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caption = Pixies, pictured early in their career – Black Francis, Mrs. John Murphy (Kim Deal), Dave Lovering, and Joey Santiago| |
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origin = [[Boston, Massachusetts]]| |
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| name = Pixies |
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| image = Pixies live at The Anthem DC - Jun 10 2023.jpg |
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| caption = The Pixies performing in 2023. From left: Joey Santiago, Black Francis, Paz Lenchantin, David Lovering |
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years_active = 1986–1993<br />2004–present| |
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record_label = [[4AD Records|4AD]]<br />[[Elektra Records|Elektra]]<br />Spin Art<br />Artemis| |
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| origin = [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S. |
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current_members = [[Black Francis]]<br />Mrs. John Murphy ([[Kim Deal]])<br />[[Dave Lovering]]<br />[[Joey Santiago]] | |
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| genre = {{hlist|[[Alternative rock]]|[[indie rock]]|[[noise pop]]|[[punk rock]]|[[surf rock]]}} |
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past_members = | |
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| discography = [[Pixies discography]] |
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*1986–1993 |
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*2004–present |
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'''Pixies''' are an [[alternative rock]] music group. They formed in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] in 1986 and disbanded in 1993, then reunited in 2004. Pixies found only modest success in their home, the [[United States]], but were significantly more successful in the [[United Kingdom]] and elsewhere in [[Europe]]. |
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*[[4AD]] |
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*[[Elektra Records|Elektra]] |
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*[[Cooking Vinyl]] |
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*[[Spin Art Records|Spin Art]] |
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*Artemis |
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*Pixiesmusic |
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*[[PIAS Recordings|PIAS]] |
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*[[BMG Rights Management|BMG]] |
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}} |
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| associated_acts = {{flatlist| |
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*[[The Amps]] |
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*[[The Breeders]] |
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*[[Frank Black and the Catholics]] |
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*[[Grand Duchy (band)|Grand Duchy]] |
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*[[The Martinis]] |
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*[[The Muffs]] |
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*[[The Pandoras]] |
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*[[A Perfect Circle]] |
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*[[The Entrance Band]] |
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*[[Band of Skulls]] |
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}} |
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| current_members = *[[Black Francis]] |
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*[[Joey Santiago]] |
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*[[David Lovering]] |
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*Emma Richardson |
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[[Frank Black|Black Francis]] a.k.a. Frank Black (real name Charles Thompson) (vocals, [[guitar]]), [[Joey Santiago]] (lead guitar), [[Kim Deal]] ([[bass guitar]], vocals), and [[Dave Lovering|David Lovering]] ([[drum]]s) have been the group's continual members. Their melodic music is distinctive, but draws upon elements of [[punk rock|punk]], with occasional touches of [[surf music]] and other genres. |
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| past_members = *[[Kim Deal]] |
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Francis was the group's primary [[songwriter]] and singer; with a distinctly desperate, yowling delivery, he typically wrote cryptic songs about offbeat subjects, such as [[unidentified flying objects]] and [[surrealism]]. Violent [[Biblical]] imagery and references to mental instability, physical injury, and [[incest]] also feature highly in much of his work.[http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Broken-Face-lyrics-Pixies/066B7FFC6B469406482568A2003A5B20] Deal contributed songs as well, and her often feathery voice acted as an oddly effective counterbalance to Francis (Incidentally, the then-married Deal was credited as "Mrs. John Murphy" on the first few Pixies records). |
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*[[Paz Lenchantin]] |
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The<!--- WP:THE policy: "If a band is officially known without a definite article, but the members typically refer to their group as "the (Name)" in everyday speech, then the definite article should be included in running prose."" ---> '''Pixies''' are an American [[alternative rock]] band from [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]] formed in 1986 by [[Black Francis]] (vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriter), [[Joey Santiago]] (lead guitar), [[Kim Deal]] (bass, vocals) and [[David Lovering]] (drums). The pop sound influenced acts such as [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[Radiohead]], [[the Smashing Pumpkins]] and [[Weezer]]. |
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Musically, it has been argued that Pixies were ahead of their time. Right at the moment they were imploding, [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] was recording ''[[Nevermind]]'', the album that would break [[alternative rock]] into the mainstream. There are substantial parallels between the two groups' sounds and [[Kurt Cobain]] was known to have been a fan—in fact, in a [[Rolling Stone magazine|Rolling Stone]] interview he claimed "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]" was his failed attempt to write a Pixies song. This comment, allied with similar tributes by other [[Grunge]] bands, generated a retrospective interest in Pixies from the mainstream music buying public. |
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The Pixies are associated with the 1990s [[alternative rock]] boom, and draw on elements including [[punk rock]] and [[surf music|surf rock]]. Their music is known for dynamic "loud-quiet-loud" shifts and song structures. Francis is the primary songwriter; his often surreal lyrics cover offbeat subjects such as extraterrestrials, incest, and biblical violence. |
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==History== |
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The band was formed in 1986 in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] by Joey Santiago and Black Francis (born Charles Thompson IV). Bassist Kim Deal later joined Santiago and Francis after responding to a classified ad Francis had placed, seeking a bassist who liked both [[folk music]] icons [[Peter, Paul and Mary]] and [[hardcore punk]]ers [[Hüsker Dü]]. She also suggested that they pick up drummer David Lovering, whom she had met at her wedding reception. |
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The Pixies achieved modest popularity in the US but were more successful in Europe. Their popularity grew after their breakup, leading to a 2004 reunion and sold-out world tours. Deal left in 2013, and was replaced by [[Kim Shattuck]] as a touring bassist. She was replaced that year by [[Paz Lenchantin]], who became a full member in 2016. With Lenchantin, the Pixies recorded the albums ''[[Indie Cindy]]'' (2014), ''[[Head Carrier]]'' (2016), ''[[Beneath the Eyrie]]'' (2019) and ''[[Doggerel (album)|Doggerel]]'' (2022). Lenchantin departed in 2024, replaced by Emma Richardson, formerly of [[Band of Skulls]]. The ninth <!--not including Come On Pilgrim which is a mini-album-->Pixies album, ''The Night the Zombies Came,'' is scheduled for October 2024. |
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They arrived at a name ('Pixies') after Santiago selected the word randomly from a dictionary. The group was originally named 'Pixies in Panoply', but soon shortened it to 'Pixies'. |
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== History == |
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Pixies began playing shows in the Boston area, and during a concert with [[Throwing Muses]], the band was noticed by [[Gary Smith (record producer)|Gary Smith]], a producer at [[Fort Apache Studios]]. Smith became the band's manager and produced a 17 track demo (known as the "Purple Tape", publicly released in 2002). |
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=== Formation (1986) === |
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The demo fell into the hands of [[Ivo Watts-Russell]], owner of [[4AD Records|4AD]], who signed the band. Eight tracks from the demo were selected for the ''[[Come on Pilgrim]]'' [[extended play|EP]], the band's first release. The title was a lyric in the song "Levitate Me," which came from a catchphrase used by '70s Christian folk singer Larry Norman during his live concerts: 'Come on Pilgrim, you know He loves you'. (Incidentally, Black Francis would later record one of Norman's songs during his solo career as Frank Black, plus share one concert stage with Norman.) ''Come on Pilgrim'' showcased much of the Pixies' variety and set up the beginnings of many trends in their music. It includes two songs partly sung in Spanish ("Vamos" and "Isla de Encanta"), two songs that explicitly refer to incest ("Nimrod's Son" and "The Holiday Song"), three songs with religious references ("Caribou", "Nimrod's Son", and "The Holiday Song"). Beyond lyrical trends, ''Come on Pilgrim'' displayed Santiago's propensity for erratic lead, Kim Deal's sweet harmonies, and Black Francis's amazing vocal range, from screaming to simple, traditional melodies. |
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[[File:BlackFrancisTroxy.jpg|thumb|Founding member and principal songwriter [[Black Francis]]]]Guitarist [[Joey Santiago]] and songwriter [[Black Francis]] (born Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV) met when they lived next to each other in a suite while attending the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]].<ref name="SPIN Life Pixies">{{harvnb|Spitz|2004}}</ref> Although Santiago was worried about distractions, he noticed Francis played music and the pair began to jam together.<ref name=ganz>{{harvnb|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=11}}</ref> Francis embarked on a student exchange trip to Puerto Rico to study Spanish.<ref name="SPIN Life Pixies" /> After six months, he returned to Amherst and dropped out of the university.<ref name=sisario>{{harvnb|Sisario|2006|pp=12–13}}</ref> Francis and Santiago spent 1984 working in a Boston-area warehouse, with Francis composing songs on his acoustic guitar and writing lyrics on the subway train.<ref name=ganz2>{{harvnb|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=13}}</ref> |
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The pair formed a band in January 1986.<ref name="allmusic-bio">{{harvnb|Erlewine (Pixies Biography)}}</ref> Two weeks later, Francis placed an advertisement seeking a bass player who liked both the folk act [[Peter, Paul and Mary]] and the alternative rock band [[Hüsker Dü]].<ref name=ganz3>{{harvnb|Frank|Ganz|2005|pp=13–14}}</ref> [[Kim Deal]] was the only respondent, and arrived at the audition without a bass, as she had never played one before.<ref name=ganz4>{{harvnb|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=15}}</ref><ref name=sisario2>{{harvnb|Sisario|2006|p=14}}</ref> She was invited to join as she liked the songs Francis showed her. She obtained a bass, and the trio started rehearsing in Deal's apartment.<ref name="Frank|Ganz|2005|p=20">{{harvnb|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=20}}</ref> |
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''Come on Pilgrim'' was followed quickly by the band's first full-length album, ''[[Surfer Rosa]]'', recorded by [[Steve Albini]] and released in early 1988. ''Surfer Rosa'' gained the Pixies acclaim throughout the musical world. Artists and groups such as [[David Bowie]], [[Radiohead]], [[U2]], and many others attest to the immense importance and appreciation of the album by musicians. |
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After recruiting Deal, Kim paid for her sister, [[Kelley Deal]], to fly to Boston and audition as drummer. Though Francis approved, Kelley was not confident in her drumming, and was more interested in playing songs written by Kim; she later joined Kim's band the [[The Breeders|Breeders]].<ref name=Chick>{{harvnb|Chick|2008}}</ref> Kim's husband suggested they hire [[David Lovering]], whom Kim had met at her wedding reception.<ref name=ganz6>{{harvnb|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=18}}</ref><ref name=sisario3>{{harvnb|Sisario|2006|pp=8–9}}</ref> The group arrived at a name after Santiago selected the word "[[pixie]]s" randomly from a dictionary, liking how it looked and its definition as "mischievous little [[elves]]".<ref name="SPIN Life Pixies" /> The Pixies moved rehearsals to Lovering's parents' garage in mid-1986<ref name="Frank|Ganz|2005|p=20" /> and began to play shows at bars in the Boston area.<ref name="SPIN Life Pixies" /> |
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The Pixies' third album, ''[[Doolittle (album)|Doolittle]]'', featured the prominent singles "[[Here Comes Your Man]]" and "[[Monkey Gone to Heaven]]." It was a top 10 hit in the UK and reached the top 100 in [[North America]]. |
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=== ''Come On Pilgrim'' (1987) === |
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After ''Doolittle'', the Pixies temporarily went on hiatus. Black Francis played some solo gigs, while Kim Deal formed [[The Breeders]] with Tanya Donelly of [[Throwing Muses]]. During this time, Black Francis limited Deal's contributions to the band; the first three albums had been partly written by Deal, but when ''[[Bossanova]]'' was released in 1990, all the original songs were by him. Deal was not pleased, and unilaterally announced an apparent break-up of the band on-stage during the following tour. Pixies were at the height of their popularity, however, and while headlining at the [[Reading Festival]] in 1991, they played a highly enthusiastic version of "[[Debaser]]" which has become legendary among fans. |
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While the Pixies were playing a concert with [[Throwing Muses]], they were noticed by the producer [[Gary Smith (record producer)|Gary Smith]], the manager of [[Fort Apache Studios]].<ref name="allmusic-bio"/> He told them he "could not sleep until you guys are world famous".<ref name="officialprofile">{{harvnb|Pixies (4AD)}}</ref> Funded by Francis' father at the cost of $1000, the Pixies spent three days recording a 17-track demo at Fort Apache, known as the [[Pixies (EP)|''Purple Tape'']] for its purple cover.<ref name="Sisario, 2006. p. 16">{{harvnb|Sisario|2006|p=16}}</ref> The promoter Ken Goes became the Pixies' manager, and he passed the demo to [[Ivo Watts-Russell]] of the independent record label [[4AD]].<ref name="SPIN Life Pixies" /> Watts-Russell found the Pixies too normal and "too rock 'n' roll", but signed them at the persuasion of his girlfriend.<ref name=sisario5>{{harvnb|Sisario|2006|p=17}}</ref> |
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Upon signing with 4AD, eight tracks from the Purple Tape were selected for the ''[[Come On Pilgrim]]'' mini-LP, the Pixies' first release.<ref name="allmusic-bio"/> Francis drew upon his experiences in Puerto Rico, mostly in the songs "Vamos" and "Isla de Encanta", describing the poverty in Puerto Rico and singing in loose Spanish.<ref name="officialprofile"/> The religious lyrics and later albums came from his parents' [[born-again Christian]] days in the Pentecostal Church.<ref name="officialprofile"/> The critic Heather Phares identified themes such as sexual frustration ("I've Been Tired") and incest ("Nimrod's Son" and "The Holiday Song").<ref>{{harvnb|Phares (Come On Pilgrim)}}</ref> |
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Break-up announcements notwithstanding, one more album was to follow. ''[[Trompe le Monde]]'', released in 1991 still featured little input from Deal and wasn't as critically well-regarded as their first few albums. However, finding Pixies fans who actually dislike ''[[Trompe le Monde]]'' is far more rare than critics would make it seem. |
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=== ''Surfer Rosa'' and ''Doolittle'' (1988–1989) === |
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Following the release and an uncomfortable tour supporting fans [[U2]], Pixies went on sabbatical and focused on separate projects. In early 1993, Francis announced on a radio interview that the band was finished, unbeknownst to the other members of the band. |
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''Come On Pilgrim'' was followed by the Pixies' first full-length album, ''[[Surfer Rosa]]''. It was recorded by [[Steve Albini]],<ref name=ganz7>{{harvnb|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=75}}</ref> completed in two weeks, and released in early 1988.<ref name="officialprofile"/> ''Surfer Rosa'' gained the Pixies acclaim in Europe; both ''[[Melody Maker]]'' and ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'' named it their "Album of the Year". American critical response was positive but more muted, a reaction that persisted for much of the Pixies' career.<ref name=sisario6>{{harvnb|Sisario|2006|pp=19–20}}</ref> ''Surfer Rosa'' was eventually [[Music recording certification|certified gold]] in the US in 2005.<ref>{{harvnb|50 Cent Cashes In}}</ref> The Pixies arrived in England to support Throwing Muses on the European "Sex and Death" tour, beginning at the [[Mean Fiddler]] in London.<ref name=ganz8>{{harvnb|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=94}}</ref> The tour also took them to the Netherlands, where the Pixies had already received enough media attention to be headlining the tour. The tour became notable for the band's in-jokes, such as playing their entire [[set list]] in alphabetical order.<ref name="allmusic-bio"/> |
