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Boston, Massachusetts, United States (1986 – 1993 , 2004 – present)

Pixies is an American band which formed in Boston, Massachusetts, United States in 1986. They consist of Charles (Black Francis) Thompson IV (vocals, guitar; also known as ‘’Frank Black’‘), Kim Deal (bass, vocals), Joey Santiago (guitar) and David Lovering (drums). The band officially split in 1993 and reunited in 2004. They went on hiatus in 2007, with each band member pursuing projects of their own, only to reunite in 2009, with the announcement of a new tour commencing in Europe that summer.

Although quite popular on alternative rock radio in the United States due to heavy airplay of the singles “Monkey Gone to Heaven” and “Here Comes Your Man”, they were never widely popular there, but found success in Europe, especially in the UK (where they managed three top 40 singles “Velouria”, “Planet of Sound” and a re-release of “Debaser”) and Belgium and the Netherlands, where they were heavily broadcasted by alternative public radio.

The band’s style of alternative rock music is heavily influenced by and , and while highly melodic, is capable of being tremendously abrasive at the same time. Francis is the Pixies’ primary songwriter and singer and has a distinctly desperate, yowling delivery. He has typically written cryptic songs about offbeat subjects, such as UFOs and surrealism. References to mental instability, violent Biblical imagery, and physical injury feature in many of the band’s songs.
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  • WS9167

    The guy below me is right.

    2 hours ago Reply

  • Cox_of_Seagulls

    every Pixies album is pretty fuckin' great.

    Yesterday 12:41pm Reply

  • cahb1490

    Please come to Perú!

    23 May 4:59am Reply

  • NathelieJulienn

    surfer rosa and come on pilgrim > trompe le mode > doolittle or bossanova ;)

    22 May 11:59pm Reply

  • kissesneverdie

    No Bossanova top tracks, I call b.s.

    22 May 5:53am Reply

  • Gowienczyk

    @kis: more like the majority and the critical consensus

    21 May 2:36am Reply

  • kissesneverdie

    Newest Revelation: Everything Frank Black writes is lyrical gold.

    18 May 2:17am Reply

  • kissesneverdie

    Ithinki'mintheminoritywhenisayDOOLITTLEistheirbest.

    18 May 2:16am Reply

  • jhansennueve

    "correct opinion" lol [2] i'm sorry i can't win the approval of some guy on last.fm, i like bossanova

    17 May 7:56am Reply

  • moleste-me

    i'll ever owe so much to my brother for the things he presented me, and one of them is pixies. such a good thing to think that in my childhood i used to listen to here comes your man and debaser and sing so loud. i'll ever miss these things.

    17 May 7:40am Reply

  • Gowienczyk

    "correct opinion" lol

    15 May 5:45pm Reply

  • Cinskiy

    Finally found a band with all albums equally different and great.

    14 May 11:34am Reply

  • brownieboy

    I hope some of these sites have some truth over a new Pixies album for either this year or 2014, if they ever have some gigs in europe again, i've gotta go to a few

    13 May 10:27pm Reply

  • nuorimaa

    Bossanova! because of bittersweet memories mostly.

    12 May 8:08pm Reply

  • Lajon_

    "1. Bossanova 2. Trompe Le Monde 3. Doolittle 4. Surfer Rosa" lol you're so cool having your own alternative opinion

    11 May 4:53pm Reply

  • Nakkinak

    "Surfer Rosa>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Doolittle>>>>>others" This is the only correct opinion here

    11 May 4:36pm Reply

  • Nakkinak

    " 1. Bossanova 2. Trompe Le Monde 3. Doolittle 4. Surfer Rosa" you hate music, don't you

    11 May 4:36pm Reply

  • alin1

    Doolittle is such a wild and great album.

    9 May 3:16pm Reply

  • Cox_of_Seagulls

    Only known clip of the Pixies version of Brackish Boy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYGue9A6YRw

    9 May 12:41am Reply

  • brownieboy

    sunshines in the rusty morning

    8 May 3:35pm Reply
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