Jonathan Richman(I)
- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
Massachusetts native Jonathan Richman first gained fame as the frontman
for the legendary
The Velvet Underground-influenced
proto-punk band "The Modern Lovers", who recorded their first and only
album in 1973. The self-titled record included such classics as
"Roadrunner", "Pablo Picasso" and "She Cracked". Yet despite his punk
rock notoriety - "Roadrunner" was famously covered by
Sex Pistols - Richman had a musical
change of heart and resurfaced in 1977 with a new incarnation of his
band on the album "Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers", and a new
sound typified by simple, acoustic songs with sweet and often childlike
lyrics. He gained a loyal cult following and has continued to release
albums and tour. Richman made his first film appearance with a brief
cameo in the Farelly brothers' 1996 film,
Kingpin (1996), and later received some
of his most notable mainstream exposure when he sang tunes such as
"True Love is Not Nice" in 1998's Farelly smash-hit
There's Something About Mary (1998).