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The Pixies signed an American distribution deal with the major record label [[Elektra Records|Elektra]].<ref name="allmusic-bio" /> Around this time, they struck up a relationship with the British producer [[Gil Norton]]. Norton produced their second full album, ''[[Doolittle (album)|Doolittle]]'',<ref name=carew>{{harvnb|Carew}}</ref> which was recorded in the last six weeks of 1988 and seen as a departure from the raw sound of ''Come On Pilgrim'' and ''Surfer Rosa''. ''Doolittle'' had a much cleaner sound, largely due to Norton and the production budget of [[United States dollar|US$]]40,000, which was quadruple that of ''Surfer Rosa''.<ref name=sisario7>{{harvnb|Sisario|2006|p=47}}</ref> ''Doolittle'' featured the single "[[Here Comes Your Man]]", which biographers Josh Frank and Caryn Ganz describe as an unusually jaunty and pop-like song for the band.<ref name=ganz9>{{harvnb|Frank|Ganz|2005|pp=118–9}}</ref> "[[Monkey Gone to Heaven]]" was popular on alternative radio in the US, reaching the top 10 on the ''Billboard'' [[Alternative Airplay|Modern Rock Tracks]],<ref>{{harvnb|Pixies: Awards}}</ref> and the single entered the Top 100 in the U.K.<ref>{{harvnb|Roach|2008|p=320}}</ref> Like ''Surfer Rosa'', ''Doolittle'' was acclaimed by fans and music critics alike.<ref name="carew" /> ''Doolittle'' was their first album to enter into the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], peaking at 98.<ref>{{harvnb|Pixies Chart History – Billboard 200}}</ref> In the UK, the album was a commercial success, reaching number 8 in the [[UK Albums Chart|Albums Chart]].<ref name="UK Chart">{{harvnb|Pixies full Official Chart history}}</ref> |
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===After the breakup=== |
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Black Francis renamed himself [[Frank Black]], and released three solo albums. He then went on to form a band with Scott Boutier, Eric Drew Feldman, Rich Gilbert, David McGaffrey, and Dave Phillips called Frank Black and the Catholics, who released six albums with a more stripped down, country tinge than Black's solo work. In 2005, Black released his fourth solo album, [[Honeycomb]], featuring a mellow, Catholics style approach and backing from seasoned [[Nashville]] musicians. He is preparing a fifth album from the same sessions, [[The Sicilian]], for a 2006 release. |
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=== Break (1989–1990) === |
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Deal returned to the [[Breeders]], and scored a hit with "Cannonball" from that group's ''Last Splash'' in 1993. However, for several years they struggled to produce another [[album (music)|album]], mainly due to her sister and fellow bandmember, Kelly's, struggles with [[heroin]]. The album, ''Title TK'', finally appeared in 2002, with only Kim and Kelley remaining from the previous Breeders lineup. Kim Deal has also recorded with [[The Amps]]. |
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After ''Doolittle'', tensions between Deal and Francis came to a head (for example, Francis threw a guitar at Deal during a concert in [[Stuttgart]]),<ref name=ganz10>{{harvnb|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=132}}</ref> and Deal was almost fired from the band when she refused to play at a concert in [[Frankfurt]].<ref name=aston>{{harvnb|Aston|1997}}</ref> Santiago, in an interview with ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'', described Deal as being "headstrong and want[ing] to include her own songs, to explore her own world" on the band's albums; eventually she accepted that Francis was the singer and had musical control of the band, but after the Frankfurt incident, "they kinda stopped talking".<ref name=aston/> The band became increasingly tired during the post-''Doolittle'' "Fuck or Fight" tour of the United States and fighting among members continued.<ref name=carew/> After the tour's final date in New York City, the band was too exhausted to attend the end-of-tour party the following night and soon announced a hiatus.<ref name="allmusic-bio"/> |
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During this time, Santiago and Lovering went on vacation<ref name=carew/> while Francis performed a short solo tour,<ref name="allmusic-bio"/> made up of a number of concerts to generate gas money as he traveled across the country.<ref name="SPIN Life Pixies" /> Deal formed a new band, [[the Breeders]], with [[Tanya Donelly]] of [[Throwing Muses]] and bass player [[Josephine Wiggs]] of Perfect Disaster.<ref name=breedersbiography>{{harvnb|Erlewine (Breeders Biography)}}</ref> Their debut album, ''[[Pod (The Breeders album)|Pod]]'', was released in 1990.<ref name=breedersbiography/><ref>{{harvnb|Phares (Pod)}}</ref> |
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Lovering went on to play in alt-rock band Cracker before becoming a magician and making occasional appearances as a "[[The Scientific Phenomenalist]]", performing experiments on stage and sporadically opening for Frank Black. He also drummed on one of [[Tanya Donelly]]'s solo albums. |
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=== ''Bossanova'' and ''Trompe le Monde'' (1990–1992) === |
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Santiago has appeared on Frank Black's solo albums, on an album by eccentric indie-rock musician [[Charles Douglas]] called ''Statecraft'' in 2004, writes music for [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] television, and has a band called [[The Martinis]] with his wife, [[Linda Mallari]]. They released their debut album, ''Smitten'', in 2004. |
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[[File:PixiesTicket1990.jpg|thumb|A Pixies ticket from October 1, 1990]]In 1990, all members of the group except Deal moved to Los Angeles.<ref name=ganz12>{{harvnb|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=172}}</ref> Lovering stated that he, Santiago, and Francis moved there "because the recording studio was there".<ref name=ganz13>{{harvnb|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=74}}</ref> Unlike previous recordings, the band had little time to practice beforehand, and Black Francis wrote much of the album in the studio.<ref name=ganz14>{{harvnb|Frank|Ganz|2005|pp=175–76}}</ref> Featuring the singles "[[Velouria]]" and "[[Dig for Fire]]", ''[[Bossanova (Pixies album)|Bossanova]]'' reached number 70 in the United States.<ref>{{harvnb|Billboard 200: Week of September 15, 1990}}</ref> In contrast, the album peaked at number three in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{harvnb|Roach|2009|p=216}}</ref> Also in 1990, the Pixies released a cover of the [[Paul Butterfield|Paul Butterfield Blues Band's]] "Born in Chicago" on the compilation album ''[[Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary]]''.<ref name=allmu3>{{harvnb|Heilman}}</ref> |
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The band continued to tour and released ''[[Trompe le Monde]]'' in 1991, their final album before their break-up. The album included "U-Mass", which has been described as being about college apathy,<ref name=magnet>{{harvnb|Fritch|2001}}</ref> and whose guitar riff was written years before at the University of Massachusetts before Francis and Santiago dropped out.<ref name=magnet/> The album also featured a cover of "[[Head On (song)|Head On]]" by [[the Jesus and Mary Chain]].<ref>{{harvnb|Phares (Trompe le Monde)}}</ref> Also that year, the band contributed a cover of "I Can't Forget" to the [[Leonard Cohen]] [[tribute album]] ''[[I'm Your Fan]]'',<ref>{{harvnb|Erlewine (I'm Your Fan)}}</ref> and began an international tour on which they played stadiums in Europe and smaller venues in the United States. They supported [[U2]] on the lucrative US leg of their [[Zoo TV Tour]] in 1992.<ref name=barton/> Tensions rose among band members, and at the end of the year, the Pixies went on sabbatical and focused on separate projects.<ref name=barton>{{harvnb|Barton|2005}}</ref> |
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===Reunion=== |
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[[Image:Pixies in Kansas City, October 1, 2004.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Pixies in concert in [[Kansas City]], [[October 1]], [[2004]]]] |
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In the 11 years since the band broke up, there were a number of rumors that would circulate regarding reunion tours. Roughly once a year (often on [[April Fool's Day]]) someone would be led to believe that the band had reunited. |
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=== Breakup and solo projects (1993–2003) === |
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Pixies would play their second "postbreakup" concert on [[April 13]] at The Fine Line Music Cafe in downtown [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]] and a 15 concert warmup tour of the western [[United States]] and [[Canada]], culminating in the performance at the [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]]. Tickets for shows on this tour often sold out minutes after going on sale despite some rather moderately sized Canadian cities such as [[Winnipeg, Manitoba|Winnipeg]] and [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]] being stops. |
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In early 1993, Francis announced in an interview with [[BBC Radio 5 (former)|BBC Radio 5]] that the Pixies were finished, without telling the other members of the band. He offered no explanation at the time.<ref name="allmusic-bio" /> He later called Santiago and notified Deal and Lovering via [[fax]].<ref name=sisario8>{{harvnb|Sisario|2006|p=7}}</ref> |
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After the breakup, the members embarked on separate projects. Black Francis renamed himself Frank Black,<ref>{{harvnb|Erlewine (Frank Black Biography)}}</ref> and released several solo albums, including a string of releases with [[Frank Black and the Catholics]].<ref name="fbatcr">{{harvnb|Frank Black and the Catholics: Releases}}</ref> Deal returned to the Breeders, who achieved a hit single, "[[Cannonball (Breeders song)|Cannonball]]", from their platinum-selling ''[[Last Splash]]'' in 1993, and released more albums several years later.<ref name="breedersbiography" /> She also formed [[the Amps]], who released one album.<ref name="village">{{harvnb|Grose|2002}}</ref> |
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This was followed by a three-month world tour and four-month return to the US, ending on [[December 18]] at the [[Hammerstein Ballroom]] in [[New York City]] (see [http://www.pixiesmusic.com/live_04.php tour dates] for detailed information). |
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Santiago played lead guitar on a number of Frank Black albums<ref>{{harvnb|Frank Black: Credits}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Teenager of the Year: Credits}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Show Me Your Tears: Credits}}</ref> and other artists' albums.<ref>{{harvnb|Stuff: Credits}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|In Pursuit of Your Happiness: Credits}}</ref> He wrote music for the television show ''[[Undeclared (TV series)|Undeclared]]'' and theme music for the film ''[[Crime and Punishment in Suburbia]]''.<ref name="martinis">{{harvnb|News (The Martinis)}}</ref> He formed [[the Martinis]] with his wife, Linda Mallari, and released the album ''[[Smitten (The Martinis album)|Smitten]]'' in 2004.<ref name="martinis" /> In 2004, he also played lead guitar on the album ''Statecraft'' by the novelist and musician [[Charles Douglas (musician)|Charles Douglas]].<ref>{{harvnb|Weingarten|2004}}</ref> Lovering became a magician and performed a style of magic he called "scientific phenomenalism".<ref name="laweekly">{{harvnb|Albert|2003}}.</ref> He was temporarily a member of the Martinis, and later drummed with the band [[Cracker (band)|Cracker]].<ref name="laweekly" /><ref>{{harvnb|Phares (The Martinis: Biography)}}</ref> |
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In the spring of 2004, 4AD released ''[[Wave of Mutilation: The Best of the Pixies]]'' and a companion DVD which features a full concert (filmed in 1988 in London), the music videos, and a documentary on Pixies. A "new retrospective compilation CD" is set for release in the near future. Many of the reunion shows, including that April 13 show in Minneapolis, were sold by [http://pixies.disclive.com/ DiscLive] in sets of 1,000. The entire edition size has now sold out. |
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4AD and Elektra Records continued to release Pixies material: the best-of album ''[[Death to the Pixies]]'' (1997),<ref>{{harvnb|Erlewine (Death to the Pixies 1987–1991)}}</ref> the Peel-session compilation ''[[Pixies at the BBC]]'' (1998),<ref>{{harvnb|Pixies at the BBC}}</ref> and the ''[[Complete 'B' Sides]]'' compilation (2001).<ref name=b-sides>{{harvnb|Black|2001}}</ref> In 2002, material from the Pixies' original 17-track demo tape was released as an EP, ''[[Pixies (EP)|Pixies]]'', on [[Cooking Vinyl]] in the U.K.<ref>{{harvnb|Pixies: Releases}}</ref> and [[SpinART Records]] in the U.S.;<ref>{{harvnb|Pixies (SpinART Records)}}</ref> Black has also used these labels to release solo work<ref>{{harvnb|Frank Black: Releases}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Black Francis: Releases}}</ref> and albums with the Catholics.<ref name="fbatcr" /><ref>{{harvnb|Frank Black and the Catholics (SpinART Records)}}</ref> Their song "Where is My Mind" was played during the ending scene of the movie ''[[Fight Club]]'' in 1999, providing the song to a new generation of fans. |
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Later in 2004, the band released its first song since ''Trompe le Monde''. Penned and predominantly sung by Deal, the song was titled "Bam Thwok." It was an iTunes-only single, and as soon as it was released, the track shot to #2 on the list of best-selling songs on iTunes, a position which it held for some time. While some fans loved the song and others hated it (most of the lyrics, according to Deal, were taken from a children's book), the band's return was generally welcome by fans of Alternative music. |
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=== Reunion (2003–2012) === |
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On December 13, 2004, the band appeared on [[The Late Show With David Letterman]], performing "Monkey Gone to Heaven" from [[Doolittle]]. Then, on January 29, 2005, a 13-song Pixies performance taped at [[KLRU]] studios in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]] in October 2004 appeared on [[Austin City Limits]] on [[PBS]]. |
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[[File:Pixies in Kansas City, October 1, 2004.jpg|alt=|thumb|The Pixies in concert in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], October 1, 2004. From left to right, Frank Black, David Lovering (back) and Kim Deal.]] |
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[[File:Pixies2009.jpg|thumb|right|The Pixies in 2009]] |
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In the years following the Pixies' breakup, Black dismissed rumors of a reunion,<ref name="SPIN Life Pixies" /><ref name=magnet/><ref>{{harvnb|Frank Blacks Out Pixies Reunion}}</ref> but incorporated an increasing number of Pixies songs in his sets with the Catholics,<ref name=mendel>{{harvnb|Mendelssohn|2005|pp=152, 168, 191}}</ref> and occasionally included Santiago in his solo work and Lovering's magic show as an opening act to concerts.<ref name="SPIN Life Pixies" /> In 2003, a series of phone calls among band members resulted in some low-key rehearsals, and soon the decision to reunite.<ref name="SPIN Life Pixies" /> By February 2004, a full tour was announced,<ref>{{harvnb|Pixies to Reunite for Tour – Official!}}</ref> and tickets for nearly all the initial tour dates sold out within minutes.<ref>{{harvnb|Pixies sell out!}}</ref> |
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The Pixies played their first reunion concert on April 13, 2004, at the Fine Line Music Cafe in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]].<ref>{{harvnb|Lash|2005}}</ref> A warm-up tour through the U.S. and Canada (in which all dates were recorded and released as individual limited-edition CDs) was followed by an appearance at the [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]].<ref name="allmusic-bio"/><ref>{{harvnb|Moss|2004}}</ref> The band then spent much of 2004 touring in locations including Europe and the UK.<ref name="allmusic-bio"/> The group won the Act-of-the-Year award in the 2004 ''Boston Music Awards''.<ref>{{harvnb|Boston Music Awards 2004}}</ref> The 2004 reunion tour grossed over $14 million in ticket sales.<ref>{{harvnb|Kot|2004}}</ref> |
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On May 26, 2005, Pixies began their 2005 tour in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]]. They played two shows that day, one at 7:45 PM and one at 11:45 PM. [http://www.pixiesdiscs.com/ Pixiesdiscs] are now recording and selling their shows. The Pixies headlined the 2005 Lollapalooza concert on their North American Tour and also played at several European venues such as the [[Reading and Leeds Festivals]] and in [[Edinburgh]] supported by Scottish rockers [[Teenage Fanclub]] and [[Idlewild (band)|Idlewild]] as part of the T on the Fringe music festival. |
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In June 2004, the band released a new song, "[[Bam Thwok]]" exclusively on the [[iTunes Music Store]]; it reached number one in the [[UK Official Download Chart]].<ref name=regist>{{cite web | url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/28/download_chart_lives/ | title=Pixies top UK download chart | author=Oates, John|date=June 28, 2004|work=The Register|access-date=September 10, 2006}}</ref> 4AD released ''[[Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies|Wave of Mutilation: The Best of Pixies]]'', along with a companion DVD, ''Pixies''.<ref>{{harvnb|Phares (Wave of Mutilation: The Best of Pixies)}}</ref> The band also contributed a rendition of "Ain't That Pretty at All" to the [[Warren Zevon]] tribute album ''[[Enjoy Every Sandwich: Songs of Warren Zevon|Enjoy Every Sandwich]]''.<ref>{{harvnb|Deming}}</ref> |
