Talking Heads

USA, 1975–1991

David Byrne's CBGB art-school band. Nervous minimal funk expanding into polyrhythmic Afro-futurism on Remain in Light — the thinking person's new wave.

Influenced by

• The Velvet Underground
• Parliament-Funkadelic
• James Brown
• Roxy Music

Influenced

• Radiohead
• Franz Ferdinand
• Arcade Fire
• Foals
• The Ting Tings
• LCD Soundsystem