Tomasz “Frantz” Lipinski is a Polish rock guitarist, lyricist, composer and singer.

He is the son of the satirist and caricaturist Eryk Lipinski, but was raised by his mother, for the first time meeting his father at the age of eight.

In 1975, Lipinski graduated from high school, and continued his education at Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.

In the summer of 1981, together with Robert Brylewski, Lipinski founded Brygada Kryzys, an influential new wave group in Poland.

After the dissolution of Brygada Kryzys, Lipinski shortly joined Izrael, later re-creating Tilt.