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In late 2005, Pixies embarked on tour with [[Weezer]] across North America (see [http://www.weezer.com/events/default.asp?Year=2005 Weezer's tour dates]). On August 4th, 2005 Pixies played their first-ever acoustic concert at The Egg at [[Albany, New York]]'s Empire State Plaza. This was unannounced, as the first official acoustic concert was at the Newport Folk Festival two days later. That was recorded for both a DVD and for a [http://www.pixiesdiscs.com/index.php?eventid=27 limited-edition CD]. |
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In 2005, the Pixies made appearances at festivals including [[Lollapalooza]],<ref>{{harvnb|Ford|2005}}</ref> "T on the Fringe",<ref name=gigw>{{cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/6211/pixies-supported-by-idlewild-at-t-on-the-fringe |title=Pixies Supported by Idlewild at 'T on the Fringe' |author=Mella, Daniel |work=Gigwise |date=May 26, 2005 |access-date=September 10, 2006}}</ref> and the [[Newport Folk Festival]].<ref>{{harvnb|Pixies Unplug for Newport Folk Festival}}</ref> They continued to make appearances through 2006 and 2007,<ref>{{harvnb|Pixies Announce Summer Tour... But Their Future is Uncertain}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Pixies announce Australian tour dates}}</ref> culminating in their first shows in Australia.<ref>{{harvnb|Cho|2009}}</ref> Francis suggested that a new Pixies studio album was possible,<ref>{{harvnb|Pixies mainman gives lowdown on band's new album}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Pixies to begin work on new album}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Pixies to reunite for new album?}}</ref> or unlikely,<ref name=abc>{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s1955933.htm | title=Frank Black on Pixies Album | access-date=June 22, 2007 | work=[[Triple J]] | date=June 19, 2007}}</ref> the main obstacle being Deal's reluctance.<ref>{{harvnb|Pixies abandon new songs}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Frank Black: Kim Deal is against new Pixies album}}</ref> |
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To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of ''Doolittle'', the Pixies launched a tour in October 2009 where they performed the album track-for-track, including the associated [[B-sides]].<ref name="Johnson">{{harvnb|Johnson|2009}}</ref> The tour began in Europe,<ref name="Johnson"/> continued in the United States in November,<ref>{{harvnb|Stokes|2009}}</ref> with the South American and Australian tour following in March 2010, then New Zealand, and more European dates in spring 2010,<ref name=eyeb>{{cite web|url= http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2009/09/24/pixies-tour-dates-doolittle-20th-anniversary-europe-us-australia/ |title = Pixies add additional 'Doolittle' anniversary tour dates in Europe, U.S., Australia|work=[[Slicing Up Eyeballs]]|date=September 24, 2009|access-date=March 28, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Fullerton|2010}}</ref> and back to North America in 2010.<ref>{{harvnb|Pixies announce US 'Doolittle' tour details}}</ref><ref name=eyeb2>{{cite web|url=http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2011/01/20/pixies-canada-tour-dates-doolittle/|title=Pixies to bring 'Doolittle' tour to Canada, three more U.S. cities in April, May|work=[[Slicing Up Eyeballs]]|date=January 20, 2011|access-date=January 30, 2011}}</ref> |
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Black recently said that the band plans on recording their first album since ''Trompe le Monde''. "We really want to make a record for the right reasons, whether it is successful commercially or not," Black said.[http://www.nme.com/news/113023.htm]The album would presumably be released sometime in 2006. |
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===Deal's departure, ''Indie Cindy'' and the arrival of Lenchantin (2013–2015)=== |
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==Discography== |
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On June 14, 2013, the Pixies announced that Deal had left the band. Two weeks later, the band released a new song, "Bagboy", as a free download via the Pixies' website. The song features Jeremy Dubs of Bunnies and formerly of the Bennies on vocals in place of Deal.<ref>{{harvnb|Cragg|2013}}</ref> {{As of|2023}}, Deal and her former bandmates have no relationship.<ref name="amgint">{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/blog/post/the-pixies-joey-santiago-talks-tour-recording-with-steve-albini |lang=en-US |title=Pixies' Joey Santiago Talks Tour, Recording With Steve Albini, Alt-Rock's Early '90s Explosion |last=Prato |first=Greg |date=2023-02-06 |accessdate=2023-02-09 |publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> |
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===Studio Albums=== |
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<td>1987</td> |
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<td>''[[Come on Pilgrim]]''</td> |
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<td>4AD</td> |
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<td>1988</td> |
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<td>''[[Surfer Rosa]]''</td> |
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<td>4AD</td> |
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<td>1988</td> |
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<td>''[[Surfer Rosa & Come on Pilgrim]]''</td> |
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<td>4AD (UK release)</td> |
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<td>1989</td> |
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<td>''[[Doolittle (album)|Doolittle]]''</td> |
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<td>4AD</td> |
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<td>1990</td> |
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<td>''[[Bossanova]]''</td> |
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<td>4AD</td> |
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<td>1991</td> |
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<td>''[[Trompe le Monde]]''</td> |
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<td>4AD</td> |
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</table> |
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On July 1, 2013, the Pixies announced the addition of the [[The Muffs|Muffs]] and [[The Pandoras|Pandoras]] guitarist and vocalist [[Kim Shattuck]] to replace Deal for their 2013 European tour.<ref name=newn>{{cite web|url=http://newnoisemagazine.com/the-pixies-announce-leg-one-of-massive-global-tour/|title=Pixies Announce Leg One of Massive Global Tour|work=New Noise Magazine|date=July 1, 2013|access-date=July 1, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917021827/http://newnoisemagazine.com/the-pixies-announce-leg-one-of-massive-global-tour/|archive-date=September 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name=paste>{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2013/07/pixies-announce-tour-will-release-more-new-materia.html|title=Pixies Announce Tour, Will Release More New Material|work=Paste Magazine|date=July 1, 2013|access-date=July 1, 2013|archive-date=July 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704060945/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2013/07/pixies-announce-tour-will-release-more-new-materia.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=gigw2>{{cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/82629/the-pixies-announce-european-tour-including-november-uk-dates|title=Pixies announce European tour with new bassist and new music|work=Gigwise|date=July 1, 2013|access-date=July 1, 2013}}</ref> On September 3, 2013, the Pixies released an EP of new songs, ''[[EP1 (Pixies EP)|EP1]]''. On November 29, 2013, Shattuck announced that she had been dismissed from the band.<ref name="shattuckleave">{{cite news |url=https://www.avclub.com/article/pixies-part-ways-with-kim-shattuck-106108 |last=Modell |first=Josh |newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=December 2, 2013 |title=Pixies Part Ways with Kim Shattuck}}</ref> In December 2013, it was announced that the [[the Entrance Band|Entrance Band]] and [[A Perfect Circle]] bassist [[Paz Lenchantin]] was joining the Pixies for the 2014 tour.<ref>{{harvnb|Pixies name Paz Lenchatin as new bassist}}</ref> Lenchantin said she had been a "die-hard" Pixies fan as a teenager and that Black was the greatest artist she had worked with.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=2024-03-04 |title=Pixies Part Ways With Longtime Bassist Paz Lenchantin After Ten-Year Run |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pixies-part-ways-bassist-paz-lenchantin-1234980187/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The Pixies released ''[[EP2 (Pixies EP)|EP2]]'' on January 3, 2014. The single released to radio was "Blue Eyed Hexe". Another new EP, ''[[EP3 (Pixies EP)|EP3]]'', was released on March 24, 2014. All the EPs were only available as downloads and limited-edition vinyl. |
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===Compilations and tributes=== |
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<td>1991</td> |
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<td>''[[I'm Your Fan]]: The songs of Leonard Cohen By...''</td> |
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<td>EastWest Records</td> |
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<td>Features the rare track, "I Can't Forget".</td> |
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</tr> |
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<td>1997</td> |
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<td>''[[Death to the Pixies]] 1987-1991''</td> |
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<td>4AD/Elektra</td> |
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<td>1997</td> |
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<td>''[[Death to the Pixies: CD2 - Live]]''</td> |
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<td>4AD/Elektra</td> |
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</tr> |
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<td>1998</td> |
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<td>''[[Pixies at the BBC]]''</td> |
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<td>4AD/Elektra</td> |
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</tr> |
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<td>2001</td> |
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<td>''[[Complete B-Sides]]''</td> |
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<td>4AD/Elektra</td> |
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</tr> |
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<td>2002</td> |
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<td>''Pixies ([[The Purple Tape]])''</td> |
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<td>Spin Art</td> |
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<td>2004</td> |
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<td>''[[Wave of Mutilation: The Best of the Pixies]]''</td> |
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<td>4AD/Elektra</td> |
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</tr> |
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<td>2004</td> |
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<td>''[[Enjoy Every Sandwich: Songs of Warren Zevon]]''</td> |
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<td>Artemis</td> |
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</tr> |
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</table> |
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The three EPs were collected in [[LP record|LP]] format and released as the album, ''[[Indie Cindy]],'' in April 2014.<ref>{{harvnb|Pixies confirm release of Indie Cindy, their first studio album in two decades}}</ref> It was the first Pixies album in over two decades.<ref>{{harvnb|Appleford|2014}}</ref> In 2015, the Pixies toured in support of [[Robert Plant]] for a series of dates across North America.<ref>{{harvnb|Britton|2015}}</ref> |
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===''Head Carrier'', ''Beneath the Eyrie'' and ''Doggerel'' (2016–2023)=== |
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===Tributes to the Pixies=== |
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In July 2016, the Pixies announced that Lenchantin had become a permanent member, and that their sixth album, ''[[Head Carrier]]'', would be released on September 30, 2016.<ref name="P4KHead">{{cite web|last1=Monroe|first1=Jazz|title=Pixies Announce New Album Head Carrier, Share "Um Chagga Lagga": Listen {{!}} Pitchfork|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/63409-pixies-announce-new-album-head-carrier-share-um-chagga-lagga-listen/|website=pitchfork.com|date=July 6, 2016|access-date=July 6, 2016}}</ref> Their seventh album, ''[[Beneath the Eyrie]]'', was released on September 13, 2019, with the lead single, "On Graveyard Hill".<ref>{{cite web|last=Childers|first=Chad|date=June 3, 2019|title=Pixies Announce 'Beneath the Eyrie' Album, Reveal 'On Graveyard Hill' Single|url=https://loudwire.com/pixies-beneath-the-eyrie-album-on-graveyard-hill-single/|access-date=June 3, 2019|website=Loudwire}}</ref> The Pixies released a podcast, ''It's a Pixies Podcast'', documenting the recording of the album.<ref>{{harvnb|Shaffer|2019}}</ref> The Pixies released a non-album single, "Human Crime", in March 2022.<ref>{{harvnb|Deville|2022}}</ref> They released their eighth studio album, ''[[Doggerel (album)|Doggerel]]'', with the single "There's a Moon On" on September 30 via BMG.<ref>{{harvnb|Rettig|2022}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Krol|2022}}</ref> |
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<td>1998</td> |
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<td>''[[Death to the Pixies, We're Better]]''</td> |
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<td>[[Play It Again Sam]] ([[Netherlands]])</td> |
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<tr> |
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<td>1999</td> |
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<td>''[[Pixies Fuckin' Die!]] (a tribute)''</td> |
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<td>[[LifeLike Records]]</td> |
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</tr> |
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<td>1999</td> |
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<td>''[[Where Is My Mind?]]''</td> |
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<td>[[Glue Factory Records]]</td> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<td>2000</td> |
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<td>''[[Tribute to the Pixies]]''</td> |
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<td>[[Invisible Records]] ([[Japan]])</td> |
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</tr> |
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<td>2003</td> |
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<td>''[[Hey - A Pixies Tribute]]''</td> |
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<td>[http://frankblack.net] FrankBlack.net users</td> |
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</table> |
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===Lenchantin's departure, arrival of Richardson and ''The Night the Zombies Came'' (2024–present)=== |
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==Singles== |
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[[File:Pixies_KTF_March_2024.jpg|thumb|Pixies 2024 line-up, including Emma Richardson (right)]] |
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{| class="wikitable" |
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On 4 March 2024, the Pixies announced that Lenchantin had left the band "to concentrate on her own projects".<ref name=":0" /> In a statement to ''Rolling Stone'', Lenchantin said that the choice was not hers and that her "departure [was] a bit of a surprise to [her] as it is to many".<ref name=":0" /> She was replaced on the forthcoming Pixies tour by Emma Richardson, formerly of [[Band of Skulls]].<ref name=":0" /> The tour celebrated the band's third and fourth studio albums, [[Bossanova (Pixies album)|Bossanova]] (1990) and ''[[Trompe le Monde]]'' (1991), with Francis describing the experience as "actually delightful".<ref name="RollingStoneZombies">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pixies-the-night-the-zombies-came-album-1235065123/|title=The Pixies Battle the Undead and Welcome Their Latest Bass Player on New ‘Zombies’ Album|website=[[Rolling Stone Magazine]]|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=July 24, 2024|access-date=July 24, 2024}}</ref> In June, the Pixies released the single "You're So Impatient", Richardson's first studio credit with the band.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-03 |title=Pixies Share New Song "You’re So Impatient" & Cover Doris Day's "Que Sera, Sera": Listen |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2266171/pixies-youre-so-impatient-que-sera-sera-doris-day-cover/music/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref> |
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|rowspan="2"|'''Year''' |
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|rowspan="2"| '''Title''' |
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|colspan="4"| '''Chart positions''' |
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|rowspan="2"| '''Album''' |
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|US [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] |
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|US [[Modern Rock Tracks chart|Modern Rock]] |
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|US [[Mainstream Rock Tracks chart|Mainstream Rock]] |
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|[[UK Singles Chart|UK]] |
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|- |
