| Performer / Band Name |
William "Wilson"
Franken
Spoken Word, Piano |
| Music Style / Genre |
Spoken Word / Comedy / Pianist |
| Original / Cover Material |
100% Original Material |
| Musical Influences |
Beatles, Kinks, Velvet Underground, Sex
Pistols, Small Faces, Easybeats, David Bowie |
| History of Performer / Band |
Born in Sedalia, Missouri. Did commercials
in New York as well as underground theatre. Taught college-level
English. Currently featuring at various clubs in San Francisco,
Oakland, Berkeley. |
| Press Reviews / Credits |
Featured in the Reno News & Review
and the East Bay Express. Featured performer
at Beastfest in Berkeley. Published in Huntington
Library Quarterly, 1999. |
| Albums / Where Available |
The Living Room (box set, 18 CDs, 20
hrs)
Best Of - Vol. 1 "This Is What 4 Looks Like"
Best Of - Vol. 2 "Putting Smiles On The Faces Of
Dead People"
Li ve At Simple Pleasures (video)
Live In Berkeley (video)
Yuletide Suicide (video)
Introduction To Shakespeare (video)
All title available directly from artist
415-794-7057 |
| Comments |
Devout Anglophile - worshipper of British
comedy. "I'm a human television set that refuses
to stay on the same channel." Talks backwards and
can impersonate Stephen Hawking. |
= Music samples available for download