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Atheist4Catholics
= Cult of Ray =
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 Posted - 08/24/2003 : 18:08:44
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I don't know if anyone has discussed this and perhaps it's too obvious to warrant discussion, but it seems apparant to me that Charles had always planned to strike out solo even from the beginning of the Pixies. My reasoning is that the stage name Frank Black is too perfect a transition from the name Blackie Francis. It seems to me that he must have thought of the name FB first and then turned it around to get BF. He was working on his first solo record even before the Pixies broke up, so what do you think? Does anyone know if his solo record was always slated to be released under the monniker Frank Black or did he decide to adopt that after the split?
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
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Posted - 08/24/2003 : 18:19:24
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I know that he picked the name Black Francis because his parents (father in particular?) said that if they ever had another son, that's what they would name him, so that's pretty solid evidence that name came first. As for the solo album, we can't forget that the Pixies recorded Brackish Boy, and that he recorded a version of Hang On To Your Ego while still with them. It was quite evident that he was the center of the band, and it only makes sense that the main guy go on a solo career after dropping his other band as long as he's gonna stay in the music biz. I would guess that he started recording as more a less a security thing...wanted something to present to the world that he was still an artist even tho he wasn't with the Pixies. Who knows, this is all theory, but well, that's the way I learned.
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Atheist4Catholics
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 08/24/2003 : 19:10:30
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That satisfies me! Next topic please...
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Jamie
- FB Fan -
USA
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Posted - 08/25/2003 : 12:05:55
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I think people originally thought the first solo album was going to be a one-off side project, and after that came out Charles would do the next Pixies album. And I think that was the original idea too, a one-off solo covers album. Of course, it didn't turn out that way.
Also I read somewhere that Charles switched the name because it was confusing. People didn't get it was supposed to be a first and last name. |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
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Posted - 08/25/2003 : 13:10:10
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Originally posted by Jamie
I think people originally thought the first solo album was going to be a one-off side project, and after that came out Charles would do the next Pixies album.
I never got that impression. When his first album came out, I thought the Pixies were done. |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
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Posted - 08/25/2003 : 14:52:34
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He first wanted to make a cover album with Eric Drew Feldman
but because he had to tour with the pixies it didn't happen
after their final tour he was ready to record an album
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