Frampton

Frampton is an English surname and place name, most famously associated with Peter Frampton, the British rock musician whose 1976 live album *Frampton Comes Alive!* became one of the best-selling records of its era.

The name occasionally appears in reference to his signature talk-box guitar sound: doing a Frampton on the guitar.

musician

Peter

Male name, means rock

songwriter · albums · hits · ballads · collaborations · recordings · performer · stage · entertainer · musicianship

guitar

talkbox

Mouth-controlled guitar effect

  • Les PaulGuitar and recording pioneer
  • soloPerformance by one
  • chordsSimultaneous note combinations

amplifier · riffs · tuning · fingerstyle · distortion · pedals · whammy · electric · acoustic · fretboard

live-album

concert

Live musical performance

show · tour · setlist · applause · encore · lights · soundcheck · venue · tickets · festival

surname

genealogy

Study of family descent

lineage · name · English · kinship · descent · relatives · pedigree · ancestors · legacy · origins

Opposites
musical style and commercial approach

FramptonLou Reed

Iggy Pop · Black Flag · Frank Zappa · The Velvet Underground · Sonic Youth

cultural credibility trajectory

FramptonTom Waits

Patti Smith · Neil Young · David Bowie · Lou Reed · Nick Cave

1970s rock musical style

FramptonLemmy

Black Sabbath · Sex Pistols · The Ramones · Iggy Pop · Johnny Rotten

Phrases
Family

frame, framed, framing, frames, framer, framers, Hampton

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G