Frantz and Weymouth continued to issue albums with the Tom Tom Club during this time (1983's Close to the Bone, 1988's Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom), but none proved to be as commercially successful as their debut. The Talking Heads regrouped a year later, and returned stronger than ever, scoring the biggest-selling albums of their career (1983's Speaking in Tongues, 1984's Stop Making Sense, 1985's Little Creatures, 1986's True Stories). The Tom Tom Club's resulting self-titled debut was issued in late 1981, and spawned a surprise hit with 'Genius of Love' (which would be sampled years later on both Mariah Carey's 'Fantasy,' and on the X-ecutioners' 'Genius of Love 2002'). Named the Tom Tom Club, the group also included contributions from members of the Talking Heads' touring band at the time (guitarist Adrian Belew and percussionist Steven Stanley), as well as from Weymouth's sisters. With extra time on their hands, both Frantz and Weymouth (who had become one of rock's finest bassists by this time), decided to form a fun studio-project. But the constant strain of the recording-touring cycle began to wear on the group, and they took a brief hiatus during the early '80s. Over the course of three more albums (1978's More Songs About Buildings and Food, 1979's Fear of Music, 1980's Remain in Light) and several instant radio standards ('Psycho Killer,' 'Take Me to the River,' 'Life During Wartime,' 'Once in a Lifetime'), the Talking Heads became one of the world's leading new wave groups. 1977 saw the release of the group's debut album, Talking Heads: 77, as well as Frantz and Weymouth's marriage. In 1976, the trio expanded to a four-piece (with the addition of former Modern Lovers keyboardist Jerry Harrison), and soon after, signed on with Sire Records. Changing their name to the Talking Heads, the trio began playing regularly at the then-new downtown club CBGB's, where they held down a regular slot alongside such other up-and-coming acts as Blondie, the Ramones, Television, Patti Smith, etc. Byrne and Frantz began playing music together again, and when they found it hard to find a bassist who shared their admiration for such cult groups as the Velvet Underground and the Modern Lovers, Weymouth picked up the bass herself and signed on. They agreed, and in September of 1974, the former school chums were reunited once more. Byrne was the first of the group to graduate, and after relocating to New York City, recommended that Frantz and Weymouth do the same. While a student at the Rhode Island School of Design during the early '70s, Weymouth befriended a local group, the Artistics, which included singer/guitarist David Byrne and drummer Chris Frantz, the latter of whom Weymouth would eventually begin dating. Although Weymouth first picked up a guitar at the age of 14, she failed to stick with it, despite developing a deep admiration for such '60s hitmakers as the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Peter, Paul & Mary. Born on November 22, 1950, in Coronado, CA, Weymouth's family moved quite a bit early on, as her father served in the Navy. One of the first bassists to merge funk with punk/alternative music was the Talking Heads' Tina Weymouth.

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