Talking Heads

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musical group new wave band rock band

Talking Heads were an influential American new wave band formed in the 1970s, known for their art-rock sensibilities, innovative music videos, and the distinctive vocals and songwriting of frontman David Byrne.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Talking Heads canonical 33
Talking Heads (touring band) 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical group ⓘ
new wave band ⓘ
rock band ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1991 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1975 ⓘ
associatedAct Brian Eno ⓘ
David Byrne ⓘ
Jerry Harrison ⓘ
Tom Tom Club ⓘ
awardReceived Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfInduction 2002 ⓘ
formedIn 1975 ⓘ
genre art rock ⓘ
avant-pop ⓘ
dance-rock ⓘ
funk rock ⓘ
new wave ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
worldbeat ⓘ
hasPart Tom Tom Club ⓘ
influenced alternative rock ⓘ
art pop ⓘ
indie rock ⓘ
influencedBy African music ⓘ
funk ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
member Chris Frantz ⓘ
David Byrne ⓘ
Jerry Harrison ⓘ
Tina Weymouth ⓘ
movement New Wave ⓘ
surface form: new wave

post-punk ⓘ
notableFeature David Byrne’s distinctive vocals ⓘ
art-school aesthetic ⓘ
innovative music videos ⓘ
notableWork (Nothing But) Flowers ⓘ
And She Was ⓘ
Burning Down the House ⓘ
Fear of Music ⓘ
Life During Wartime ⓘ
Little Creatures ⓘ
More Songs About Buildings and Food ⓘ
Naked ⓘ
Once in a Lifetime ⓘ
Psycho Killer ⓘ
Remain in Light ⓘ
Road to Nowhere ⓘ
Speaking in Tongues ⓘ
Stop Making Sense ⓘ
Take Me to the River ⓘ
Talking Heads: 77 ⓘ
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) ⓘ
True Stories (film) ⓘ
surface form: True Stories

Wild Wild Life ⓘ
performedAt CBGB ⓘ
placeOfOrigin New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
recordLabel Sire Records ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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Ramones → associatedAct → Talking Heads ⓘ
David Byrne → notableWork → Talking Heads ⓘ
David Byrne → memberOf → Talking Heads ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records → hasArtist → Talking Heads ⓘ
Jonathan Demme → notableCollaboration → Talking Heads ⓘ
Craig Leon → associatedWith → Talking Heads ⓘ
Tony Bongiovi → workedWith → Talking Heads ⓘ
Brian Eno → associatedAct → Talking Heads ⓘ
Phish → influencedBy → Talking Heads ⓘ
Ed Stasium → associatedAct → Talking Heads ⓘ
Sire Records → notableArtist → Talking Heads ⓘ
Tom Tom Club → influencedBy → Talking Heads ⓘ
Tom Tom Club → associatedBand → Talking Heads ⓘ
Tina Weymouth → notableWork → Talking Heads ⓘ
Tina Weymouth → memberOf → Talking Heads ⓘ
Roxy Music → hasInfluenced → Talking Heads ⓘ
Adrian Belew → memberOf → Talking Heads ⓘ
this entity surface form: Talking Heads (touring band)
Adrian Belew → associatedAct → Talking Heads ⓘ
Modest Mouse → influencedBy → Talking Heads ⓘ
Remain in Light → artist → Talking Heads ⓘ
Remain in Light → performer → Talking Heads ⓘ
Remain in Light → producer → Talking Heads ⓘ
Remain in Light → composer → Talking Heads ⓘ
Speaking in Tongues → artist → Talking Heads ⓘ
Speaking in Tongues → performer → Talking Heads ⓘ
Speaking in Tongues → producer → Talking Heads ⓘ
Stop Making Sense → featuresBand → Talking Heads ⓘ
Stop Making Sense → musicBy → Talking Heads ⓘ
Rei Momo → previousWorkByArtist → Talking Heads ⓘ
True Stories (film) → musicBy → Talking Heads ⓘ
subject surface form: True Stories
Bad Liar (Selena Gomez song) → inspiredBy → Talking Heads ⓘ
Devo → influenced → Talking Heads ⓘ
X-Press 2 → associatedAct → Talking Heads ⓘ
Patti Smith Group → associatedAct → Talking Heads ⓘ