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Frank Black

After the Pixies formally broke up at the beginning of 1993, frontman Charles Thompson (aka Black Francis) switched identities, becoming Frank Black and swiftly recording a solo album which would bear his new name. In 1991, Frank was working on an album with producer Gil Norton that would eventually become Trompe Le Monde and released on 4AD by the Pixies. 

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