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Alt Rock

Simply one of the most highly-regarded, influential alternative rock bands of all time. The banddebuted with the Come On Pilgrim EP in 1987, before releasing two albums acknowledged asclassics - the abrasive Surfer Rosa, as produced by Steve Albini, and the sweeter, moremelodic and polished Doolittle. These albums established several elements of the Pixiessound that would later become alternative rock staples - quiet verse/loud chorus dynamics, boy/girlvocal harmonies, angular, simple lead guitar lines, and melodic basslines. Mainstream success wasalmost instant in Engla ...read more

Simply one of the most highly-regarded, influential alternative rock bands of all time. The banddebuted with the Come On Pilgrim EP in 1987, before releasing two albums acknowledged asclassics - the abrasive Surfer Rosa, as produced by Steve Albini, and the sweeter, moremelodic and polished Doolittle. These albums established several elements of the Pixiessound that would later become alternative rock staples - quiet verse/loud chorus dynamics, boy/girlvocal harmonies, angular, simple lead guitar lines, and melodic basslines. Mainstream success wasalmost instant in England and most parts of mainland Europe, though American notoriety escapedthem until 1991, when Kurt Cobain admitted that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was 'my failed attemptto write a Pixies song'.

Two more albums followed in the early 90s - Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde. Throughout both these albums, Kim Deal became increasingly marginalised, which led to her formingThe Breeders as a creative outlet, and also led to the band's eventual disbandment in 1993. FrankBlack continued with a successful solo career, and The Breeders (ironically) went on to have morecommercial success than Pixies ever did.

A money-spinning reunion tour spanned much of 2004 and 2005, and a new album is in the works,apparently to be produced by Tom Waits. « hide

Similar Bands: Frank Black, Nirvana, The Breeders, Dinosaur Jr, The Martinis

LPs
Trompe Le Monde
1991

3.7
452 Votes
Bossanova
1990

3.8
565 Votes
Doolittle
1989

4.5
1,731 Votes
Surfer Rosa
1988

4.3
1,356 Votes
EPs
Come On Pilgrim
1987

4
393 Votes
Live Albums
Doolittle 20th Anniversary Live Sampler
2009

3.7
22 Votes
Pixies Sell Out (DVD)
2005

3.7
20 Votes
Compilations
Best of Pixies: Wave of Mutilation
2004

4
151 Votes
The Pixies (DVD)
2004

4.1
22 Votes
Pixies (EP)
2002

4.1
4 Votes
Complete B-Sides
2001

3.6
61 Votes
At the BBC
1998

3.9
53 Votes
Death to the Pixies
1997

4.3
17 Votes

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