Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on May 2013
Bassist Tina Weymouth and Chris Franz formed Tom Tom Club more than three decades ago as a side project to their more famous bands, the Talking Heads. Freed from frontman David Byrne’s dominant personality, they produced a series of humorously funky, feel-good albums that were influential in the early ’80s dance music scene. Now they’re back with their first outing in a dozen years, Downtown Rockers, a shamelessly nostalgic throwback to the formative years of the downtown New York rock scene centered around legendary club CBGB. In Tokyo they’ll be reveling in the memories along with the assembled Japanese fifty- and sixty-somethings.