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| 1988 |
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| "[[Gigantic (song)|Gigantic]]" |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| ''[[Surfer Rosa]]'' |
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|- |
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| 1989 |
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| "[[Here Comes Your Man]]" |
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| - |
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| #3 |
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| - |
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| - |
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| ''[[Doolittle (album)|Doolittle]]'' |
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|- |
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| 1989 |
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| "[[Monkey Gone to Heaven]]" |
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| - |
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| #5 |
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| - |
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| - |
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| ''[[Doolittle (album)|Doolittle]]'' |
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|- |
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| 1990 |
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| "[[Dig for Fire]]" |
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| - |
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| #11 |
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| - |
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| - |
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| ''[[Bossanova]]'' |
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|- |
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| 1990 |
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| "[[Allison (song)|Allison]]" |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| ''[[Bossanova]]'' |
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|- |
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| 1990 |
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| "[[Velouria]]" |
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| - |
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| #4 |
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| - |
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| #28 |
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| ''[[Bossanova]]'' |
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|- |
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| 1991 |
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| "[[Planet of Sound]]" |
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| #92 |
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| - |
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| - |
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| #27 |
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| ''[[Trompe le Monde]]'' |
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|- |
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| 1991 |
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| "[[Letter to Memphis]]" |
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| - |
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| #6 |
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| - |
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| - |
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| ''[[Trompe le Monde]]'' |
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|- |
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| 1991 |
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| "[[Alec Eiffel]]" |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| ''[[Trompe le Monde]]'' |
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|- |
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| 1991 |
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| "[[Head On (Pixies single)|Head On]]" |
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| - |
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| #6 |
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| - |
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| - |
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| ''[[Trompe le Monde]]'' |
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|- |
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| 1997 |
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| "[[Debaser|Debaser (Studio)]]" |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| #23 |
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| ''[[Doolittle (album)|Doolittle]]'' |
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|- |
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| 1997 |
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| "[[Debaser|Debaser (Live)]]" |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| Live Recording |
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|- |
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| 2004 |
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| "[[Bam Thwok]]" |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| - |
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| [[iTunes Music Store]] Exclusive Release |
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|- |
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On October 25, 2024, the Pixies will release their tenth studio album, ''The Night the Zombies Came'', produced by [[Tom Dalgety]], who also worked on their previous three studio albums.<ref name="RollingStoneZombies"/> Regarding the album title, Francis said: "It's not like I wrote a bunch of songs about zombies or that we tried to make the album sound scary or anything like that. 'Zombie' is just an associative word. You can do with it what you like. And it's not a concept record, but that word kept popping up in the lyrics. When I combed through all the other lyrics for a title, they just sounded corny as shit. The only thing that made sense was ''The Night the Zombies Came''. And I was like, 'You know what? That's a pretty good title. I'd go see that movie.'"<ref name="RollingStoneZombies"/> On the same date, the band shared a new single, "Chicken".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Tyler |title=Pixies have announced their tenth studio album, The Night the Zombies Came, alongside the lead single "Chicken". |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/pixies-announce-forthcoming-album-the-night-the-zombies-came |website=The Line of Best Fit |access-date=24 July 2024}}</ref> |
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==Samples== |
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*[[Media:HolidaySong.ogg|Download sample]] of "Holiday Song" from ''[[Come on Pilgrim]]'' |
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*[http://www.pixiesdiscs.com/listen.php Download entire version] of "Caribou" from the band's August '05 performance at the ''[[Newport Folk Festival]]'' |
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== Style == |
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The Pixies incorporate elements of [[Surf music|surf rock]] and [[punk rock]], with an emphasis on contrasting volume dynamics. ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' described them as "surf music-meets-[[The Stooges|Stooges]] spikiness and oft-imitated stop/start and quiet/loud dynamics".<ref>{{harvnb|Cohen|2002|p=36}}</ref> Their music was described as "an unorthodox marriage of surf music and punk rock ... characterized by Black's bristling lyrics and hackle-raising caterwaul, Deal's whispered harmonies and waspy basslines, Joey Santiago's fragile guitar, and the persistent flush of David Lovering's drums."<ref name=barton /> |
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* The song "[[Where Is My Mind?]]" is used as exit music when buildings begin to explode in the movie ''[[Fight Club (film)|Fight Club]]''. |
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The music incorporates extreme dynamic shifts. Francis said in 1991, "Those are the two basic components of rock music ... the dreamy side and the rockin' side. It's always been either sweaty or laid back and cool. We do try to be dynamic, but it's dumbo dynamics, because we don't know how to do anything else. We can play loud or quiet—that's it."<ref name="Guitar Player">{{cite book |title=The Pixies: Gods of Almost Pop. April |first=Joe |last=Gore |year=1991 |publisher=Guitar Player }}</ref> |
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* "Where Is My Mind?" was also used to "wake up" the Mars Exploration Rover [[Spirit rover|''Spirit'']] after a memory reformat and software upgrade. |
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=== Influences === |
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* In the movie ''[[Unbreakable]]'', the song "I've Been Tired" can be heard in the background when [[Samuel L Jackson|Samuel L. Jackson]]'s character is having an altercation with the comic shop owner. |
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The Pixies are influenced by a range of artists and genres; each member came from a different musical background. When he first started writing songs for the Pixies, Francis says he was listening to nothing but [[Hüsker Dü]], [[Captain Beefheart]], and [[Iggy Pop]];<ref name=sisario9>{{harvnb|Sisario|2006|p=13}}</ref> whilst in the run up to recording ''Come On Pilgrim'' he listened to [[R.E.M.]]'s ''[[Murmur (album)|Murmur]]'' a lot, which he described as "hugely influential" on his songwriting.<ref name="TheGuardianInterview">{{harvnb|Pelley|2022}}</ref> During the making of ''Doolittle'' he listened heavily to the [[The Beatles|Beatles]]' ''[[The Beatles (album)|White Album]]''.<ref name=sisario10>{{harvnb|Sisario|2006|pp=48–49}}</ref> He has cited [[Buddy Holly]] as a model for his compressed songwriting.<ref name=sisario11>{{harvnb|Sisario|2006|p=46}}</ref> Francis did not discover [[punk rock]] until he was 16, saying "it was good I didn't listen to these hip records". As a child, he listened mainly to 1960s songs, religious music and [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer|Emerson Lake and Palmer]], [...] and [[Talking Heads]], who he says "weren't punk either".<ref>{{harvnb|Barker|2015}}</ref> |
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Santiago listened to 1970s and 1980s punk including [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]], as well as [[David Bowie]]<ref name="officialprofile" /> and [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Tuffrey|first=Laurie|date=May 22, 2014|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/15323-joey-santiago-pixies-favourite-albumsPlanets?page=11|title=Planets Of Sound: Joey Santiago Of Pixies' Favourite Albums|work=The Quietus|access-date=January 21, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180808162013/http://thequietus.com/articles/15323-joey-santiago-pixies-favourite-albumsPlanets?page=11|archive-date=August 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Guitarists who influenced him include [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Les Paul]], [[Wes Montgomery]], [[Lou Reed]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Curley |first=John |title=10 Albums That Changed My Life: Joey Santiago of The Pixies |url=https://www.goldminemag.com/10-albums-that-changed-my-life/10-albums-that-changed-my-life-joey-santiago-of-the-pixies |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia |language=en}}</ref> and [[George Harrison]].<ref name="sisario12">{{harvnb|Sisario|2006|pp=12, 49}}</ref> Deal's musical background was folk music and [[country music|country]]; she had formed a country-folk band with her sister in her teenage years, and played covers of artists such as [[the Everly Brothers]] and [[Hank Williams]].<ref name="barton" /> Other artists Deal listened to included [[XTC]], [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]] and [[Elvis Costello]].<ref name=rogers>{{harvnb|Rogers|2009}}</ref> Lovering is a fan of the band [[Rush (band)|Rush]].<ref name=barton /> |
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* In the movie ''[[The United States of Leland]]'', the opening sequences have the intro bass riff to "Gigantic" playing in the background. |
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Film has influenced the Pixies; Francis cites surrealist films ''[[Eraserhead]]'' and ''[[Un chien andalou]]'' (as mentioned in "Debaser") as influences.<ref name="officialprofile" /> He has said he "didn't have the patience to sit around reading Surrealist novels", but found it easier to watch twenty-minute films.<ref name=sisario13>{{harvnb|Sisario|2006|p=29}}</ref> |
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* "[[Velouria]]" was recently used in a TV advertising campaign by the internet service provider [[Wanadoo]], and "Cecilia Ann" was featured in [[BBC]] trailers for the digital channel [[BBC Three]]. |
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=== Songwriting and vocals === |
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* "[[Where is My Mind?]]" was used in the end of the episode "Driver ED" of the tv-series [[Veronica Mars]]. |
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Most of the Pixies' songs are composed and sung by Francis. Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine has described Francis's writing as containing "bizarre, fragmented lyrics about space, religion, sex, mutilation, and pop culture".<ref name="allmusic-bio" /> Biblical violence is a theme of ''Doolittle''{{'}}s "Dead" and "Gouge Away";<ref name="SPIN Life Pixies" /><ref name=sisario14>{{harvnb|Sisario|2006|pp=94, 119–120}}</ref> Francis told a ''Melody Maker'' interviewer, "It's all those characters in the [[Old Testament]]. I'm obsessed with them. Why it comes out so much I don't know."<ref name="sisario16">{{harvnb|Sisario|2006|p=18}}</ref> He has described ''Come On Pilgrim{{'}}s'' "Caribou" as being about reincarnation,<ref name="SPIN Life Pixies" /> and extraterrestrial themes appear in a number of songs on ''Bossanova''.<ref name="SPIN Life Pixies" /> |
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Deal co-wrote ''Doolittle''{{'}}s "Silver" with Francis,<ref name=doolittle>{{harvnb|Doolittle}}</ref> and they share lead harmony vocals on the track.<ref name="Sisario, 2006. p. 16" /> She also co-wrote and sang lead vocals on ''Surfer Rosa''{{'}}s "Gigantic",<ref name=Chick/><ref name=surferrosa>{{harvnb|Surfer Rosa}}</ref> and wrote the 2004 single "Bam Thwok".<ref name=rogers /><ref>{{harvnb|Pixies Pen First New Song In 13 Years}}</ref> She was credited as Mrs. John Murphy on "Gigantic"<ref name=surferrosa />—at the time she was married, and she used this name as an ironic [[Feminism|feminist]] joke.<ref name=sisario16 /> She also sang lead vocals on the song "Into the White" and the [[Neil Young]] cover "Winterlong", both B-sides.<ref name=b-sides /> |
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* "[[Monkey Gone to Heaven]]" can be heard in the background in the "[[Gilmore Girls]]" episode "Lorelai's Graduation Day" when Rory and Jess are shopping in a record store. |
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Lovering sang lead vocals on ''Doolittle''{{'}}s "La La Love You"<ref name="doolittle" /> and the B-side "Make Believe".<ref name="b-sides" /> Lenchantin made her lead vocal debut on ''Head Carrier''{{'}}s "All I Think About Now".<ref>{{harvnb|Hogan|2016}}</ref> She also provided lead vocals on "Los Surfers Muertos", from 2019's ''Beneath The Eyrie'' and the 2020 September single "Hear Me Out". |
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* In the movie [[Stuck on You]] both "La La Love You" and "Here Comes Your Man" are played. |
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== Legacy == |
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* The Song "[[Where Is My Mind?]]" is used in the movie "[[The Weather Man]]". |
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The Pixies' first album, ''Surfer Rosa'', is certified gold, while ''Doolittle'' is certified platinum, selling over 1 million copies. The band influenced a number of musicians associated with the alternative rock boom of the 1990s.<ref>{{harvnb|Artists: Pixies}}</ref><ref name=egan>{{harvnb|Egan|2009}}</ref> Gary Smith, who produced ''Come On Pilgrim'', said in 1997:<ref name=egan/> |
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<blockquote>I've heard it said about [[the Velvet Underground]] that while not a lot of people bought their albums, everyone who did started a band. I think this is largely true about the Pixies as well. Charles' secret weapon turned out to be not so secret and, sooner or later, all sorts of bands were exploiting the same strategy of wide dynamics. It became a kind of new pop formula and, within a short while, "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]" was charging up the charts and even the members of Nirvana said later that it sounded for all the world like a Pixies song.</blockquote> |
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* Lyrical refrences to "[[Monkey Gone to Heaven]]" can be found in [[The Bloodhound Gang]]'s single "Fire Water Burn" |
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The Pixies are credited with popularizing the extreme dynamics and stop-start timing that would become widespread in alternative rock. Their songs typically feature hushed, restrained verses, and explosive, wailing choruses.<ref name=magnet/> |
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Artists including David Bowie, [[Matt Noveskey]], [[Radiohead]], [[PJ Harvey]], [[U2]], [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[the Strokes]], [[Alice in Chains]], [[Arcade Fire]], [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]], [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]], [[Kings of Leon]] and [[Matthew Good]] have cited admiration of the Pixies.<ref name="carew" /><ref name="rhino">{{cite web|url=http://www.rhinomedia.com/rzine/pressrelease.lasso?PRID=330 |title=The reunion tour of the year has come to DVD |work=Rhino Magazine |date=July 25, 2005 |access-date=September 9, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715181115/http://www.rhinomedia.com/rzine/pressrelease.lasso?PRID=330 |archive-date=July 15, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Alexakis">{{cite web|url=http://magnetmagazine.com/2010/01/19/from-the-desk-of-everclears-art-alexakis-the-pixies%E2%80%99-%E2%80%9Cdoolittle%E2%80%9D/|title=Magnet Magazine|author=Alexakis| access-date=July 28, 2018}}</ref> [[Bono]] of U2 called the Pixies "one of America's greatest bands ever",<ref name="rhino" /> and Radiohead's [[Thom Yorke]] said that the Pixies "changed my life".<ref name="egan" /> Bowie, whose own music had inspired Francis and Santiago while they were at university, has said that the Pixies made "just about the most compelling music of the entire 80s."<ref name="rhino" /> |
