PIXIES.
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Brief
Pixies bio:
The Pixies
formed in Boston in the mid-1980's when Charles Thompson and Joey Santiago
put out a newspaper want ad for a bassist and drummer. The LA expats
were answered by bassist Kim Deal, who brought along drummer David Lovering.
The resulting conglomerate, initially known as the Pixies in Panoply and
with Charles Thompson becoming Black Francis, would become known as, simply,
the Pixies and within five years would revolutionize the rock 'n roll underground.
The Pixies would release five albums, one a year from 1987-1991.
All five challenged the sound and style of 80's rock, and two--Surfer
Rosa and Doolittle would join the pantheon of rock 'n
roll's classic albums. With their final album Trompe le Monde
released, the Pixies called it quits in 1992 in the midst of alternative
rock's ascendance to the mainstream-on a road paved primarily by the Pixies.
Black Francis became Frank Black, the semi-successful solo artist, and
Kim Deal's side project, the Breeders released the excellent Pod and
the platinum-selling
Last Splash. Joey Santiago now plays
in the Martinis. In 1997, label 4AD released the long-overdue compilation
Death
to the Pixies , with a bonus concert disc and 1998 saw the release
of Pixies at the BBC.
Read a More Detailed
History of the Pixies right
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Albums:
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Come
On Pilgrim Surfer Rosa
Doolittle
Bossanova Trompe le Monde
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(Oct.
1987)
(Mar. 1988)
(Apr. 1989)
(Aug. 1990)
(Sept. 1991)
Click album
covers for songlists with sounds in 
.
Links:
Planet
of Sound-a cool site with lots of live, rare, and album sounds.
Debaser.
A Small Pixies Site-excellent Pixies resource!
Death
to the Pixies-4AD's official Pixies site.
MTV.com-14
Pixies videos in Quicktime.
Alec
Eiffel-perhaps the best Pixies fan page. In English, French,
or Spanish.
Pixies
Vault-a well-designed page with lots of Pixies info.
Thrashin's
Pixies Page-nice site with guitar tablature.
Eyeballs-a
great French site. Best designed Pixies page.
All
Over the World-a decent French Pixies page.
PixiesWeb-info
on the Pixies, Breeders, Frank Black, and the Martinis.
Another
Pixies Page-links, articles, MP3 of the Month.
The
Sauce of Chaos-cute little fan page.
Here
Comes Your Band-concert guide, traders list, ICQ, news, etc.
Topher's
Page-cool page with MP3 of the month.
On
the 8th Day God Created Frank Black-self explanatory
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