Talking Heads

Little in the U.S. happens without titanic disputes. That goes for picking our greatest American bands, too.

Veteran producer Steve Lillywhite recalled the moment a case of mistaken identity resulted in Talking Heads starting to record an album track with someone who turned out to be a messenger.

David Byrne began his 'American Utopia' tour by drawing on material from his upcoming album and work with Talking Heads, St. Vincent and more.

David Byrne discussed his reasons for avoiding a Talking Heads reunion,

We look at how many ways Talking Heads' "Once in a Lifetime" has been interpreted over the years.

Jonathan Demme, the Academy Award-winning director of The Silence of the Lambs and several music documentaries, including Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense, has died.

It's clear now that this was a bellwether juncture for the band, its music and its future.

As the saying goes, artists have their entire life to make a debut album. The next one? Not so much.

After taking a brief hiatus to focus on separate projects, they regrouped with a newly reaffirmed sense of purpose.

It seems unlikely that we'll ever get new music from Talking Heads, but there are still unexplored corners of the band's legacy -- like 'Theme,' an instrumental track from their early years that's currently making the rounds online.