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Christopher Mark Sievey (25 August 1955 – 21 June 2010) was an English musician, comedian and artist known for fronting the band the Freshies in the late 1970s and early 1980s and for his comic persona Frank Sidebottom from 1984 onwards.
The band was founded by singer-songwriter and comedian Chris Sievey, whose best-known creation – comedy character Frank Sidebottom – originated as a mascot for the group. Over a four-year period between their formation and break-up in 1982, the Freshies released several singles, as well as three studio albums.
The track listing of the album was identical to that of the Beatles' original release, though the gibberish known as the "Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove" appears as part of Frank Sidebottom's appearance at the end of side one (performed by Little Frank, but cut off by Frank chiding him for doing it on the wrong side), as well as the end of side two, which is the original one running backwards.
Frank is a fictional story mostly inspired by Frank Sidebottom, the comic persona of Chris Sievey who is thought to have given his backing to the film before his death, but the plot was also inspired by other musicians [10] like Daniel Johnston, [14] Captain Beefheart, [15] and Frank Zappa. [15]
Examples of novelty football songs include "Vindaloo" by Fat Les, "Meat Pie, Sausage Roll", and numerous Frank Sidebottom songs. The Village People/Pet Shop Boys song "Go West" has also become popular, and an instrumental version of the music was used as the theme for the 2006 World Cup.
Their final song to appear on the charts was "Ignorance" (with Siobhan Maher Kennedy), which was on the UK chart at No. 72 for one week in November 1992. [1] The group performed on several TV shows between 1991 and 1993, including four appearances on Top of the Pops, plus The Hitman and Her and an episode of Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed ...
Frank Sidebottom also made an appearance. A home video of highlights, which was filmed on super 8 film, was released by Palace in November 1991. It can be viewed online on the BFI player [1] The bands credited on the tickets were as follows: [2]
Regal Zonophone was revived by EMI in 1985-86 for Frank Sidebottom, and again at the end of the 1990s as a reissue label curated by the UK band Saint Etienne. This incarnation of the label is no longer active, as EMI relaunched Regal and Zonophone as separate imprints of Parlophone.