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The Frames is an influential Ireland|Irish musical band|band based mainly in Dublin. Founded in 1990, the group has released six albums and appeared in numerous music videos. The band's ex-bassist John Carney (director)|John Carney has become a film director, writing and directing the award-winning 2007 in film|2007 film ''Once (film)|Once''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907657/], which stars the band's singer/guitarist Glen Hansard[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0360598/], who wrote much of the music for the film.

History
The band has existed since 1990 and consists of survivors of Dublin's prolific early 1990s rock-and-roll scene. It has also been central to the development of the current crop of emerging Irish rock bands, including Turn (band)|Turn, and has toured with other Irish artists as support, including Damien Rice and Bell X1 (band)|Bell X1. In December 2004, Hansard appeared on stage to collaborate with singer/songwriter Paddy Casey. In 2007 The Frames toured Australia and New Zealand as the support act for Bob Dylan.

The name ''The Frames'' arose from Hansard's habit, at a young age, of fixing the bicycles of many of his friends. The large number of bicycle frames lying around his house led neighbours to dub it the "house with the frames". In a 2001 interview, Hansard said, "I worked in a bicycle shop for a little while, but the name came from... my ba... read all