BLACK FRANCIS (born Charles Thompson and a.k.a. Frank Black) is the founder, singer, guitarist, and primary creative force behind the acclaimed indie rock band the Pixies. Following the band’s breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career under the name Frank Black. He re-formed the Pixies in 2004 and continues to release solo records and tour as a solo artist, having readopted the Black Francis stage name in 2007.
JOSH FRANK is a writer, producer, director, and composer. He is the author of Fool the World: The Oral History of the Band Called Pixies and In Heaven Everything Is Fine: The Unsolved Life of Peter Ivers and the Lost History of New Wave Theatre. Frank has worked with some of the most innovative musicians, filmmakers, producers, and artists in the entertainment industry, including Black Francis, David Lynch, Mark Vonnegut, and Harold Ramis. He has interviewed more than four hundred of America’s most notable names in show business for his books and screenplays. In his spare time he runs his mini urban drive-in movie theaters in Austin, Texas, and Miami, Florida.
STEVEN APPLEBY is an absurdist. He is the creator of comic strips for newspapers, a radio series for the BBC, a musical theatre show, and the animated television series Captain Star. He has published over twenty-five books, and his paintings and drawings have appeared in numerous gallery exhibitions and, notably, on the Pixies’ album Trompe Le Monde. He lives, works, and daydreams among his unusual family in London.
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