Group

Tom Tom Club

From: Nassau, United States
Since: 1981–present
Releases: 26

About

Tom Tom Club is an American new wave band founded in 1981 by husband-and-wife team Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth as a side project from Talking Heads. Their best known songs include the UK top 10 hit "Wordy Rappinghood" and the US top 40 hit "Genius of Love", both from their 1981 debut album, and a cover of The Drifters' "Under the Boardwalk" that reached the UK top 30.

From Tom Tom Club on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Adrian Belew now
Mystic Bowie now
Tyrone Downie now
Chris Frantz now · original member
Roddy Frantz now
Bruce Martin now
Steve Scales now
Steven Stanley now
Alex Weir now
Tina Weymouth now · original member

Discography

Albums 6

EPs 1

Genius of Love (Vinyl) 1981 Apple Music

Singles 10

Live 6

Compilations 1

Hits Year unknown

Other 2

Links

Listen

Official

tomtomclub.net

Social

Buy

Reference

Also known as

The Tom Tom Club

Tags

classic pop and rock

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: 3dc66525-d359-406d-9cdf-cdd3a7de289c
ISNI: 0000000121796448

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 6 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.