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===1992–present: Post-breakup and reunions=== Harrison produced records such as the [[Violent Femmes]]' ''[[The Blind Leading the Naked]];'' the [[Fine Young Cannibals]]' ''[[The Raw and the Cooked (album)|The Raw and the Cooked]];'' [[General Public]]'s ''[[Rub It Better]];'' [[Crash Test Dummies]]' ''[[God Shuffled His Feet]];'' [[Live (band)|Live]]'s ''[[Mental Jewelry]]'', ''[[Throwing Copper]]'', and ''[[The Distance to Here]];'' and [[No Doubt]]'s song "New" from ''[[Return of Saturn]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jerry Harrison {{!}} Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jerry-harrison-mn0000330961/credits|work=Allmusic|access-date=May 1, 2014}}</ref> Frantz and Weymouth have produced for several artists, including [[Happy Mondays]] and [[Ziggy Marley]]. Tom Tom Club continues to record and tour intermittently.<ref name="allmusic_tomtom_bio">{{cite web|last=Ruhlmann|first=William|title=Tom Tom Club – Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tom-tom-club-mn0000611929/biography|access-date=May 4, 2014|work=Allmusic}}</ref>[[File:Talking Heads SXSW by Ron Baker.jpg|alt=|thumb|left|Weymouth, Frantz, and Harrison at [[SXSW]] in 2010]] Talking Heads reunited to play "Life During Wartime", "Psycho Killer", and "Burning Down the House" on March 18, 2002, at the ceremony of their induction into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], joined onstage by former touring members [[Bernie Worrell]] and Steve Scales.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Greene|first=Andy|title=Flashback: Talking Heads Reunite for One Night Only |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/flashback-the-talking-heads-reunite-for-one-night-only-20121023|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 23, 2012|access-date=May 4, 2014}}</ref> Byrne said further work together was unlikely, due to "bad blood" and being musically "miles apart".<ref name="age">{{cite news |last=Blackman |first=Guy |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/Music/Byrning-down-the-house/2005/02/04/1107476787488.html |title=Byrning down the house |work=The Age |location=Australia|date=February 6, 2005|access-date=October 3, 2009}}</ref> Weymouth has been critical of Byrne, describing him as "a man incapable of returning friendship"<ref name="age" /> and saying that he did not "love" her, Frantz, and Harrison.<ref name="Bass Player" /> In 2020, Frantz published a memoir about his relationship with Weymouth, ''Remain in Love'', which covered the band's conflicts.<ref name=rollingstone-aug16-2023>{{Cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=August 16, 2023 |title=Talking Heads to Appear Together for First Time in 21 Years |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/talking-heads-appear-together-first-time-21-years-1234807644/ |access-date=August 17, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Weymouth, Frantz, and Harrison toured without Byrne as Shrunken Heads in the early 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wilonsky|first=Robert|date=October 21, 1999|title=Heads up|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/heads-up-6397139|access-date=August 1, 2020|website=Dallas Observer}}</ref> In 1996, they released an album, ''[[No Talking, Just Head]]'', under the name the Heads. The album featured a number of vocalists, including [[Gavin Friday]] of [[the Virgin Prunes]], [[Debbie Harry]] of [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], [[Johnette Napolitano]] of [[Concrete Blonde]], [[Andy Partridge]] of [[XTC]], [[Gordon Gano]] of [[Violent Femmes]], [[Michael Hutchence]] of [[INXS]], [[Ed Kowalczyk]] of [[Live (band)|Live]], [[Shaun Ryder]] of [[Happy Mondays]], [[Richard Hell]], and [[Maria McKee]].<ref name=allmusic_notalking>{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|title=No Talking Just Head – The Heads|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/no-talking-just-head-mw0000079013|work=Allmusic|access-date=May 1, 2014}}</ref> It was accompanied by a tour with Napolitano as the vocalist. Byrne took legal action to prevent the band using the name the Heads, which he saw as "a pretty obvious attempt to cash in on the Talking Heads name".<ref name="rs-byrne-ing">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.davidbyrne.com/music/cds/feelings/feelings_press/feelings_RollingStone_interview.php |title=Byrne-ing Down the House|author=Levine, Robert |date=June 26, 1997|magazine=Rolling Stone |via=DavidByrne.com |access-date=October 31, 2009}}</ref> The band briefly reunited in 1999 to promote the 15th anniversary re-release of ''Stop Making Sense'', but did not perform together.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sragow |first1=Michael |title=Talking Heads talk again |url=https://www.salon.com/1999/04/27/heads/ |website=Salon |date=April 27, 1999 |access-date=December 3, 2021}}</ref> In September 2023, ''Stop Making Sense'' was re-released in [[IMAX]] with remastered sound and picture to coincide with the film's 40th anniversary.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stop Making Sense |url=https://www.imax.com/movies/stop-making-sense |access-date=September 24, 2023 |website=imax.com |date=August 16, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The band members reunited that month for a Q&A at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]], following limited showings of the film in theaters,<ref name=rollingstone-aug16-2023/><ref>{{cite web |last=Inskeep |first=Steve and Reena Advani, Phil Harrell, Daoud Tyler-Ameen |date=September 22, 2023 |title=The everyday can be just fine |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/09/22/1200623785/talking-heads-stop-making-sense-interview |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=Morning Edition |publisher=NPR |quote=the new release's remastered sound and picture, projected in... IMAX}}</ref> and gave subsequent interviews together to promote the re-release.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Talking Heads on the return of 'Stop Making Sense' |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/talking-heads-on-the-return-of-stop-making-sense/ |date=September 24, 2023|access-date=October 5, 2023 |publisher=CBS News|website=CBS Sunday Morning|language=en}}</ref> With regard to the possibility of a reunion tour, Harrison told the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'': "Right now, we're concentrating on ''Stop Making Sense'' and how much fun we're having revisiting the film. We're living in the moment, so that's all we're thinking about."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tannenbaum|first1=Rob|title=A once-in-a-lifetime reunion: Talking Heads on 'Stop Making Sense,' the Big Suit and their future|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-09-20/talking-heads-stop-making-sense-rerelease |access-date=September 24, 2023|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 20, 2023}}</ref> In January 2024, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' reported that Talking Heads had turned down an $80 million offer for a reunion tour, which would have included a performance at [[Coachella (festival)|Coachella]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Brooks |first1=Dave |title=Coachella Wanted a Talking Heads Reunion, Too |url=https://www.billboard.com/business/touring/coachella-wanted-talking-heads-reunion-1235593270/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 1, 2024}}</ref> [[File:Stop Making Sense, Pantages Theater panel (2024) (5-3 cropped).jpg|thumb|Talking Heads with [[Andy Richter]] (seated to the left), [[Pantages Theater (Tacoma, Washington)|Pantages Theater]], June 2024]] In 2023 and 2025 Harrison and Belew toured with a large band performing a set of ''Remain in Light'' songs.<ref>https://postpunkmonk.com/2023/06/12/harrison-belew-cool-cool-cool-remain-in-light-tour-a-gift-we-never-expected/</ref><ref>https://www.brooklynvegan.com/talking-heads-jerry-harrison-adrian-belew-announce-2025-remain-in-light-tour-dates/</ref>
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