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One notable citation as an influence was by [[Kurt Cobain]], on influencing Nirvana's "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]", which he admitted was a conscious attempt to co-opt the Pixies' style. In a January 1994 interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', he said, "I was trying to write the ultimate pop song. I was basically trying to rip off the Pixies. I have to admit it [smiles]. When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily I should have been in that band—or at least in a Pixies cover band. We used their sense of dynamics, being soft and quiet and then loud and hard."<ref name="egan" /><ref>{{harvnb|Dowling|2004}}</ref> Cobain cited ''Surfer Rosa'' as one of his main musical influences, and particularly admired the album's natural and powerful drum sounds—a result of Steve Albini's influence on the record. Albini later produced Nirvana's 1993 ''[[In Utero (album)|In Utero]]'' at the request of Cobain.<ref>{{harvnb|Azerrad|1994|pp=312–313}}</ref> |
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Other bands and artists who have cited the Pixies as an influence include [[Weezer]],<ref>{{harvnb|Erlewine (Weezer Biography)}}</ref> [[Gavin Rossdale]] of [[Bush (British band)|Bush]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schlansky |first=Evan |date=2020 |title=Gavin Rossdale Discusses Bush’s Critics, Nirvana Comparisons |url=https://americansongwriter.com/qa-gavin-rossdale-discusses-bushs-critics-nirvana-comparisions/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226121000/https://americansongwriter.com/qa-gavin-rossdale-discusses-bushs-critics-nirvana-comparisions/ |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |access-date=June 16, 2024 |website=American Songwriters}}</ref> [[Snow Patrol]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zimmerman |first=Kevin |date=March 9, 2005 |title=Snow Patrol |url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/234372 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102114704/http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/234372 |archive-date=November 2, 2010 |access-date=June 16, 2024 |website=Broadcast Music, Inc |quote='Basically our favorite bands were poured into it,' states singer/songwriter/guitarist [[Gary Lightbody]]. 'At the time we were under the influence of American rock — the Pixies, [[Dinosaur Jr.]], [[Soundgarden]]...'}}</ref> [[Slowdive]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trunick |first=Austin |date=August 12, 2014 |title=Slowdive - Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell on the Bands That Inspired Them |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/slowdive_-_neil_halstead_and_rachel_goswell_on_the_bands_that_inspired_them |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218162051/https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/slowdive_-_neil_halstead_and_rachel_goswell_on_the_bands_that_inspired_them |archive-date=February 18, 2024 |access-date=May 11, 2024 |website=Under the Radar}}</ref> [[OK Go]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=Interviewing Dan Konopka (OK Go) |url=https://sylrmartin.com/portfolio/interviewing-dan-konopka-ok-go/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323004422/https://sylrmartin.com/portfolio/interviewing-dan-konopka-ok-go/ |archive-date=March 23, 2023 |access-date=June 18, 2024 |website=Syl R Martin |quote=Yes, I think when we started writing for ''[[Of the Blue Colour of the Sky | Blue Colour Of The Sky]]'' we had a few focused influences. Definitely ''[[Purple Rain (album) | Purple Rain]]'', and definitely The Pixies.}}</ref> [[Eve 6]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mavrich |first=Kate |date=July 8, 2003 |title=Clothes encounter with Eve 6 |url=https://pittnews.com/article/37270/archives/clothes-encounter-with-eve-6/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722162323/https://pittnews.com/article/37270/archives/clothes-encounter-with-eve-6/ |archive-date=July 22, 2024 |access-date=July 22, 2024 |website=[[The Pitt News]] |quote=[[Jawbreaker (band) | Jawbreaker]] was defiantly a really big influence. [[Green Day]] was a big influence. [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]], early on for sure. Early on, California punk music and then we got into the Pixies, [[indie rock]] from there.}}</ref> [[Thrice]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shultz |first=Brian |date=April 20, 2005 |title=Thrice |url=https://www.punknews.org/article/12295/interviews-thrice |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408102704/https://www.punknews.org/article/12295/interviews-thrice |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |access-date=February 14, 2024 |website=punknews.org}}</ref> [[Toadies]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 2, 2001 |title=THE TOADIES |url=https://silentuproar.com/interviews/7/the-toadies/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518134500/https://silentuproar.com/interviews/7/the-toadies/ |archive-date=May 18, 2024 |access-date=July 19, 2024 |website=Silent Uproar}}</ref> [[Ash (band)|Ash]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Howard |first=Will |date=February 26, 2011 |title=JD Set: Tim Wheeler On Pixies |url=http://www.aaamusic.co.uk/2011/02/26/jd-set-tim-wheeler-on-pixies/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616045044/http://www.aaamusic.co.uk/2011/02/26/jd-set-tim-wheeler-on-pixies/ |archive-date=June 16, 2024 |access-date=June 16, 2024 |website=AAA Music}}</ref> [[Ride (band)|Ride]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trunick |first=Austin |date=November 18, 2013 |title=Ride on “Nowhere”: Mark Gardener and Andy Bell on 1990's Shoegaze Classic |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/ride_on_nowhere_mark_gardener_and_andy_bell |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201055400/https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/ride_on_nowhere_mark_gardener_and_andy_bell |archive-date=December 1, 2023 |access-date=June 22, 2024 |website=Under the Radar}}</ref> [[Veruca Salt]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Massie |first=Andrew |date=January 21, 2018 |title=INTERVIEW: Louise Post – Veruca Salt |url=https://www.therockpit.net/2018/interview-louise-post-veruca-salt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722185808/https://www.therockpit.net/2018/interview-louise-post-veruca-salt/ |archive-date=July 22, 2024 |access-date=July 22, 2024 |website=The Rockpit}}</ref> [[Sleeper (band)|Sleeper]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wener |first=Louise |date=July 6, 2002 |title=My life as a pop star |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2002/jul/06/artsfeatures.features2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524101245/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2002/jul/06/artsfeatures.features2 |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |access-date=June 15, 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |quote=...as time went on our music became increasingly influenced by US bands such as [[Hole (band) | Hole]], [[Nirvana (band) | Nirvana]] and, most especially, the Pixies.}}</ref> [[Lemuria (American band)|Lemuria]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Verducci |first=Richard |date=April 13, 2011 |title=Sheena Ozzella (Lemuria) |url=https://www.punknews.org/article/42242/interviews-sheena-ozzella-lemuria |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521155649/https://www.punknews.org/article/42242/interviews-sheena-ozzella-lemuria |archive-date=May 21, 2022 |access-date=January 6, 2024 |website=punknews.org}}</ref> and [[Treepeople]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Panetta |first=Giovanni |title=TREEPEOPLE, STORY OF A INDIE ROCK BAND – INTERVIEW WITH SCOTT SCHMALIJOHN |url=https://nikilzine.it/treepeople-story-of-a-indie-rock-band-interview-with-scott-schmalijohn/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112155937/https://nikilzine.it/treepeople-story-of-a-indie-rock-band-interview-with-scott-schmalijohn/ |archive-date=November 12, 2023 |access-date=November 12, 2023 |website=nikilzine.it}}</ref> |
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== Music videos and DVDs == |
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No music videos were released from ''Come On Pilgrim'' or ''Surfer Rosa'', but from ''Doolittle'' onwards, the following videos were made: "Monkey Gone To Heaven", "Here Comes Your Man", "Velouria", "Dig For Fire", "Allison", "Alec Eiffel", "Head On", and "Debaser";<ref name=jawetz>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/11535/pixies/|title=Pixies|author=Jawetz, Gil|work=DVD Talk|date=April 27, 2004|access-date=January 23, 2011}}</ref> these were later released on the 2004 DVD ''Pixies''.<ref name=jawetz/> The videos for "Here Comes Your Man" and "Allison" were also released on ''The Complete 'B' Sides''.<ref name=b-sides/> Furthermore, a music video accompanied the release of their 2013 song, "Bagboy", as well an alternate video released on a later date. Videos were made for all the songs on both ''EP1'' and ''EP2'' and for "Silver Snail" and "Ring the Bell" from ''EP3''. From ''Head Carrier'' onwards, the following videos were made: "Tenement Song", "Um Chagga Lagga", "On Graveyard Hill", "Catfish Kate", "Long Rider", "Hear Me Out", "Human Crime" and "Vault of Heaven". |
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By ''Bossanova'', the band had developed a severe aversion to recording music videos, and Francis refused to [[lip-sync]] to them.<ref name="pg140">{{harvnb|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=140}}</ref> For example, in the "Here Comes Your Man" video, both Black and Deal open their mouths wide instead of mouthing their lyrics.<ref name=popbu>{{cite web|url=http://www.popbunker.net/2009/11/weekly-song-addiction-pixies-man/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020143/http://www.popbunker.net/2009/11/weekly-song-addiction-pixies-man/|archive-date=July 24, 2011|title=Weekly Song Addiction: The Pixies—"Here Comes Your Man"|author=Rudder, Jack|work=Pop Bunker|date=November 9, 2009|access-date=January 24, 2011}}</ref> According to the record label, this became one of the reasons that Pixies never achieved major coverage on [[MTV]].<ref name="pg140" /> With ''Bossanova''{{'}}s release, 4AD hoped to get the Pixies chosen to perform their single "Velouria" on the BBC's ''[[Top of the Pops]]''.<ref name=mendel2>{{harvnb|Mendelssohn|2005|p=94}}</ref> To this end, the band was pressured into producing a video for the song, and made one cheaply with the band members filmed running down a quarry, shown in slow motion.<ref name="pg140" /><ref name=barding>{{cite web|url=http://www.playlouder.com/feature/+pixies4/ |title=The Pixies And Me |access-date=January 23, 2011 |author=Barding, Andy |work=Playlouder.com |date=June 7, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061124134746/http://www.playlouder.com/feature/%2Bpixies4/ |archive-date=November 24, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The group was ultimately not given a spot on the show.<ref name=barding/><ref name=mendel3>{{harvnb|Mendelssohn|2005|p=95}}</ref> |
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The 90-minute documentary ''[[Loudquietloud|loudQUIETloud: a film about the Pixies]]'' was directed by [[Steven Cantor]] and [[Matthew Galkin]] and released in 2006. The film documents their 2004 reunion and tour, and covers the years after the break-up.<ref name=loudq>{{cite web | url=http://loudquietloud.com/|year=2006|title=loudQUIETloud: a film about the Pixies|work=loudQuietloud.com|access-date= November 21, 2010}}</ref> In addition to ''Pixies'' and ''LoudQUIETloud'', four other Pixies DVDs were released between 2004 and 2006, all featuring concert performances: ''Live at the Town and Country Club 1988'',<ref name=allmu16>{{cite web|url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-town-and-country-club-1988-r819259|title=Live at the Town and Country Club 1988|work=AllMusic|access-date=February 6, 2011}}</ref> ''The Pixies—Sell Out'',<ref name=rhino/> ''The Pixies Acoustic: Live in Newport'',<ref>{{harvnb|Cornelius|2006}}</ref> and ''The Pixies Club Date: Live at the Paradise in Boston''.<ref>{{harvnb|Wallis|2006}}</ref> |
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== Band members == |
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'''Current members''' |
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* [[Black Francis]] (Charles Thompson) – lead vocals, rhythm and acoustic guitar <small>(1986–1993, 2004–present)</small> |
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* [[David Lovering]] – drums, percussion, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals and bass <small>(1986–1993, 2004–present)</small> |
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* [[Joey Santiago]] – lead guitar, occasional backing vocals <small>(1986–1993, 2004–present)</small> |
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* Emma Richardson – bass, backing and occasional lead vocals <small>(2024–present)</small><ref name="PAZX">{{Cite tweet |user=PIXIES |number=1764621834253746655 |title=An announcement from Pixies}}</ref> |
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'''Former members''' |
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* [[Kim Deal]] – bass, backing and occasional lead vocals <small>(1986–1993, 2004–2013)</small> |
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* [[Paz Lenchantin]] – bass, violin, backing and occasional lead vocals, keyboards <small>(2016–2024; touring musician 2014–2016)</small><ref>{{cite tweet|user=PazLenchantin|author=Paz Lenchantin|number=753205115339825152|date=13 July 2016|title=I'm extremely pleased and honored to announce that I am officially a permanent member of PIXIES!…}}</ref> |
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'''Former session musicians''' |
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* [[Simon "Ding" Archer|Simon Archer]] – bass <small>(2012)</small><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.goldminemag.com/reviews/pixies-roar-back-life-incendiary-indie-cindy|title=Pixies roar back to life with incendiary Indie Cindy|newspaper=Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia |publisher=[[Goldmine (magazine)|Goldmine]]|access-date=2023-03-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://vanyaland.com/2014/03/24/comes-band-pixies-announce-first-full-length-20-years/|title=Here Comes Your Band: Pixies announce first full-length in 20 years|date=March 24, 2014 |publisher=Vanyaland|access-date=2023-03-29}}</ref> |
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'''Former touring musicians''' |
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* [[Kim Shattuck]] – bass, backing vocals <small>(2013; died 2019)</small> |
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== Discography == |
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* The song Debaser was on the O.C. |
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{{Main|Pixies discography}} |
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===Studio albums=== |
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* The song [[Here Comes Your Man]] appears in a montage in the 2004 movie Duece Bigalow: European Gigilo |
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* ''[[Come On Pilgrim]]'' (1987) |
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* ''[[Surfer Rosa]]'' (1988) |
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* ''[[Doolittle (album)|Doolittle]]'' (1989) |
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* ''[[Bossanova (Pixies album)|Bossanova]]'' (1990) |
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* ''[[Trompe le Monde]]'' (1991) |
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* ''[[Indie Cindy]]'' (2014) |
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* ''[[Head Carrier]]'' (2016) |
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* ''[[Beneath the Eyrie]]'' (2019) |
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* ''[[Doggerel (album)|Doggerel]]'' (2022) |
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* ''The Night the Zombies Came'' (2024) |
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==See also== |
== See also == |
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{{Portal|Rock music}} |
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*[[List of alternative music artists]] |
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*[[ |
* [[List of alternative rock artists]] |
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* [[List of songs recorded by Pixies|List of songs recorded by the Pixies]] |
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* [[Music of Massachusetts]] |
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* [[Music history of the United States in the 1980s]] |
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== Citations == |
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{{Reflist}} |
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*Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70404122250002911&sql=Bbx68mpm39f5o Pixies]". ''[[All Music Guide]]''. Retrieved June 13, 2005. |
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== General and cited references == |
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==External links== |
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* {{Cite web|url= https://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?id=A1F76606-1591-CBA1-239D-359ECDBFFA66&searchterms=Pixies&terminclude=&termexact= |title=50 Cent Cashes In|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|date=May 3, 2005|access-date=January 12, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110629120637/http://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?id=A1F76606-1591-CBA1-239D-359ECDBFFA66&searchterms=Pixies&terminclude=&termexact= |archive-date=June 29, 2011|url-status=dead|ref={{SfnRef|50 Cent Cashes In}}}} |
