Pixies: Whatever Happened To The Band Behind 'Doolittle' & 'Surfer Rosa' - Black Francis, Kim Deal

[@rnrtruestories]

Longest video I've done to date...Here's the Breeders story I reference in the video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4i8gWaDpdGbY68

[@tompanoname3579]

Bravo 4 that! Pixies sure as eff deserves it.

[@denisefreitas6727]

Fantastic video, love it! Surfer Rosa & Doolittle are amazing, love these records so much!

[@matthewbittenbender9191]

This band deserves and needed your longest video. Underrated, complicated and so much adversity behind the scenes, yet they made magic.

[@tompanoname3579]

@@chestyvulva No Kim, no Pixies. Honestly, without her they sadly sucks.

[@mollkatless]

The name is "Bagboy", not "begg-boy" Would really appreciate a correction, thanks!

[@johnscott6481]

Pixies are legendary at this point that's what happened to them

[@yasuke9317]

@WilshirecityBlues Never will be.

[@michaelhauser6440]

@WilsherecityBlues No band without a member that helped create them should continue using the name

[@jesseharradine9861]

indie cindy and bag boy are just as good as any of their classics, you just got old and your ears grew over with grey hair

[@johnscott6481]

@@jesseharradine9861 not as likely as you just having congenitally shit taste...and I don't even know what or why your talking about...indy...cindy? Wtf?

[@andyq9669]

Last great thing in music (I'm not sure if I mean that, but it feels good)

[@bpar73]

My favorite band in high school. I graduated in 91, and me and all my friends listened to bands like the Pixies, Jesus and Mary Chain, Jane's Addiction, They Might Be Giants, the Cure, bands like that. U2 and REM, too. We didn't listen to top 40 radio because it was so played out and fabricated and cheesy. In a way, that generation was part of a musical revolution.

[@markletts8802]

I'm an old man compared to you born in 70,but your musical taste made me smile,and put Jane's addiction on..I know times change,but fu*k I'm glad to have been born when music was on vinyl and getting into a festival was planned like a heist

[@jacobjames1171]

What a minute. Did I type this?

[@MrOctober44]

​@@jacobjames1171 No you didn't

[@RobertMcDougall73]

Of your list, well Jesus and Mary Chain had every song the same 3 blues chords, but many guitars and some good vocals, yeah up there, but the rest of your list far better!

[@philfallway]

Love this one man. One of your best to date... if not the best band bios. This band doesn’t get nearly enough credit for their massive influence on USA 90s grunge and the alternative movement/rock-era. My nerd-punk gang of friends in high school discovered Pixies mid 90s with Surfer Rosa and bought up every album by them immediately afterwards. Brings back all the memories. Thanks man!

[@rnrtruestories]

Thanks some jerks were complaining about it

[@ecurewitz]

the Pixies are fantastic

[@redacted2275]

Pixies received a lot of credit, they are borderline overrated at times nowadays! I love Pixies and Breeders and The Amps but Pixies does get enough credit already. Kurt Cobain always talked about them, MTV played their The Jesus & Mary Chain cover 24/7 in the 90s... I had "Bossanova" and "Doolittle" on CD in h*llhole Brazil lmao pressed here, not import. Great band...

[@zeitok8]

i think, in uk they are very loved, thanks to all the articles and documents wich praise pixies a lot they became a cult band some years ago everywhere, sold out shows, headline festivals, so they get the credit...now bands like melvins, fishbone...

[@bordercityrocktalk7576]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGbRhK1uYqppiJY Interview recent ...with Joey

[@okboomer1340]

My band, Brahman Caste, which I was the drummer, opened up for the then unknown band, The Pixies, at The Channel, in Boston back in 1987. Fun times. I'm now a realtor in Bend Oregon and saw The Pixies perform here live a few years ago. So many feelings of "what if". Great show.

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

I can say with relative confidence that The Pixies are a group you have either heard of but own no albums, or a band where you own every sound they ever committed to tape.

[@franciscastiglione5832]

That’s very true

[@pulykamell]

I doubt it. I have nothing past Trompe, and that’s not unusual from what I’ve seen.

[@jozz2248]

Almost. Need to look up that purple one.

