New York, 1976 - it's the Summer of Sam and the dirty halls of the infamous CBGB are filled with crowds clamouring for a rock band like no other.
Talking Heads were made up of art students, "military brats", and an Ivy League dropout - Chris Franz, the beautiful blonde bass player Tina Weymouth, the ineffably innovative and relentlessly hip lead singer David Byrne and Jerry Harrison. Post punk, post disco, their strange, vivid music was laced with elements of African pop, minimalism and Tin Pan Alley. No band in rock 'n' roll history was ever less mainstream yet so able at producing FM hits and MTV eye-candy.
Thirty years later with a string of unforgettable hits like 'Take Me To The River', 'Burning Down The House' and 'Psycho Killer', a Hollywood film of their live performances, and their extraordinary lead singer David Byrne's consciously anti-fashion look, Talking Heads have achieved the status of rock legends.
With unprecedented access to the original band members, 'Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa' is teaming with incident, rock personalities and fascinating musical insights. David Bowman charts the early years, the worldwide success and eventual acrimonious break-up of the band - vividly portraying their internal jealousies and all-out ego warfare, especially between David and Tina.
Capturing one of the most charismatic and individual groups of the 20th century in all their flaws and finery, 'Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa' is a rock biography destined to become a classic.