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* {{Cite web|last=Albert|first=John|url= http://www.laweekly.com/news/features/rock-magicians/2578/ |title=Rock Magicians|work=[[LA Weekly]]|date=July 17, 2003|access-date=March 18, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071213212628/http://www.laweekly.com/news/features/rock-magicians/2578/ |archive-date=December 13, 2007|url-status=dead}} |
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* [http://www.4ad.com/artists/catalogue/pixies/ Pixies' Official 4AD Site] |
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* {{Cite magazine|last=Appleford|first=Steve|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-pixies-on-indie-cindy-and-recording-without-kim-deal-96748/ |title=The Pixies on 'Indie Cindy' and Recording Without Kim Deal|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=April 25, 2014|access-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190815152828/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-pixies-on-indie-cindy-and-recording-without-kim-deal-96748/ |archive-date=August 15, 2019|url-status=live}} |
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* [http://www.aleceiffel.net/ Alec Eiffel.net - A French Pixies site] |
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* {{Cite magazine|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/pixies/biography |title=Artists: Pixies|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=February 11, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110727110859/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/pixies/biography |archive-date=July 27, 2011|url-status=dead|ref={{SfnRef|Artists: Pixies}}}} |
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* [http://www.baileyswalk.com/ Baileyswalk: A Pixies Web Community] |
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* {{Cite magazine|last=Aston|first=Martin|url= https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/hello-goodbye-joey-santiago--the-pixies/ |title=Hello Goodbye: Joey Santiago & The Pixies|magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|via=[[Rock's Backpages]]|url-access=subscription|date=December 1997|access-date=January 7, 2021}} {{subscription required}} |
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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onemusic/documentaries/pixies531p01.shtml BBC Radio Interview 01/05] |
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* {{Cite book|last=Azerrad|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Azerrad|title=Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana|publisher=[[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]|year=1994|isbn=978-0-385-47199-2}} |
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* [http://dag.wieers.com/debaser/ Debaser - A small Pixies site] |
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* {{Cite web|last=Barker|first=Emily|url= https://www.nme.com/photos/29-geeky-facts-you-might-not-know-about-pixies-1403427 |title=Pixies announce Australia, New Zealand and European live dates|work=[[NME]]|date=April 2, 2015|access-date=September 26, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170313042044/https://www.nme.com/photos/29-geeky-facts-you-might-not-know-about-pixies-1403427 |archive-date=March 13, 2017|url-status=dead}} |
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* [http://www.frankblack.net Frankblack.net] - A fan site with forums with up-to-date Pixies information |
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* {{Cite news|last=Barton|first=Laura|url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/aug/20/popandrock.pixies |title=Misfits that fit|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=August 21, 2005|access-date=February 18, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210211210214/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/aug/20/popandrock.pixies |archive-date=February 11, 2021|url-status=live}} |
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* [http://www.gougeaway.tk/ GougeAway.tk] - A fan site |
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* {{Cite magazine|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1990-09-09 |title=Billboard 200: Week of September 15, 1990|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 9, 1990|access-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200820181952/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1990-09-09 |archive-date=August 20, 2020|url-status=live|ref={{SfnRef|Billboard 200: Week of September 15, 1990}}}} |
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* [http://www.pixiesmusic.com/news.htm PixiesMusic.com: Just another Pixies site] |
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* {{Cite AV media notes|last=Black|first=Frank|author-link=Black Francis|title=Complete 'B' Sides|year=2001|publisher=[[4AD]]|others=Pixies|type=CD booklet}} |
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* [http://www.go2lyrics.com/P/Pixies/ Pixies lyrics at go2lyrics.com] |
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* {{Cite web|url= http://cookingvinyl.com/artists/black-francis#2 |title=Black Francis: Releases|publisher=[[Cooking Vinyl]]|access-date=March 18, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100511185433/http://cookingvinyl.com/artists/black-francis#2 |archive-date=May 11, 2010|url-status=dead|ref={{SfnRef|Black Francis: Releases}}}} |
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* [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pixies Pixies wikiquote page] |
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* {{Cite web|url= https://bostonmusicawards.com/bma/boston-music-awards-2004/ |title=Boston Music Awards 2004|publisher=Boston Music Awards|access-date=August 17, 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230817040801/https://bostonmusicawards.com/bma/boston-music-awards-2004/ |archive-date=August 17, 2023|url-status=live|ref={{SfnRef|Boston Music Awards 2004}}}} |
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* {{Cite web|last=Britton|first=Luke Morgan|url= https://www.nme.com/news/music/robert-plant-4-1214595 |title=Robert Plant joins forces with the Pixies for tour|work=[[NME]]|date=March 16, 2015|access-date=December 23, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201223033546/https://www.nme.com/news/music/robert-plant-4-1214595 |archive-date=December 23, 2020|url-status=live}} |
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* {{Cite web|last=Carew|first=Anthony|url= http://altmusic.about.com/od/artists/a/thepixies.htm |title=The Pixies – Artist Profile|work=[[About.com]]|access-date=January 1, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121118155748/http://altmusic.about.com/od/artists/a/thepixies.htm |archive-date=November 18, 2012|url-status=dead}} |
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* {{Cite news|last=Chick|first=Stevie|url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/mar/14/popandrock.breeders |title=Sister Bliss|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=March 14, 2008|access-date=December 24, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201224021525/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/mar/14/popandrock.breeders |archive-date=December 24, 2020|url-status=live}} |
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* {{cite web|first=Paige X.|last=Cho|url= http://citysearch.com.au/events/pixies%20announce%20australian%20tour |title=Pixies Announce Australian Tour|work=[[Citysearch]]|date=September 1, 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110821140420/http://citysearch.com.au/events/pixies%20announce%20australian%20tour |archive-date=August 21, 2011|access-date=September 5, 2023}} |
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* {{Cite news|last=Cohen|first=Jason|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=6Vy26TGdauEC&pg=PA36 |title=Life to the Pixies|work=[[Spina (magazine)|Spin]]|date=August 2002|access-date=July 24, 2021}} |
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* {{Cite web|last=Cornelius|first=David|url= https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/23602/pixies-acoustic-live-in-newport-the/ |title=Pixies Acoustic: Live in Newport, The|website=[[DVD Talk]]|date=August 22, 2006|access-date=February 11, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210211042508/https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/23602/pixies-acoustic-live-in-newport-the/ |archive-date=February 11, 2021|url-status=live}} |
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* {{Cite news|last=Cragg|first=Michael|url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/jul/01/new-music-pixies-bagboy |title=Pixies – Bagboy: New music|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=July 1, 2013|access-date=February 11, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201126190000/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/jul/01/new-music-pixies-bagboy |archive-date=November 26, 2020|url-status=live}} |
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* {{Cite web|last=Deming|first=Mark|url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/enjoy-every-sandwich-the-songs-of-warren-zevon-mw0000395539 |title=Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=February 11, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180906161733/https://www.allmusic.com/album/enjoy-every-sandwich-the-songs-of-warren-zevon-mw0000395539 |archive-date=September 6, 2018|url-status=live}} |
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* {{Cite web|last=Deville|first=Chris|url= https://www.stereogum.com/2178023/pixies-human-crime/music/ |title=Pixies – 'Human Crime'|work=[[Stereogum]]|date=March 2, 2022|access-date=July 23, 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230723063437/https://www.stereogum.com/2178023/pixies-human-crime/music/ |archive-date=July 23, 2023|url-status=live}} |
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* {{Cite AV media notes|title=Doolittle|year=1989|publisher=[[4AD]]|others=Pixies|type=CD booklet|ref={{SfnRef|Doolittle}}}} |
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* {{Cite news|last=Dowling|first=Stephen|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3729933.stm |title=The Pixies: Rock's comeback kings|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=June 2, 2004|access-date=February 19, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200815174714/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3729933.stm |archive-date=August 15, 2020|url-status=live}} |
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* {{Cite news|last=Egan|first=Barry|url= https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/a-gigantic-influence-on-pop-music-26567603.html |title=A gigantic influence on pop music|work=[[Irish Independent]]|date=September 20, 2009|access-date=March 15, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201106180052/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/a-gigantic-influence-on-pop-music-26567603.html |archive-date=November 6, 2020|url-status=live}} |
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* {{Cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url= https://allmusic.com/artist/the-breeders-p3770/biography |title=Breeders Biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=January 7, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110116041506/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-breeders-p3770/biography |archive-date=January 16, 2011|url-status=live|ref={{SfnRef|Erlewine (Breeders Biography)}}}} |
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* {{Cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/death-to-the-pixies-1987-1991-mw0000028136 |title=Death to the Pixies 1987–1991|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=February 11, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201015141824/https://www.allmusic.com/album/death-to-the-pixies-1987-1991-mw0000028136 |archive-date=October 15, 2020|url-status=live|ref={{SfnRef|Erlewine (Death to the Pixies 1987–1991)}}}} |
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* {{Cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/frank-black-mn0000167287/biography |title=Frank Black Biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=February 11, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190530193225/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/frank-black-mn0000167287/biography |archive-date=May 30, 2019|url-status=live|ref={{SfnRef|Erlewine (Frank Black Biography)}}}} |
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* {{Cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/im-your-fan-the-songs-of-leonard-cohen-by-mw0000270788 |title=I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=January 11, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200229095719/https://www.allmusic.com/album/im-your-fan-the-songs-of-leonard-cohen-by-mw0000270788 |archive-date=February 29, 2020|url-status=live|ref={{SfnRef|Erlewine (I'm Your Fan)}}}} |
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* {{Cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/pixies-mn0000895136/biography |title=Pixies Biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=August 27, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160522133529/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/pixies-mn0000895136/biography |archive-date=May 22, 2016|url-status=live|ref={{SfnRef|Erlewine (Pixies Biography)}}}} |
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* {{Cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/weezer-mn0000243008/biography |title=Weezer Biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=March 27, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210327195604/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/weezer-mn0000243008/biography |archive-date=March 27, 2021|url-status=live|ref={{SfnRef|Erlewine (Weezer Biography)}}}} |
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* {{Cite magazine|last=Ford|first=Tracey|url= http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pixies/articles/story/7276003/weezer_rock_lollapalooza |title=Weezer Rock Lollapalooza|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=April 25, 2005|access-date=February 9, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071102072539/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pixies/articles/story/7276003/weezer_rock_lollapalooza |archive-date=November 2, 2007|url-status=dead}} |
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* {{Cite web|url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/frank-black-mw0000095289/credits |title=Frank Black: Credits|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=August 16, 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230816021120/https://www.allmusic.com/album/frank-black-mw0000095289/credits |archive-date=August 16, 2023|url-status=live|ref={{SfnRef|Frank Black: Credits}}}} |
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* {{Cite web|url= http://www.spinartrecords.com/bands_frankblack.html |title=Frank Black and the Catholics|publisher=[[SpinART Records]]|access-date=March 28, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030201145727/http://www.spinartrecords.com/bands_frankblack.html |archive-date=February 1, 2003|url-status=dead|ref={{SfnRef|Frank Black and the Catholics (SpinART Records)}}}} |
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* {{Cite web|url= http://cookingvinyl.com/artists/frank-black-and-the-catholics/#2 |title=Frank Black and the Catholics: Releases|publisher=[[Cooking Vinyl]]|access-date=March 17, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110719121537/http://cookingvinyl.com/artists/frank-black-and-the-catholics/#2 |archive-date=July 19, 2011|url-status=dead|ref={{SfnRef|Frank Black and the Catholics: Releases}}}} |
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* {{Cite web|url= https://www.nme.com/news/pixies/31775 |title=Frank Black: Kim Deal is against new Pixies album|work=[[NME]]|date=February 16, 2007|access-date=December 15, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071013160643/https://www.nme.com/news/pixies/31775 |archive-date=October 13, 2007|url-status=dead|ref={{SfnRef|Frank Black: Kim Deal is against new Pixies album}}}} |
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* {{Cite web|url= http://cookingvinyl.com/artists/frank-black/#2 |title=Frank Black: Releases|publisher=[[Cooking Vinyl]]|access-date=March 18, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110211104049/http://cookingvinyl.com/artists/frank-black/#2 |archive-date=February 11, 2011|url-status=dead|ref={{SfnRef|Frank Black: Releases}}}} |
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* {{Cite web|url= https://www.nme.com/news/pixies/5654 |title=Frank Blacks Out Pixies Reunion|work=[[NME]]|date=December 13, 2000|access-date=December 23, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111017034548/http://www.nme.com/news/pixies/5654 |archive-date=October 17, 2011|url-status=dead|ref={{SfnRef|Frank Blacks Out Pixies Reunion}}}} |
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* {{Cite book|last1=Frank|first1=Josh|last2=Ganz|first2=Caryn|title=Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies|publisher=St. Martin's Press|date=2005|isbn=0-312-34007-9|title-link=Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies}} |
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* {{Cite web|last=Fritch|first=Matthew|url= https://magnetmagazine.com/2001/04/15/frank-black-odd-ball/ |title=Frank Black: Odd Ball|work=[[Magnet (magazine)|Magnet]]|date=April 15, 2001|access-date=March 15, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210215215105/https://magnetmagazine.com/2001/04/15/frank-black-odd-ball/ |archive-date=February 15, 2021|url-status=live}} |
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The Pixies are an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts formed in 1986 by Black Francis (vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriter), Joey Santiago (lead guitar), Kim Deal (bass, vocals) and David Lovering (drums). The pop sound influenced acts such as Nirvana, Radiohead, the Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer.
