Best known for his groundbreaking
tenure fronting the new wave group Talking Heads,
David Byrne's solo work, while not as successful,
was no less adventurous, encroaching upon such
diverse media as world music, filmmaking, and
performance art. Born May 14, 1952, in Dumbarton,
Scotland, Byrne was raised in Baltimore, MD. The son
of an electronics engineer, he played guitar in a
series of teenage bands before attending the
prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, where,
feeling alienated from the largely upper-class
student population, he dropped out after one year.
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