris and Tina. Configured as a quartet with guitarist Mark Roule and keyboardist Bruce Martin, the group became the couple’s primary creative endeavor on Dark Sneak Love Action.
Tom Tom Club is an American new wave band founded in 1981 by husband-and-wife team Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth and as a side project from Talking Heads.
Sep 22, 2023 · Watch the legendary band perform in a rare acoustic set at the NPR Music offices. Tom Tom Club artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music.
Mar 6, 2017 · With the help of the Weymouth sisters and several Jamaican legends (including Tyrone Downie and Sticky Thompson), Tom Tom Club’s self-titled album fuses dub, funk, rap, new wave, and synthpop to create a truly distinctive sound.
