Love Frank. Remember seeing him at Reading Fest 1993. He had the comedy tent in stitches and even sung a rendition of Panic.
He then headlined the comedy tent on the Sunday as the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow were not given a licence to perform.
Saw him more recently (before he died obviously) supporting John Cooper Clarke.
Chris wrote this tune (amongst others) "I'm In Love With The Girl On A Manchester Virgin Megastore Check-out Desk" they later had to change the name of it to "A Certain Manchester Megastore..."
According to Wikipedia a 14 year old Johnny Marr appeared at his house wanting to join the band