Īfter recruiting Deal, Kim paid for her sister, Kelley Deal, to fly to Boston and audition as drummer. She obtained a bass, and the trio started rehearsing in Deal's apartment. She was invited to join as she liked the songs Francis showed her. Kim Deal was the only respondent, and arrived at the audition without a bass, as she had never played one before. 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. 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. After six months, he returned to Amherst and dropped out of the university. Francis embarked on a student exchange trip to Puerto Rico to study Spanish.
Although Santiago was worried about distractions, he noticed Francis played music and the pair began to jam together. Guitarist Joey Santiago and songwriter Black Francis (born Charles Michael Kitteridge Thompson IV) met when they lived next to each other in a suite while attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Their popularity grew in the years after their breakup, leading to a 2004 reunion, sold-out world tours and four further albums: Indie Cindy (2014), Head Carrier (2016), Beneath the Eyrie (2019) and Doggerel (2022).įounding member and principal songwriter Black Francis Their jarring pop sound influenced acts such as Nirvana, Radiohead, the Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer. They achieved modest popularity in the US but were more successful in Europe. Francis is Pixies' primary songwriter his often surreal lyrics cover offbeat subjects such as extraterrestrials, incest, and biblical violence. Their music is known for its dynamic "loud-quiet-loud" shifts and song structures.
Pixies is associated with the 1990s alternative rock boom, and draw on elements including punk rock and surf rock. After Deal left in 2013, Pixies hired Kim Shattuck as a touring bassist she was replaced that year by Paz Lenchantin, who became a permanent member in 2016. They disbanded acrimoniously in 1993 but reunited in 2004. Until 2013, the band consisted of Black Francis (vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriter), Joey Santiago (lead guitar), Kim Deal (bass, backing vocals) and David Lovering (drums). Pixies is an American alternative rock band formed in 1986, in Boston, Massachusetts.
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