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Pixies
1986-1992
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Artistfacts:
| Black Francis' real name is Charles Thompson. When The Pixies broke up, he used the name Frank Black. |
| Many of their songs were slow in the verses, but would explode with the chorus. They were a major influence on Nirvana. |
| At some of their shows, they played the songs in alphabetical order. In others, they would start with the encore and play "backwards." |
| Kim Deal formed The Breeders as a side project in 1990. |
| The Pixies were slightly ahead of their time. Grunge bands that they influenced had lots of success and radio play just after they broke up. |
| In 1992, they opened for U2 on the Zoo TV tour. They were not well received by fans waiting to see the headliners. |
| Francis, an astronomy lover, decided to either travel to New Zealand to observe Halley's Comet or form a band. He chose the band. |
| Santiago comes from one of the wealthiest families in the Philippines. |
| Deal responded to an ad put out by Francis looking for a bassist who liked both Husker Du and Peter, Paul and Mary. She brought her friend, Lovering, with her. |
| On their first two albums, Deal is referred to as Mrs. John Murphy. |
| Joey Santiago and Black Francis shared a dorm room at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France) |
| David Lovering has a PhD in Physics and tours the US with a science show. He's really quite good at it. (thanks, Simon - Leeds, England) |
| The band regrouped in 2004 and released a single, "Bam Thwok," featuring Kim Deal on vocals. (thanks, Jarrett - Somewhere, Canada) |
| Kim Deal didn't know how to play bass when she joined the band; she didn't even own one. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France) |
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Comments:
| pixies rock hard and are original. toronto reunion show rocked out even though weezer to me was a strange choice for an opener
long live pixies - eggs bennedict, columbus, PA |
| Frank Black's Solo work has a lot of anagrams and on "Robert Onion" with The Catholics Every First Letter of a Line spells out a whole sentence! First word Robert - Vini, Reno, NV |
| they really try to influence the fact that they are Pixies, not the The Pixies. Although, The Pixies, is definitely more commonly used. - dane, Murrieta, CA |
| i just saw the pixies on saturday-- it was rather awesome/psychadelic - C.J., Tunkhannock, PA |
| The Dandy Warhols pay tribute to bassist Kim Deal on their 1997 album, 'Come Down', with a song titled 'Cool as Kim Deal' - Scott Evans, Bradford, Finland |
| in the middle of the song "cactus," they spell out the name of the band "p-i-x-i-e-s," and by using the first letter of each line in the lyrics in "ana," you can spell out the word "surfer." - richard, alva, OK |
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