- Developed his trademark singing style after a friend told him to scream The Beatles' "Oh Darling" "like you hate that b****!"
- Lead vocalist of the band Pixies.
- Black is referenced in the song "Fire Water Burn" by Bloodhound gang, with the lyric "I'm not black like Barry White, no, I'm white like Frank Black is". The song then pays homage to Black's band Pixies by rewriting several lines of their song "Monkey Gone to Heaven" from Pixies' seminal 1989 album "Doolittle".
- Frank and his wife Violet welcomed their second child, Lucy Berlin on April 21st. She was born at 5:30 am, weighing just under 8 lbs, 10 oz
- Was approached for the part of Victor Modino in Heavy (1995). He turned it down, saying he "didn't want to play that type of character".
- The Pixies reunited in 2004.
- First child, son Jack Errol Thompson, was born on 7 January 2005 in Springfield, Oregon.
- Black is referenced in the song "Veruca Salt Et Frank Black" by Vincent Delerm in the album Kensington Square [2004].
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