History Creator / FrankSidebottom

Frank collaborated with many people over the course of his career, including [[Music/TheSmiths Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke]], [[Music/NewOrder Peter Hook]] and [[Series/TheRoyleFamily Caroline Aherne]]. He also performed covers of many, many musicians and groups, including: Music/CaptainBeefheart, Music/KylieMinogue and Music/TheFall. Famous Frank Fans include Music/{{Ultravox}} musician Midge Ure (who appeared on his 1990 television programme, ''Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show'') and alternative comedian Creator/StewartLee, who helped raise money for a statue of Frank to be erected in Timperley in 2013. A partial discography can be found [[https://www.discogs.com/artist/267701-Frank-Sidebottom here]].

* LeeroyJenkins: Chris played in a football team called the '' Temperley Big Shorts''. To the annoyance if his team he sometimes played in the Frank head and couldn't see the ball.

Frank Sidebottom was a 37-year-old man from the Manchester suburb of Timperley [[note]]although Timperley has historically been considered to be part of Cheshire, in recent years it come to be part of the Greater Manchester area[[/note]], where he lived with his mum. He had a wide and varied career in what he called "showbiz", even though his mum didn't approve--over the years he made music, radio programmes and two TV programmes, wrote a column for ''ComicBook/{{Oink}}'', provided commentary on Setanta Sport, founded his own football team ([[https://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/timperleybigshortsfc/41791/Home The Timperley Bigshorts]]) and made guest appearances on dozens of television programmes, including a regular feature on ITV children's show No.73 and the MTV Europe gameshow Remote Control. According to the liner notes of "A B C & D", his "Best of" compilation, between 1984 and 1994 he:

!! Tropes associated with Chris Sievey include...
* TheAlcoholic: Was one for years.
* BecomingTheMask: Friends and family have speculated that Chris become overly attached to and obsessed with his alter ego, to the detriment of the rest of his life.
* FanBoy: Was a major fan of ''Music/TheBeatles''.
* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Tended to spend money as fast as he got it and rarely paid bills. Fans had to raise money to stop him getting a pauper's funeral.

Soon afterwards inthe early eighties, Chris began a career as Frank. After a short-lived contract with EMI collapsed, he turned towards independent labels and continued his march towards chart domination.

* WritingAroundTrademark: ''The Freshies'' single, "I'm in Love with the Girl on a Certain Manchester Megastore Checkout Desk" was originally called "I'm in Love with the Girl on the Virgin Manchester Megastore Checkout Desk" but [[Creator/VirginRecords the Virgin Group]] threatened to sue.

* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Tended to spend money as fast as he got it and rarely paid bills. Fans had to raise money to stop him getting a pauper's funeral.

* BecomingTheMask: Friends and family have speculated that Chris become overly attached to and obsessed with his alter ego, to the detriment of the rest of his life.

BecomingTheMask: Friends and family have speculated that Chris become overly attached to and obsessed with his alter ego, to the detriment of the rest of his life.