THE PIXIES
Name: The Pixies
Origin: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
The Pixies are an American alternative rock band formed in Boston,
Massachusetts in 1985. The band disbanded in 1993 in acrimonious
circumstances but reunited in 2004. Black Francis, Joey Santiago, Kim Deal, and
David Lovering have been the band's continual members. The Pixies found only
modest success in their home country, but were significantly more successful in
the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe, although never achieving mainstream
success with their studio albums.
The Pixies' music was heavily influenced by punk and surf rock, and while highly
melodic, was capable of being tremendously abrasive at the same time. Francis
was the band's primary songwriter and singer and had a distinctly desperate,
yowling delivery. He typically wrote cryptic songs about offbeat subjects, such
as UFOs and surrealism. References to mental instability, violent Biblical
imagery, physical injury, and incest feature in many of the band's songs.
The group is frequently posited as the immediate forebearer of the alternative
rock boom of the early 1990s, though they disbanded before reaping any of the
benefits this might have brought them. Avowed fan Kurt Cobain's
acknowledgement of the debt Nirvana owed to the Pixies, along with similar
tributes by other alternative bands, ensured that the Pixies' legacy and
influence grew substantially in the years following their demise.
Name: The Pixies
Origin: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
The Pixies are an American alternative rock band formed in Boston,
Massachusetts in 1985. The band disbanded in 1993 in acrimonious
circumstances but reunited in 2004. Black Francis, Joey Santiago, Kim Deal, and
David Lovering have been the band's continual members. The Pixies found only
modest success in their home country, but were significantly more successful in
the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe, although never achieving mainstream
success with their studio albums.
The Pixies' music was heavily influenced by punk and surf rock, and while highly
melodic, was capable of being tremendously abrasive at the same time. Francis
was the band's primary songwriter and singer and had a distinctly desperate,
yowling delivery. He typically wrote cryptic songs about offbeat subjects, such
as UFOs and surrealism. References to mental instability, violent Biblical
imagery, physical injury, and incest feature in many of the band's songs.
The group is frequently posited as the immediate forebearer of the alternative
rock boom of the early 1990s, though they disbanded before reaping any of the
benefits this might have brought them. Avowed fan Kurt Cobain's
acknowledgement of the debt Nirvana owed to the Pixies, along with similar
tributes by other alternative bands, ensured that the Pixies' legacy and
influence grew substantially in the years following their demise.