Black Francis is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Born Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV, his interest in music began at a young age. He formed the band ‘Pixies’ with his friend Joey Santiago, bassist Kim Deal, and drummer David Lovering. When the band released their mini-album ‘Come on Pilgrim’, he adopted the name ‘Black Francis’. Their first full-length album was ‘Surfer Rosa’. Soon other albums such as ‘Bossanova’ and ‘Trompe le Monde’ followed with lyrics to songs written mostly by him. The album ‘Doolittle’ with songs like ‘Debaser’ and ‘Monkey Gone to Heaven’ was critically acclaimed. After the Pixies split, he adopted the ‘Frank Black’, and released an eponymous album in collaboration with Eric Feldman. The album ‘Teenager of the Year’ showed a marked deviation in style. Along with Lyle Workman, David McCaffrey and Scott Boutier, he formed the band ‘Frank Black and the Catholics’, and released an album of the same name; other notable albums were ‘Pistolero’, ‘Dog in the Sand’, ‘Black Letter Days’, ‘Devil’s Workshop’, and ‘Show Me Your Tears’. He released a few solo albums, as well, including ‘Christmass’, ‘Frank Black 93-03’, ‘Bluefinger’, and the mini-album ‘Svn Fngrs’.