Phranque

Television:
Law & Order Organized Crime SN2 (2021)
Law & Order Organized Crime SN1 (2021) 
The Other Two (2021)
The Equalizer (2021) 
The Last O.G. (2021)
Dr. Death (2021)
Younger (2021)
Hunters (2020)
Ray Donovan (2019)
High Maintenance (2018) 
Broad City (2017)
House Of Buggin (1995)
The Adventures of Pete and Pete (1993)
Guiding Light (1990)
 

Bio

Frank L. Gallo (Phranque) started recording from a very young age with both of his parents Lou Gallo & Kate Vereau.  He was a card carrying sag member since preschool and by middle school he shifted to music as his main artistic medium.  His first band Anatomy released an ep in 2001 followed by his first full length lp the following year.

In 2005 Frank moved to Brooklyn and has gone on to make over 40 titles, including 35 lp’s with his bands Rolie Polie Guacamole, Karabas Barabas, Like Father Like Son & Phranque.

In 2003 Frank met Andrew Tuzhilin, the two would go on to become a prolific writing duo collaborating on nearly 200 songs.

Since 2008 their band Rolie Polie Guacamole have released 13 albums playing thousands of shows throughout the United States.  They have been streamed over a million times on Spotify and after going viral in 2024 thanks to a “Recess Therapy” video has become embedded in the subconscious of the TikTok generation.  In the video “How To Make A Number One Hit Song In A Day” Ike a five year old super fan famously said that his three favorite bands were “Rolie Polie Guacamole, Tom Petty and The Beatles”.  This clip has been reposted hundreds of millions of times and has taken on a life of its own.
 

Their most recent release “Rockamole” was recorded at Steve Albini’s famed Electrical Audio in Chicago after his passing.  However their alter ego band Karabas Barabas released their fourth album in May of 2024 which was recorded and mixed by Steve.  It mark the  3rd and final album Karabas Barabas recorded with Steve, and one of the last records he recorded and mixed.

Frank and his father Lou launched supergroup Like Father Like Son releasing their first album “Sun is a Star” in 2018.  The album features Dean Jones, Brady Ryder & Katie Ha Ha Ha.

He has also been releasing solo albums since 2005 under the name Phranque.  They went from lofi home recordings to a proper band starting with 2016’s Butcher The Scapegoat.  Followed by 13 (La Costa Nostra) (2021), which was recorded remotely during the pandemic.  Then came the odd yet endearing Uke rock Lp album Maholo Chicago (2022) & rock Ep Gallo (2025) which were both recorded and mixed at Electrical Audio by Taylor Hales.

The team that has developed through years of production have helped drive up the quality of the records.  It is lead by Grammy winning kindie guru Dean Jones who has worked on just about every release since 2015.  However recording with the likes of Steve Albini, Greg Norman, Taylor Hales, & Max Caselnova, really helped shape the way the records are crafted.  New York has some of the worlds most talented musicians Rossen Nedelchev, Josh Davis, Avery Brooks, Jonathan Ashley, Jane Scarpantoni, Isabel Hagen, Wil Ren, Katie Mullins and countless others have helped to build a truly epic wall of sound.