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DAVID BYRNE

(Pronounced “Boy Howdy!”)

January 1, 1984

HOME: Burned it down!

AGE: Old enough to speak in tongues.

PROFESSION: Artiste with an e.

HOBBIES: Writing songs about buildings & food, spinning the Catherine Wheel, hangin’ out with Eno, watching Anthony Perkins in Psycho for physical inspiration, listening to African and funk records, preparing for life during wartime.

LAST BOOK READ: My Life In The Bush by John Holmes.

LAST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Making flippy floppy!

QUOTE: “Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa!”

PROFILE: Our boy Davey began jamming with his fellow Heads in New York during the initial days of the CBGB’s punk rock onslaught. Coming on dike the Campbell Soup Twins after shock treatment, the band evolved, turning funkier, getting involved with Brian Eno, and picking up on African polyrhythms before other white American rock acts. Numerous hit singles later, Byrne & his brainy cohorts have just scored the biggest LP of their career hence far...

BEER: Boy Howdy!

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