'Live At The Club House' Found The Iconic Group Performing At Peak Energy For A Collection Of Friends In Their Home Studio And Traveling Their Catalog From “Genius Of Love" And “Wordy Rappinghood" To Their Signature Covers Of Al Green's “Take Me To The River" And Hot Chocolate's “You Sexy Thing".

This live was recorded shortly after the September 11 tragedy, converting the stress and paranoia of the times into positive energy.

“We have a really exciting band and wanted to record the band for posterity while we were all together," Chris says. “Who knew if we would still be all together in the future? This was in October immediately following the harrowing events of September 11 and we wanted to do something positive and fun to counteract the sad and confused feeling people were experiencing at the time."

The Tom Tom Club was formed by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth in 1981. Graduates from the Rhode Island School of Design, they moved to New York City where they founded the Talking Heads as a trio with David Byrne in 1975. Chris played drums, Tina played bass and David sang and played guitar. In early 1981, the Talking Heads took a hiatus after five years of touring internationally and four studio albums. Chris and Tina began the Tom Tom Club and signed with Chris Blackwell and Island Records.

“Genius Of Love" Has Been Prominently Sampled Since The Early Days Of Hip Hop, From Grandmaster Flash To Mariah Carey And Tupac Shakur To T.I.; On The New Tom Tom Club Release, 'Genius Of Live,' Artists Like Ozomatli, Money Mark And The Pinker Tones Tackle The Track.

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Tom Tom Club 'Genius of Live'

'Genius Of Live' Will Be Released September 28th; It Will Feature Select Tracks From Tom Tom Club's Album 'Live At The Club House' As Well As A Latin Alternative Remix Tribute To The Timeless Smash Hit “Genius Of Love".