The Pixies are associated with the 1990s alternative rock boom, and draw on elements including punk rock and surf rock. Their music is known for dynamic "loud-quiet-loud" shifts and song structures. Francis is the primary songwriter; his often surreal lyrics cover offbeat subjects such as extraterrestrials, incest, and biblical violence.
The Pixies achieved modest popularity in the US but were more successful in Europe. Their popularity grew after their breakup, leading to a 2004 reunion and sold-out world tours. Deal left in 2013, and was replaced by Kim Shattuck as a touring bassist. She was replaced that year by Paz Lenchantin, who became a full member in 2016. With Lenchantin, the Pixies recorded the albums Indie Cindy (2014), Head Carrier (2016), Beneath the Eyrie (2019) and Doggerel (2022). Lenchantin departed in 2024, replaced by Emma Richardson, formerly of Band of Skulls. The ninth Pixies album, The Night the Zombies Came, is scheduled for October 2024.
History
[edit]Formation (1986)
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Guitarist Joey Santiago and songwriter Black Francis (born Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV) met when they lived next to each other in a suite while attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[1] Although Santiago was worried about distractions, he noticed Francis played music and the pair began to jam together.[2] Francis embarked on a student exchange trip to Puerto Rico to study Spanish.[1] After six months, he returned to Amherst and dropped out of the university.[3] Francis and Santiago spent 1984 working in a Boston-area warehouse, with Francis composing songs on his acoustic guitar and writing lyrics on the subway train.[4]
The pair formed a band in January 1986.[5] Two weeks later, Francis placed an advertisement seeking a bass player who liked both the folk act Peter, Paul and Mary and the alternative rock band Hüsker Dü.[6] Kim Deal was the only respondent, and arrived at the audition without a bass, as she had never played one before.[7][8] She was invited to join as she liked the songs Francis showed her. She obtained a bass, and the trio started rehearsing in Deal's apartment.[9]
After recruiting Deal, Kim paid for her sister, Kelley Deal, to fly to Boston and audition as drummer. Though Francis approved, Kelley was not confident in her drumming, and was more interested in playing songs written by Kim; she later joined Kim's band the Breeders.[10] Kim's husband suggested they hire David Lovering, whom Kim had met at her wedding reception.[11][12] The group arrived at a name after Santiago selected the word "pixies" randomly from a dictionary, liking how it looked and its definition as "mischievous little elves".[1] The Pixies moved rehearsals to Lovering's parents' garage in mid-1986[9] and began to play shows at bars in the Boston area.[1]
Come On Pilgrim (1987)
[edit]While the Pixies were playing a concert with Throwing Muses, they were noticed by the producer Gary Smith, the manager of Fort Apache Studios.[5] He told them he "could not sleep until you guys are world famous".[13] Funded by Francis' father at the cost of $1000, the Pixies spent three days recording a 17-track demo at Fort Apache, known as the Purple Tape for its purple cover.[14] The promoter Ken Goes became the Pixies' manager, and he passed the demo to Ivo Watts-Russell of the independent record label 4AD.[1] Watts-Russell found the Pixies too normal and "too rock 'n' roll", but signed them at the persuasion of his girlfriend.[15]
Upon signing with 4AD, eight tracks from the Purple Tape were selected for the Come On Pilgrim mini-LP, the Pixies' first release.[5] Francis drew upon his experiences in Puerto Rico, mostly in the songs "Vamos" and "Isla de Encanta", describing the poverty in Puerto Rico and singing in loose Spanish.[13] The religious lyrics and later albums came from his parents' born-again Christian days in the Pentecostal Church.[13] The critic Heather Phares identified themes such as sexual frustration ("I've Been Tired") and incest ("Nimrod's Son" and "The Holiday Song").[16]
Surfer Rosa and Doolittle (1988–1989)
[edit]Come On Pilgrim was followed by the Pixies' first full-length album, Surfer Rosa. It was recorded by Steve Albini,[17] completed in two weeks, and released in early 1988.[13] Surfer Rosa gained the Pixies acclaim in Europe; both Melody Maker and Sounds named it their "Album of the Year". American critical response was positive but more muted, a reaction that persisted for much of the Pixies' career.[18] Surfer Rosa was eventually certified gold in the US in 2005.[19] The Pixies arrived in England to support Throwing Muses on the European "Sex and Death" tour, beginning at the Mean Fiddler in London.[20] The tour also took them to the Netherlands, where the Pixies had already received enough media attention to be headlining the tour. The tour became notable for the band's in-jokes, such as playing their entire set list in alphabetical order.[5]
The Pixies signed an American distribution deal with the major record label Elektra.[5] Around this time, they struck up a relationship with the British producer Gil Norton. Norton produced their second full album, Doolittle,[21] which was recorded in the last six weeks of 1988 and seen as a departure from the raw sound of Come On Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa. Doolittle had a much cleaner sound, largely due to Norton and the production budget of US$40,000, which was quadruple that of Surfer Rosa.[22] Doolittle featured the single "Here Comes Your Man", which biographers Josh Frank and Caryn Ganz describe as an unusually jaunty and pop-like song for the band.[23] "Monkey Gone to Heaven" was popular on alternative radio in the US, reaching the top 10 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks,[24] and the single entered the Top 100 in the U.K.[25] Like Surfer Rosa, Doolittle was acclaimed by fans and music critics alike.[21] Doolittle was their first album to enter into the Billboard 200, peaking at 98.[26] In the UK, the album was a commercial success, reaching number 8 in the Albums Chart.[27]
Break (1989–1990)
[edit]After Doolittle, tensions between Deal and Francis came to a head (for example, Francis threw a guitar at Deal during a concert in Stuttgart),[28] and Deal was almost fired from the band when she refused to play at a concert in Frankfurt.[29] Santiago, in an interview with Mojo, described Deal as being "headstrong and want[ing] to include her own songs, to explore her own world" on the band's albums; eventually she accepted that Francis was the singer and had musical control of the band, but after the Frankfurt incident, "they kinda stopped talking".[29] The band became increasingly tired during the post-Doolittle "Fuck or Fight" tour of the United States and fighting among members continued.[21] After the tour's final date in New York City, the band was too exhausted to attend the end-of-tour party the following night and soon announced a hiatus.[5]
During this time, Santiago and Lovering went on vacation[21] while Francis performed a short solo tour,[5] made up of a number of concerts to generate gas money as he traveled across the country.[1] Deal formed a new band, the Breeders, with Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses and bass player Josephine Wiggs of Perfect Disaster.[30] Their debut album, Pod, was released in 1990.[30][31]
Bossanova and Trompe le Monde (1990–1992)
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In 1990, all members of the group except Deal moved to Los Angeles.[32] Lovering stated that he, Santiago, and Francis moved there "because the recording studio was there".[33] Unlike previous recordings, the band had little time to practice beforehand, and Black Francis wrote much of the album in the studio.[34] Featuring the singles "Velouria" and "Dig for Fire", Bossanova reached number 70 in the United States.[35] In contrast, the album peaked at number three in the United Kingdom.[36] Also in 1990, the Pixies released a cover of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band's "Born in Chicago" on the compilation album Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary.[37]
The band continued to tour and released Trompe le Monde in 1991, their final album before their break-up. The album included "U-Mass", which has been described as being about college apathy,[38] and whose guitar riff was written years before at the University of Massachusetts before Francis and Santiago dropped out.[38] The album also featured a cover of "Head On" by the Jesus and Mary Chain.[39] Also that year, the band contributed a cover of "I Can't Forget" to the Leonard Cohen tribute album I'm Your Fan,[40] and began an international tour on which they played stadiums in Europe and smaller venues in the United States. They supported U2 on the lucrative US leg of their Zoo TV Tour in 1992.[41] Tensions rose among band members, and at the end of the year, the Pixies went on sabbatical and focused on separate projects.[41]
Breakup and solo projects (1993–2003)
[edit]In early 1993, Francis announced in an interview with BBC Radio 5 that the Pixies were finished, without telling the other members of the band. He offered no explanation at the time.[5] He later called Santiago and notified Deal and Lovering via fax.[42]
After the breakup, the members embarked on separate projects. Black Francis renamed himself Frank Black,[43] and released several solo albums, including a string of releases with Frank Black and the Catholics.[44] Deal returned to the Breeders, who achieved a hit single, "Cannonball", from their platinum-selling Last Splash in 1993, and released more albums several years later.[30] She also formed the Amps, who released one album.[45]
Santiago played lead guitar on a number of Frank Black albums[46][47][48] and other artists' albums.[49][50] He wrote music for the television show Undeclared and theme music for the film Crime and Punishment in Suburbia.[51] He formed the Martinis with his wife, Linda Mallari, and released the album Smitten in 2004.[51] In 2004, he also played lead guitar on the album Statecraft by the novelist and musician Charles Douglas.[52] Lovering became a magician and performed a style of magic he called "scientific phenomenalism".[53] He was temporarily a member of the Martinis, and later drummed with the band Cracker.[53][54]
4AD and Elektra Records continued to release Pixies material: the best-of album Death to the Pixies (1997),[55] the Peel-session compilation Pixies at the BBC (1998),[56] and the Complete 'B' Sides compilation (2001).[57] In 2002, material from the Pixies' original 17-track demo tape was released as an EP, Pixies, on Cooking Vinyl in the U.K.[58] and SpinART Records in the U.S.;[59] Black has also used these labels to release solo work[60][61] and albums with the Catholics.[44][62] Their song "Where is My Mind" was played during the ending scene of the movie Fight Club in 1999, providing the song to a new generation of fans.
Reunion (2003–2012)
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In the years following the Pixies' breakup, Black dismissed rumors of a reunion,[1][38][63] but incorporated an increasing number of Pixies songs in his sets with the Catholics,[64] and occasionally included Santiago in his solo work and Lovering's magic show as an opening act to concerts.[1] In 2003, a series of phone calls among band members resulted in some low-key rehearsals, and soon the decision to reunite.[1] By February 2004, a full tour was announced,[65] and tickets for nearly all the initial tour dates sold out within minutes.[66]
The Pixies played their first reunion concert on April 13, 2004, at the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[67] A warm-up tour through the U.S. and Canada (in which all dates were recorded and released as individual limited-edition CDs) was followed by an appearance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.[5][68] The band then spent much of 2004 touring in locations including Europe and the UK.[5] The group won the Act-of-the-Year award in the 2004 Boston Music Awards.[69] The 2004 reunion tour grossed over $14 million in ticket sales.[70]
In June 2004, the band released a new song, "Bam Thwok" exclusively on the iTunes Music Store; it reached number one in the UK Official Download Chart.[71] 4AD released Wave of Mutilation: The Best of Pixies, along with a companion DVD, Pixies.[72] The band also contributed a rendition of "Ain't That Pretty at All" to the Warren Zevon tribute album Enjoy Every Sandwich.[73] In 2005, the Pixies made appearances at festivals including Lollapalooza,[74] "T on the Fringe",[75] and the Newport Folk Festival.[76] They continued to make appearances through 2006 and 2007,[77][78] culminating in their first shows in Australia.[79] Francis suggested that a new Pixies studio album was possible,[80][81][82] or unlikely,[83] the main obstacle being Deal's reluctance.[84][85]
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of Doolittle, the Pixies launched a tour in October 2009 where they performed the album track-for-track, including the associated B-sides.[86] The tour began in Europe,[86] continued in the United States in November,[87] with the South American and Australian tour following in March 2010, then New Zealand, and more European dates in spring 2010,[88][89] and back to North America in 2010.[90][91]
Deal's departure, Indie Cindy and the arrival of Lenchantin (2013–2015)
[edit]On June 14, 2013, the Pixies announced that Deal had left the band. Two weeks later, the band released a new song, "Bagboy", as a free download via the Pixies' website. The song features Jeremy Dubs of Bunnies and formerly of the Bennies on vocals in place of Deal.[92] As of 2023[update], Deal and her former bandmates have no relationship.[93]
On July 1, 2013, the Pixies announced the addition of the Muffs and Pandoras guitarist and vocalist Kim Shattuck to replace Deal for their 2013 European tour.[94][95][96] On September 3, 2013, the Pixies released an EP of new songs, EP1. On November 29, 2013, Shattuck announced that she had been dismissed from the band.[97] In December 2013, it was announced that the Entrance Band and A Perfect Circle bassist Paz Lenchantin was joining the Pixies for the 2014 tour.[98] Lenchantin said she had been a "die-hard" Pixies fan as a teenager and that Black was the greatest artist she had worked with.[99] The Pixies released EP2 on January 3, 2014. The single released to radio was "Blue Eyed Hexe". Another new EP, EP3, was released on March 24, 2014. All the EPs were only available as downloads and limited-edition vinyl.
