Living Between the Lines is the debut solo LP from Frank Meyer.
A long time coming, Meyer’s been hinting at it for a while now with Bandcamp exclusive tracks, covers on tribute albums, acoustic solo shows, and his acclaimed collaboration album with Eddie Spaghetti of the Supersuckers.
Like the Eddie collab, LBTL is out on Kitten Robot Records. The 11-song album adds touches of blues and soul to Meyer’s expected high-energy rock ‘n’ roll, revealing a more mature voice. He is joined for duets by longtime friend and collaborator Lisa Kekaula of the Bellrays on the title track, Runaways icon Cherie Currie on “Piece of Me” and Spaghetti himself on “Partners In Crime.”
An award-winning musician, filmmaker and author, Meyer has a track record that covers rock ‘n’ roll, punk, heavy metal, blues, and country. Known for his work with everyone from Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famers James Williamson (Iggy & the Stooges) and Wayne Kramer (MC5) to legendary punk act FEAR, Meyer has carved out a career full of unlikely collaborations, hard work, searing guitar playing, and ace songwriting skills.
“It meant a lot to have these particular vocalists join me on my solo debut,” says Meyer. “Lisa and I go way back to my earliest days of the music scene in L.A.. Eddie is also an old friend and touring buddy, and was a big inspiration in making this album. Cherie saw the Streewalkin’ Cheetahs early on and helped us get signed. So all of them are dear to me and have been integral in my career.”
As kids, Frank and his brother (actor Breckin Meyer) put on plays and lip-sync concerts for their parents. By age 12, lil’ Frankie was playing guitar, writing songs and recording at Frank Zappa’s house with his childhood friends Ahmet and Dweezil. By age 15, he was gigging professionally around the ‘80s Hollywood club scene with his teenage high school band. In the mid-’90s, Meyer formed punk act the Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs, who went on to record many acclaimed albums, tour the world and carve out a niche as one of L.A.’s hardest working, hardest rocking bands. The band remains active with new releases and reissues out in stores on Rum Bar Records, Heavy Medication Records, and Ghost Highway Records, plus European and US touring activity.
Along the way, Frank also served as touring guitarist with Wayne Kramer, Cherie Currie, Sylvain Sylvain, Thor, Schoolhouse Rock’s Bob Dorough, Cheetah Chrome, and many others, culminating by joining legendary hardcore act FEAR in 2024 as rhythm guitarist. Meyer has spent the year touring and recording with FEAR,and was asked to join frontman Lee Ving’s country side-project band Range War.
It was through Dead Boys leader Cheetah Chrome that he met Iggy & The Stooges guitarist James Williamson, who tapped Meyer to front his band James Williamson and the Pink Hearts alongside violinist Petra Haden and a slew of top studio musicians. The album Behind the Shade (Leopard Lady Records) was released in 2018 with live shows to promote it. Meyer also co-wrote three songs on Williamson’s collaboration album with Radio Birdman guitarist Deniz Tek, Two To One on Cleopatra Records.
Meyer is also a successful author (On the Road with The Ramones, From Dude To Dad, and more) and award-winning documentary film director (Risen: The Story of Chron “Hell Razah” Smith, Freestyle 101: Hip-Hop History).
With the 2025 release of Living Between the Lines, Frank will embark on U.S. and European solo tours, both solo acoustic and with an electric backing band. He will be performing songs off the new album alongside material he’s written throughout his career. “This will be my first time touring under my own name,” says Meyer. “I’ve always been a band guy, but with Living Between The Lines, I am finally stepping out on my own. I dig it.”