[@codforlife]

lol, exactly! @@pulykamell

[@Brokenface]

True

[@stephaniestrolls]

A coworker loaned Trompe Le Monde on cassette back in the 90s. Wow, it sounded so pure, original, loud & fun! Been a fan ever since.

[@FanFanBessie2]

Same story!!! ...except it was Bossanova.👍

[@cuteasxtreme]

Tromps Le Monde is awesome

[@rumble2468]

Why didn't you just listen to it on Spotify or Pandora?

[@sottovoce4626]

Such an underrated album!

[@billyastro2U]

“Did you eventually return the cassette tape?”

[@roosterj2599]

I'm a staunch metal fan, but there's been bands in the past who have blew me away like the Cure, INXS, Enya, etc. The Pixies song Wave of Mutilation drew me to the band. Before I knew it I went from Doolittle to Surfer Rosa and in that same year Trompe Le Mond. I was in love. As a guitarist I found their music a challenge and something new to learn. 1992 was a turning point for me musically. The Pixies and the Grunge bands that were super popular changed me in a good way.

[@ruthlessreid9172]

Monkey gone to heaven for me.

[@mimi2the4]

"...there have been bands in the past that have blown me away"

[@ruthlessreid9172]

@@PKM_69 new age metal for hipsters at Starbucks

[@roosterj2599]

@@PKM_69 She was kind of a genre all her own. Check out sail away by Enya. Kind of relaxing. Full disclosure...... I really liked Mili Vanili. Lol!

[@roosterj2599]

@@PKM_69 Lol! It's cool. I thought you might be in your early 20s or something and had no idea who Enya was. Yeah. It's an eclectic mix for sure.

[@AnonymousAccount514]

1995….Freshman year at College…my gf at the time played Surfer Rosa for me…Still love it to this day

[@jimmywebb4429]

Great video. Thanks for putting this out. Joey Santiago is a completely underrated guitarist, while I'm at it.

[@32alltheway]

Saw them in 88 in Quebec in a club with about 25 people. Stood like 10 feet away from Kim while she smoked, played bass, and sang backup at the same time. I fell in love

[@lisaindahouse1304]

Ha! The club I saw them in was about the same size back then

[@clewismessina6630]

The first time I heard them was when the Doolittle album came out. If you weren't tuning to alt stations at the time, you wouldn't have known they existed, because major US stations didn't give airtime to any alternative acts. I still think it was one of the most exciting times in music. There was all of this original, interesting music going on that wasn't getting any attention at all. All of it was overshadowed by hair bands and really tired top 40 acts who were, essentially, phoning it in. But to hear songs from the Pixies, the Cure, Love and Rockets, the Church, the Sugarcubes, Throwing Muses, REM, Wire, P.I.L., Jesus and Mary Chain, New Order, XTC while everyone else was still hanging onto Guns and Roses, Michel Jackson, Bruce Springsteen... it felt like you were in on a secret. You could sense things shifting, but wondered when it would all break and you'd be free of the emotionless guitar solo, the soul-less predictable songs, the same faces from decades prior. The real break came with Nirvana (sorry, Pixies), but anyone alive at the time and aware of alt knew that the Pixies really had a big hand in laying the foundation. The Pixies elevated pop songs to art by not being so completely focused on the typical love themes (boy meets girl, boy looses girl, boy's heart aches). People often cite Cobain's quote about ripping off their dynamics, but I think real listeners also get incredible chord sequences and that unmistakable sharp contrast between sweetness (Deal) and rawness (Black Francis). There's no doubt, Black Francis/Frank Black/Charles Thompson's ego killed the golden goose. He couldn't share the spotlight. Anyone will admit, he was a powerful songwriter, but he didn't appreciate the talent Deal AND Lovering brought the band. La La Love You, Into the White and (of course), Gigantic- come on!!!! I always felt Lovering's voice was underused, and Deal had no difficulty proving she could write songs with massive appeal. Why feel so threatened by it? No one was going to replace Black Francis. I think he's an awesome songwriter, but I so wish he could have been more mature at the time and realized he had a kick ass thing going that could have been even more kick ass. But hey- we're all young at some point. I loved the Pixies. I know this, because they truly broke my heart.