The three EPs were collected in LP format and released as the album, Indie Cindy, in April 2014.[100] It was the first Pixies album in over two decades.[101] In 2015, the Pixies toured in support of Robert Plant for a series of dates across North America.[102]
Head Carrier, Beneath the Eyrie and Doggerel (2016–2023)
[edit]In July 2016, the Pixies announced that Lenchantin had become a permanent member, and that their sixth album, Head Carrier, would be released on September 30, 2016.[103] Their seventh album, Beneath the Eyrie, was released on September 13, 2019, with the lead single, "On Graveyard Hill".[104] The Pixies released a podcast, It's a Pixies Podcast, documenting the recording of the album.[105] The Pixies released a non-album single, "Human Crime", in March 2022.[106] They released their eighth studio album, Doggerel, with the single "There's a Moon On" on September 30 via BMG.[107][108]
Lenchantin's departure, arrival of Richardson and The Night the Zombies Came (2024–present)
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On 4 March 2024, the Pixies announced that Lenchantin had left the band "to concentrate on her own projects".[99] In a statement to Rolling Stone, Lenchantin said that the choice was not hers and that her "departure [was] a bit of a surprise to [her] as it is to many".[99] She was replaced on the forthcoming Pixies tour by Emma Richardson, formerly of Band of Skulls.[99] The tour celebrated the band's third and fourth studio albums, Bossanova (1990) and Trompe le Monde (1991), with Francis describing the experience as "actually delightful".[109] In June, the Pixies released the single "You're So Impatient", Richardson's first studio credit with the band.[110]
On October 25, 2024, the Pixies will release their tenth studio album, The Night the Zombies Came, produced by Tom Dalgety, who also worked on their previous three studio albums.[109] Regarding the album title, Francis said: "It's not like I wrote a bunch of songs about zombies or that we tried to make the album sound scary or anything like that. 'Zombie' is just an associative word. You can do with it what you like. And it's not a concept record, but that word kept popping up in the lyrics. When I combed through all the other lyrics for a title, they just sounded corny as shit. The only thing that made sense was The Night the Zombies Came. And I was like, 'You know what? That's a pretty good title. I'd go see that movie.'"[109] On the same date, the band shared a new single, "Chicken".[111]
Style
[edit]The Pixies incorporate elements of surf rock and punk rock, with an emphasis on contrasting volume dynamics. Spin described them as "surf music-meets-Stooges spikiness and oft-imitated stop/start and quiet/loud dynamics".[112] Their music was described as "an unorthodox marriage of surf music and punk rock ... characterized by Black's bristling lyrics and hackle-raising caterwaul, Deal's whispered harmonies and waspy basslines, Joey Santiago's fragile guitar, and the persistent flush of David Lovering's drums."[41]
The music incorporates extreme dynamic shifts. Francis said in 1991, "Those are the two basic components of rock music ... the dreamy side and the rockin' side. It's always been either sweaty or laid back and cool. We do try to be dynamic, but it's dumbo dynamics, because we don't know how to do anything else. We can play loud or quiet—that's it."[113]
Influences
[edit]The Pixies are influenced by a range of artists and genres; each member came from a different musical background. When he first started writing songs for the Pixies, Francis says he was listening to nothing but Hüsker Dü, Captain Beefheart, and Iggy Pop;[114] whilst in the run up to recording Come On Pilgrim he listened to R.E.M.'s Murmur a lot, which he described as "hugely influential" on his songwriting.[115] During the making of Doolittle he listened heavily to the Beatles' White Album.[116] He has cited Buddy Holly as a model for his compressed songwriting.[117] Francis did not discover punk rock until he was 16, saying "it was good I didn't listen to these hip records". As a child, he listened mainly to 1960s songs, religious music and Emerson Lake and Palmer, [...] and Talking Heads, who he says "weren't punk either".[118]
Santiago listened to 1970s and 1980s punk including Black Flag, as well as David Bowie[13] and T. Rex.[119] Guitarists who influenced him include Jimi Hendrix, Les Paul, Wes Montgomery, Lou Reed[120] and George Harrison.[121] Deal's musical background was folk music and country; she had formed a country-folk band with her sister in her teenage years, and played covers of artists such as the Everly Brothers and Hank Williams.[41] Other artists Deal listened to included XTC, Gang of Four and Elvis Costello.[122] Lovering is a fan of the band Rush.[41]
Film has influenced the Pixies; Francis cites surrealist films Eraserhead and Un chien andalou (as mentioned in "Debaser") as influences.[13] He has said he "didn't have the patience to sit around reading Surrealist novels", but found it easier to watch twenty-minute films.[123]
Songwriting and vocals
[edit]Most of the Pixies' songs are composed and sung by Francis. Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine has described Francis's writing as containing "bizarre, fragmented lyrics about space, religion, sex, mutilation, and pop culture".[5] Biblical violence is a theme of Doolittle's "Dead" and "Gouge Away";[1][124] Francis told a Melody Maker interviewer, "It's all those characters in the Old Testament. I'm obsessed with them. Why it comes out so much I don't know."[125] He has described Come On Pilgrim's "Caribou" as being about reincarnation,[1] and extraterrestrial themes appear in a number of songs on Bossanova.[1]
Deal co-wrote Doolittle's "Silver" with Francis,[126] and they share lead harmony vocals on the track.[14] She also co-wrote and sang lead vocals on Surfer Rosa's "Gigantic",[10][127] and wrote the 2004 single "Bam Thwok".[122][128] She was credited as Mrs. John Murphy on "Gigantic"[127]—at the time she was married, and she used this name as an ironic feminist joke.[125] She also sang lead vocals on the song "Into the White" and the Neil Young cover "Winterlong", both B-sides.[57]
Lovering sang lead vocals on Doolittle's "La La Love You"[126] and the B-side "Make Believe".[57] Lenchantin made her lead vocal debut on Head Carrier's "All I Think About Now".[129] She also provided lead vocals on "Los Surfers Muertos", from 2019's Beneath The Eyrie and the 2020 September single "Hear Me Out".
Legacy
[edit]The Pixies' first album, Surfer Rosa, is certified gold, while Doolittle is certified platinum, selling over 1 million copies. The band influenced a number of musicians associated with the alternative rock boom of the 1990s.[130][131] Gary Smith, who produced Come On Pilgrim, said in 1997:[131]
I've heard it said about the Velvet Underground that while not a lot of people bought their albums, everyone who did started a band. I think this is largely true about the Pixies as well. Charles' secret weapon turned out to be not so secret and, sooner or later, all sorts of bands were exploiting the same strategy of wide dynamics. It became a kind of new pop formula and, within a short while, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was charging up the charts and even the members of Nirvana said later that it sounded for all the world like a Pixies song.
The Pixies are credited with popularizing the extreme dynamics and stop-start timing that would become widespread in alternative rock. Their songs typically feature hushed, restrained verses, and explosive, wailing choruses.[38]
Artists including David Bowie, Matt Noveskey, Radiohead, PJ Harvey, U2, Nirvana, the Strokes, Alice in Chains, Arcade Fire, Pavement, Everclear, Kings of Leon and Matthew Good have cited admiration of the Pixies.[21][132][133] Bono of U2 called the Pixies "one of America's greatest bands ever",[132] and Radiohead's Thom Yorke said that the Pixies "changed my life".[131] Bowie, whose own music had inspired Francis and Santiago while they were at university, has said that the Pixies made "just about the most compelling music of the entire 80s."[132]
One notable citation as an influence was by Kurt Cobain, on influencing Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", which he admitted was a conscious attempt to co-opt the Pixies' style. In a January 1994 interview with Rolling Stone, he said, "I was trying to write the ultimate pop song. I was basically trying to rip off the Pixies. I have to admit it [smiles]. When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily I should have been in that band—or at least in a Pixies cover band. We used their sense of dynamics, being soft and quiet and then loud and hard."[131][134] Cobain cited Surfer Rosa as one of his main musical influences, and particularly admired the album's natural and powerful drum sounds—a result of Steve Albini's influence on the record. Albini later produced Nirvana's 1993 In Utero at the request of Cobain.[135]
Other bands and artists who have cited the Pixies as an influence include Weezer,[136] Gavin Rossdale of Bush,[137] Snow Patrol,[138] Slowdive,[139] OK Go,[140] Eve 6,[141] Thrice,[142] Toadies,[143] Ash,[144] Ride,[145] Veruca Salt,[146] Sleeper,[147] Lemuria,[148] and Treepeople.[149]
Music videos and DVDs
[edit]No music videos were released from Come On Pilgrim or Surfer Rosa, but from Doolittle onwards, the following videos were made: "Monkey Gone To Heaven", "Here Comes Your Man", "Velouria", "Dig For Fire", "Allison", "Alec Eiffel", "Head On", and "Debaser";[150] these were later released on the 2004 DVD Pixies.[150] The videos for "Here Comes Your Man" and "Allison" were also released on The Complete 'B' Sides.[57] Furthermore, a music video accompanied the release of their 2013 song, "Bagboy", as well an alternate video released on a later date. Videos were made for all the songs on both EP1 and EP2 and for "Silver Snail" and "Ring the Bell" from EP3. From Head Carrier onwards, the following videos were made: "Tenement Song", "Um Chagga Lagga", "On Graveyard Hill", "Catfish Kate", "Long Rider", "Hear Me Out", "Human Crime" and "Vault of Heaven".
By Bossanova, the band had developed a severe aversion to recording music videos, and Francis refused to lip-sync to them.[151] For example, in the "Here Comes Your Man" video, both Black and Deal open their mouths wide instead of mouthing their lyrics.[152] According to the record label, this became one of the reasons that Pixies never achieved major coverage on MTV.[151] With Bossanova's release, 4AD hoped to get the Pixies chosen to perform their single "Velouria" on the BBC's Top of the Pops.[153] To this end, the band was pressured into producing a video for the song, and made one cheaply with the band members filmed running down a quarry, shown in slow motion.[151][154] The group was ultimately not given a spot on the show.[154][155]
The 90-minute documentary loudQUIETloud: a film about the Pixies was directed by Steven Cantor and Matthew Galkin and released in 2006. The film documents their 2004 reunion and tour, and covers the years after the break-up.[156] In addition to Pixies and LoudQUIETloud, four other Pixies DVDs were released between 2004 and 2006, all featuring concert performances: Live at the Town and Country Club 1988,[157] The Pixies—Sell Out,[132] The Pixies Acoustic: Live in Newport,[158] and The Pixies Club Date: Live at the Paradise in Boston.[159]
Band members
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Current members
Former members
Former session musicians
Former touring musicians
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Timeline
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Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]- Come On Pilgrim (1987)
- Surfer Rosa (1988)
- Doolittle (1989)
- Bossanova (1990)
- Trompe le Monde (1991)
- Indie Cindy (2014)
- Head Carrier (2016)
- Beneath the Eyrie (2019)
- Doggerel (2022)
- The Night the Zombies Came (2024)
See also
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- List of alternative rock artists
- List of songs recorded by the Pixies
- Music of Massachusetts
- Music history of the United States in the 1980s
Citations
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- ^ Frank & Ganz 2005, p. 15
- ^ Sisario 2006, p. 14
- ^ a b Frank & Ganz 2005, p. 20
- ^ a b Chick 2008
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- ^ Sisario 2006, pp. 8–9
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- ^ a b Sisario 2006, p. 16
- ^ Sisario 2006, p. 17
- ^ Phares (Come On Pilgrim)
- ^ Frank & Ganz 2005, p. 75
- ^ Sisario 2006, pp. 19–20
- ^ 50 Cent Cashes In
- ^ Frank & Ganz 2005, p. 94
- ^ a b c d e Carew
- ^ Sisario 2006, p. 47
- ^ Frank & Ganz 2005, pp. 118–9
- ^ Pixies: Awards
- ^ Roach 2008, p. 320
- ^ Pixies Chart History – Billboard 200
- ^ Pixies full Official Chart history
- ^ Frank & Ganz 2005, p. 132
- ^ a b Aston 1997
- ^ a b c Erlewine (Breeders Biography)
- ^ Phares (Pod)
- ^ Frank & Ganz 2005, p. 172
- ^ Frank & Ganz 2005, p. 74
- ^ Frank & Ganz 2005, pp. 175–76
- ^ Billboard 200: Week of September 15, 1990
- ^ Roach 2009, p. 216
- ^ Heilman
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- ^ Phares (Trompe le Monde)
- ^ Erlewine (I'm Your Fan)
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- ^ Sisario 2006, p. 7
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- ^ Grose 2002
- ^ Frank Black: Credits
- ^ Teenager of the Year: Credits
- ^ Show Me Your Tears: Credits
- ^ Stuff: Credits
- ^ In Pursuit of Your Happiness: Credits
- ^ a b News (The Martinis)
- ^ Weingarten 2004
- ^ a b Albert 2003.
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- ^ a b c d Black 2001
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- ^ Frank Black and the Catholics (SpinART Records)
- ^ Frank Blacks Out Pixies Reunion
- ^ Mendelssohn 2005, pp. 152, 168, 191
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- ^ Lash 2005
- ^ Moss 2004
- ^ Boston Music Awards 2004
- ^ Kot 2004
- ^ Oates, John (June 28, 2004). "Pixies top UK download chart". The Register. Retrieved September 10, 2006.
- ^ Phares (Wave of Mutilation: The Best of Pixies)
- ^ Deming
- ^ Ford 2005
- ^ Mella, Daniel (May 26, 2005). "Pixies Supported by Idlewild at 'T on the Fringe'". Gigwise. Retrieved September 10, 2006.
- ^ Pixies Unplug for Newport Folk Festival
- ^ Pixies Announce Summer Tour... But Their Future is Uncertain
- ^ Pixies announce Australian tour dates
- ^ Cho 2009
- ^ Pixies mainman gives lowdown on band's new album
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