Talking Heads pose together as ’80s band reunites for the first time in 20 years after their bitter breakup
Talking Heads reunited for the first time in more than twenty years on Monday during a Q&A at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The iconic eighties band consisted of frontman David Byrne, bassist Tina Weymouth, drummer Chris Frantz and guitarist Jerry Harrison.
Formed in 1975, they achieved critical and commercial success creating hits such as Psycho Killer and Once in a Lifetime.
However, they announced their split in December 1991, with the band members, with the exception of David, briefly continuing to tour as Shrunken Heads.
They came together this week to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their concert film Stop Making Sense, which premiered in 1984.
Back together: Talking Heads reunited on Monday during a Q&A at the Toronto International Film Festival for the first time in more than 20 years (L-R Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison and David Byrne)
Back in the day: The iconic 1980s band consisted of frontman David Byrne, bassist Tina Weymouth, drummer Chris Frantz and guitarist Jerry Harrison (pictured in 1982)
After a screening of the film, they had a Q&A with filmmaker Spike Lee, during which Chris said, “It’s so good to be here tonight with my bandmates. It’s a long time ago.’
However, according to the LA Times, all four members sat in separate rows to watch the film, but claimed there were “(no) tensions on display.”
Jerry recently said that working together on the reworked film had been a “healing experience” for the group.
He said: ‘We get along great. It’s all very cordial and whatever. It’s not like we’re all best friends. But everyone is very happy to see this movie coming out again.
“We’re all united in the fact that we really love what we’ve done here. So that helps us talk to each other and get along.”
When the group broke up, Chris said that the breakup was caused by David and that he learned of his bandmate’s departure from an article in the Los Angeles Times.
He said at the time: ‘As far as we’re concerned, the band never really broke up. David has just decided to leave.
Reunion: They reunited this week for the 40th anniversary of their concert film, Stop Making Sense, which debuted in 1984
Q&A: After a screening of the film, they had a Q&A with filmmaker Spike Lee, during which Chris said, “It’s so good to be here tonight with my bandmates. It’s been a long time’ (L-R Spike Lee, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison, David Byrne and Gary Goetzman)
“We were never very satisfied with the way David handled the situation.”
David has spoken about his regrets over the way the band broke up, telling People last month: ‘As a younger person I wasn’t very pleasant to be around. When I worked on some Talking Heads shows, I was more of a little tyrant.
‘And then I learned to relax and I also learned that by working with people, both parties get more when there is a good relationship, instead of me telling everyone what to do.
“I don’t think (the ending) was handled well. It was quite ugly. I regret the way this was handled.
“I don’t think I did it in the best way, but I think it was inevitable that it would happen anyway.”
Coming Together: Jerry recently said that working together on the reworked film had been a ‘healing experience’ for the group (pictured in 2002)
Departure: When the group broke up, Chris said the breakup was caused by David (pictured) and that he had learned of his bandmate’s departure from an article in the Los Angeles Times