Frank’s Musical Bio 

Childhood

Born 1965

Parents’ record collection includes:

          Kenny Rogers

          The Fifth Dimension

          Burt Bacharat

          The Beatles

First album of his very own:

          The Beatles Yellow Submarine

First album he wore out:

          The Beatles Sergeant Pepper

The All Important Teenage Years

Life altering concert:

          Rush - 1981

New Wave/Punk Rock invades Frank’s brain

First New Wave albums owned:

Split Enz

The Human League

Graduated High School 1983

All Grown Up

Picks up guitar, teaches himself to play

1983-1984

Inspired by Boise's budding punk/wavo music scene, Frank joins with fellow alt enthusiasts to form The Pugs – a Cramps/Stray Cats inspired punk band

New musical influences:

          Echo And The Bunnymen

          The Clash

          Sex Pistols

1985-1986

          Plays with Stygian Shores – melodic instrumental group

1986-1989

          Jams with a few different groups that don’t really go anywhere

          Moves to Denver

          Moves back to Boise

New musical influences:

          Mudhoney

          Nirvana

          U-Men

1989-1991

Plays with Blank Frank and the Tattooed Gods – Sub Pop style band whose highlights include opening for Nirvana and Social Distortion (Mark attends this concert)

1991-2003

          Retires from the music scene, starts family

New musical influences:

Frank’s all over the map and finds something to appreciate in just about any type of music

2003-present

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