Genres: Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, College Rock Active: 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: 1986 in Boston, MA
Pere Ubu, The Kinks, Hüsker Dü, Iggy Pop, Dick Dale, The Velvet Underground, The Beatles, The Pretenders, The Ramones, The Beach Boys, Ric Ocasek, Cheap Trick, The Cars, Gun Club, Mission of Burma, Marc Bolan, Neil Young, X, The Who Magnapop, Throwing Muses, Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr., Perfect, J.Z. Barrell, The Lemonheads, Belly, Sugar, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Flaming Lips, The Feelies, R.E.M., Blonde Redhead, My Bloody Valentine, Eleventh Dream Day, Seafood, Enon, Guided by Voices Sebadoh, Surf City, Poster Children, Silver Jews, Swell, Tin Machine, Nirvana, The Swirlies, Agent Sparks, Railroad Jerk, Better Than Ezra, PJ Harvey, Dan Solero, Brando, stellastarr*, Rocket from the Crypt, Pavement, Seam, Moth Macabre |  |
Combining jagged, roaring guitars and stop-start dynamics with melodic pop hooks, intertwining male-female harmonies and evocative, cryptic lyrics, the Pixies were one of the most influential American alternative rock bands of the late '80s. The Pixies weren't accomplished musicians -- Black Francis wailed and bashed out chords while Joey Santiago's lead guitar squealed out spirals of noise. But the bandmembers were inventive, rabid rock fans who turned conventions inside out, melding punk and indie guitar rock, classic pop, surf rock, and stadium-sized riffs with singer/guitarist Black Francis' bizarre, fragmented lyrics about space, religion, sex, mutilation, and pop culture; while the meaning of his lyrics may have been impenetrable, the music was direct and forceful.
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Release: August 24, 2010
Label: Eagle Rock
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Release: December 8, 2009
Label: Artist in Residence
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