David Byrne is an American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist of the rock band Talking Heads.
real name: David Byrne
labels: Todo Mundo, Warner Bros. Records, Luaka Bop, Nonesuch Records, Sire
genres: new wave, alternative rock
awards: Webby Lifetime Achievement Award, Academy Award for Best Original Score, Bessie Awards, David di Donatello for Best Score
plays: guitar, voice
member of: Talking Heads
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David Byrne was born on May 14, 1952, in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Two years after his birth, the family moved to Canada, settling in Hamilton, Ontario. When Byrne was eight or nine years old they moved to Arbutus, Maryland, in the United States, where his father worked as an electronics engineer at Westinghouse Electric Corporation and his mother later became a teacher. Byrne grew up speaking with a Scottish accent but adopted an American one to fit in at school.
Byrne started his musical career in a high school band called Revelation. Between 1971 and 1972, he was one half of a duo named Bizadi with Marc Kehoe. Their repertoire consisted mostly of songs such as "April Showers", "96 Tears", "Dancing on the Ceiling" and Frank Sinatra songs. He returned to Providence in 1973 and formed a band called the Artistics with fellow RISD student Chris Frantz. The band dissolved in 1974. Byrne moved to New York City in May that year, and in September of that year, Frantz and his girlfriend Tina Weymouth followed suit. After Byrne and Frantz were unable to find a bass guitar player in New York for nearly two years, Weymouth learned to play the instrument. While working day jobs in late 1974, they were...
During his time in the band, Byrne took on outside projects, collaborating with Brian Eno during 1979 and 1981 on the studio album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, which attracted acclaim for its early use of sampling and found sounds. Following this record, Byrne focused his attention on Talking Heads. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts was re-released for its 25th anniversary in early 2006, with new bonus tracks. In keeping with the spirit of the original album, stems for two of the songs' component tracks were released under Creative Commons licenses and a remix contest website was launched.
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