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David Byrne

As front man of New York new wave band Talking Heads, David Byrne became the king of oddball, art school rock in the 1980s, before turning to a solo career that has seen him dabble with brass bands, electronica and world music. His collaboration with legendary producer Brian Eno on the album 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts' (1981) used synths, percussive sounds and helped pioneer the use of sampling, before he took on Latin, Brazilian and Cuban styles on 'Rei Momo' (1989). He won an Academy Award for his soundtrack to the film 'The Last Emperor' and started his own label Luaka Bop...