[@soyburglar77]

Being from a small town in the south, I didn’t actually discover the Pixies’ music until the late ‘90s. Since then, I’ve caught them live a couple of times and have been fortunate enough to have met both Charles and Joey. Some of their newer stuff is just as good as their original albums. In all these years, they’ve never gotten stale to me.

[@fallingcoconut5443]

Thank you for giving the video length the pixies story actually deserves. Great work man!

[@corey6393]

Surfer Rosa CD has been in my truck for several months. Been listening since a friend gave me a cassette tape in 1988.

[@mannyja]

I saw them twice before Kim left the band once in D.C. then a few months later in Baltimore. Trom La Monde is one of my favorite albums.

[@othelloxxxx]

i envy you

[@santinabellydance]

I used to have that tape cassette 🙂

[@psy2mentor]

Frank Black's body of work as a solo artist is pretty incredible in its own right. Easily one of the greats from the mid-90s to the present.

[@death265]

This is the one I've been waiting for. I love the Pixies! They are my favorite band ever. I am a 42 year old man from Houston and had the pleasure of seeing them live on the Death to the Pixies tour. Kim was still with them and what an epic show it was. Awesome vid bro! I would love to see a whatever happened to Portishead too.

[@michaelmaterne]

The 2004 tour, however, was not of great interest. I had the opportunity to see them twice in the 2010s, and it was something else!

[@bluefishblitz9577]

I fondly remember discovering the early Pixies in the late 1980s. Bone Machine was the first song of theirs I heard, and when Kim Deal's vocals hit on the refrain it was so cooly authentic. The band was so refreshing when compared to mainstream hair "metal" that was so popular and promoted at the time.

[@anthonyp6823]

They are more popular than ever. And they deserve it and much more.

[@larrydavid6852]

So many great bands on 4AD, The Pixies arguably being the jewel in the crown. Throwing Muses would be another band worth looking at - such an important band and super talented.

[@martineldritch]

Saw them at the Albany Egg, 2005. They were unplugged acoustic going to Newport Folk Festival the next day like some kind of "backward Bob Dylan" as Black said. He said he was happy to be playing in a building that looked like a UFO and Kim Deal kind of went "oh, here we go again". They were effing awesome.

[@dsoifersmith1]

One of the first concerts I’ve ever seen was Pixies, Love And Rockets and The Cure at Giants Stadium 1989. Absolutely amazing! Last concert I saw was Pixies in a small club in CT in 2019. What great bookends. As they say, “I may be old, but I saw all the cool bands”

[@foogazer9458]

The Cure at Giants stadium sounds fucking amazing

[@bordercityrocktalk7576]

Joey is pretty cool. I just interviewed him for his Canadian fans kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGbRhK1uYqppiJY

[@psychosquirrel555]

My first concert was also Cure So epic it pretty much ruined every concert since!

[@clewismessina6630]

You suck. Alright, you don't, I just couldn't be more jealous. That's like the holy trinity of my late teenage years. I've saw the Pixies twice (Bossanova and Trompe tours) and the Cure twice. Both shows were awesome. But to see all three... at once. Yes, that's probably about as good as a show will ever get. Every dog has it's day- that must have been quite a day.

[@spencexxx]

*I ever saw

[@ca9968]

Watched them live in South Africa in 2017, they were brilliant!

[@Charly_Dont_Surf]

Got to see them live a few years ago, incredible show!

[@AngelFloresOchoa]

The Pixies still rockin and are phenomenal live. Saw em with the cure and deftones in 2019.

[@johnchedsey1306]

Frank Black to me is one of the greatest songwriters of our time. I'm actually a far bigger fan of his first three solo records over anything else he's done before or since. Teenager of the Year is a desert island album in my book. But although I never saw them in the late 80s, I absolutely love watching videos of young Black Francis screaming his head off in their live shows. Must have been absolutely magical seeing them around then. Also kinda love the fact that he also accidentally wrote Cactus for David Bowie, who recorded the definitive version of the song (at least in my world).

[@Matt-602]

Wow, you went there! As much as I love The Pixies-- I think that "Teenager of the Year' is his absolute masterpiece too

[@kenjones6441]

Fully agree 100%

[@Daemiandussault]

Cactus? I assume you don't mean 8 line poem. Because Frank would have been like 3 years old. So I should shut up

[@edalder2000]

I grew up near DC and listened to WHFS. They were a 50,000 watt commercial station that played 80's alternative when it was current and new. WHFS was the first to play REM, New Order and more. Usually you heard The Pixies and more only on 500 watt college station. When I first heard Nirvana, I thought, "Beatles meets The Pixies."

