Peter Frampton Biography

Fast Facts

• Started his first band, called the Little Ravens, when he was 10
• Childhood friends with David Bowie
• Released five albums with Humble Pie before going solo in 1971
• His 1976 double live album, Frampton Comes Alive!, is one of the best-selling live albums of all time
• Uses a talk box, dubbed "The Framptone," on famous hits "Do You Feel Like We Do" and "Show Me the Way
• " Named Rolling Stone's Artist of the Year in 1976
• Decided to become a United States citizen after the 9/11 attacks
• Has a cameo in Cameron Crowe's 2000 film Almost Famous, for which he also served as a technical advisor
• He portrays a road manager for Humble Pie, his real-life former band