Henry Frayne

Who is Henry Frayne?

Henry David Frayne is an Irish-American musician.

Frayne was the second guitarist of three in the long history of Champaign, Illinois' Ack-Ack, where he met Lynn Canfield, Brendan Gamble, Steve Shields and Joe Strell. He was a founding member of Area and The Moon Seven Times — new wave/ethereal music groups also from Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Through the 1980s, Frayne's music engaged the interest of fans and music professionals — culminating in the signing of The Moon Seven Times to Third Mind Records which subsequently became a part of Roadrunner Records

The Moon Seven Times recorded three CDs before being dropped by Roadrunner Records in 1997. Frayne, went back to a side project recorded in 1991 and released Lanterna, an instrumental album of driving shoegazing material featuring The Moon Seven Times trailblazing sonographer Brendan Gamble on drums and lyrics on "Down by the Seine" by Lynn Canfield.

Lanterna became the name of the project, as well as the album. Since the initial œuvre, Lanterna has shared four albums of recorded material, mostly via Badman Records.