[@Jason_Maier]

I'm also a lifelong Maryland resident. Dammit, I miss 99.1 WHFS!

[@b.w.22]

WHFS was such a great station that you could get from DC to Philadelphia. I remember finding it on the dial after getting bummed on DC 101 as a kid. 100% introduced me to a million bands I’d never heard before.

[@undrwrldsk8fred]

Who remember HFStival!

[@Jabberwok28]

Was stationed at Ft Meade from 90-93, listened to ‘HFS religiously. I miss the Daily Feed, Niecy, the techno show on Saturday nights. When I got out I went back to college and worked at the college radio station. One of my fellow DJs who was in grad school had interned at WHFS while he was an undergrad and new all the DJs. Lucky.

[@NeoNero83]

I think all of us born in the DC area between the late 60s and early 80s have fond memories of HFS

[@gonzobtrappin1911]

My favorite musican in my entire life time is Frank Black. I adore the pixies, but his early solo work is my favorite.

[@slaydesaid8741]

I still prefer Pixies, but I do agree that his first two solo albums are exceptional.

[@jasonjason7823]

Saw them in Chicago, absolutely great show 👍

[@fonzyandcompany]

One of my favourite bands of all time. Thanks for the upload.

[@pdlawson-venusloon359]

Pixies recorded a John Peel session which was broadcast prior to Surfer Rosa’s release and which had a significant and positive impact on their popularity here in the UK. I remember hearing their version of “Honey Pie” in that session and I was totally blown away by it.

[@clewismessina6630]

HONEY PIIIIIIIIIIIE!!!! Heheheheh. Agreed. Anyone who hasn't heard it should listen to the Beatle's version first, just to get a good sense of how the Pixies re-invented popular music.

[@Thomas.harding]

The first album I got by the pixies was that! Can’t find it on Spotify, only on KZbin what a cracking album though!

[@kurtkearcher8352]

@@Thomas.harding I’m so a

[@casucasueq4479]

You killed it on this one. Obviously there are other videos about the Pixies I've watched over the years but this crushes them. The vintage photos, insider information and the history lesson is much appreciated.

[@Danny-wv8ec]

i've been listening to The Pixies for the past 6 months, amazing band and music.

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

Have you heard The Brian Jonestown Massacre?

[@matthews7805]

Doolittle is a top 5 desert island album for me.

[@TheLabRatMan]

I never really heard of them until I got XM satellite radio in 2003 and realized they had a song in Fight Club. Then I bought their Greatest Hits and tracked down all I could of them. Very under rated. I had no idea Kim formed the Breeders and the girl from the Muffs took Kim's place in the Pixies. Muffs is another favorite. Thanks for the video.

[@AmericanLibra]

Years back, my band covered Caribou at a club, and someone in the crowd got a video of it and tagged us. I had found Frank's real facebook, under his real name, prior to, and sent him a friend request which he had for whatever reason accepted. Upon reviewing the video and thinking we had actually kinda killed it, I (half-jokingly) tagged him to the post and said something to the effect of "Frank Black, please sign my band." He untagged himself and blocked me. Lol. True story.

[@elgatonegro1703]

Lol that’s quintessential Frank Black (also, it’s still pretty uncool, do you have a link to the video? I’d like to check it out)

[@sammiddleton6619]

Literally the most under rated band of all time. It makes me sad that theres nirvana fans that havent even heard of Pixies

[@Cmonbilly]

And Nirvana fans who don’t know Sonic Youth...

[@actionjacksondan]

Here we go, somebody had to pull the underrated card. Arg….

[@sussychachi]

Pixies and Faith No More are both legendary bands that influence countless bands. Both are underrated but super important in rock/metal music.

[@onepunchflan3071]

Helmet and kyuss too

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

Damn, this band rocks, they are just so good

[@nevillejudecharles3357]

Kim Deal & Kelly Deal were badass and awesomely adorable. Tough Rock Babes!

[@darkdeity2012]

Love Pixies. Their new stuff is still good. Been into them since the 90s. Enjoy Deal's stuff with Breeders too.

[@ontheleveltk]

To close out their reunion tour in 2004, they played a run of shows here in New York at the Hammerstein. On the final night they played an early and a late show which I was able to somehow get a ticket to. It was a great show. I was lucky enough to see them there again during the Doolittle 20 anniversary tour in 2009. I worked across the street from the Hammerstein at the time and started talking to some of the roadies when they began loading in during the afternoon. Turned out the band gives them extra passes to hand out to fans that didn’t get tickets and I was given a couple. That’s a band that’s dedicated to their fans.

[@firstlast4161]

Great vid. Glad you mentioned Mr. Albini, would love to see a history of Big Black and Shellac

[@bigneon_glitter]

Pixies were in good space, pre-Covid. Saw them a couple years ago, epic show. And their 2019 album was a surprise return to form: "On Graveyard Hill" is one of their career best tracks.

[@morganwebb5244]

I saw them live in 2020 right before covid and they were amazing I was standing right in front of paz

[@TheSofajockey]

I think it was the movie "Pump Up The Volume" that introduced me to the Pixies. That movie had an insanely good soundtrack.

[@ZZKe7]

It did, but if you bought the soundtrack album a lot of the best songs weren’t on it

[@philliphamilton4782]

Same, it introduced me to the descendants too.

[@victorha9923]

Nothing out-of-the-ordinary happened to them, as far as I know. They had a great run and the music in their prime still stands, shining brightly to those who are into it. Rare is the band that burns hotly forever.

[@mumbles215]

Can’t think of any that burned more hot as time went on. Only the Beatles I guess. They called it quits on top tho they were only a recoding group for what 9 years. They still ascended upward. Hard to think of any other.

[@victorha9923]

@@mumbles215 I see some bands enter popular culture permanently. People wear their shirts, and possibly might not even know their music deeply. Rolling Stones, and Pink Floyd are two easy ones that pop in my head, maybe even the Ramones

[@chrislair6832]

I was lucky enough to see them at Coachella and it was their 1st show back together and I don't remember how many years many years. It was freaking amazing! Scene 2 more times since then 2

[@Cinestudi0]

Letter to Memphis is one of the most beautiful songs that exist

[@jdh9676]

Beneath The Eyrie is amazing. Can stand up with the bands best imo.

[@dj-kq4fz]

Still big on my playlist. Thanks! Dave J

[@TheAjcostello5672]

I had tickets to see them on the Doolittle tour in 2011, on the 29th of October with the original line-up. I live in Connecticut. That year we got hit with a major blizzard on that date, so the show was postponed... until two days later. That was the single greatest Halloween of my life.

[@ministerofdarkness]

The Pixies first two albums are true Rock Masterpieces! PLAY LOUD

[@DonJoeBob]

My introduction to Pixies was the fantastic show NIGHT MUSIC, and NBC Sunday late night show that introduced me to a ton of great new music that I'd never had heard elsewhere at the time. Fell in love with Pixies and still enjoy them.

[@archiemisc]

I think they, along with Sonic Youth, are the definitive 80's alternative rock bands (if there could ever be such a thing).

[@marknewbold2583]

Huskers

[@briananderson1921]

Can’t forget The Replacements either…

[@nowheretocollapsethelung]

Also Husker Du and Dinosaur Jr.

[@nelsonventura7374]

They are so much better than Sonic Youth. Sonic Youth,have some awful albums. They become just ridiculous,with that hipster obssession of being alternative.

[@richardwellend3806]

@@nelsonventura7374 agreed, just wonky out of tune guitar crap

[@TheChadTI]

This was a great unintended doc for the Pixies. Nice work man!

[@jimschleich8753]

Great video as always. But....its pronounced "HOO-sker Du" not "HUS-ker Du". Those darn Minnesota bands and their Scandinavian board game names!!

[@thumpyloudfoot864]

Saw them live in 2005 Molson Amphitheater (now called Budwieser stage) in Toronto.... Weezer was their opening act....

[@rickjamesspliff406]

I love the pixies! However, I believe Black Francis' best material, is his solo stuff under the name Frank Black esp. w/ the Catholics! Dude might be the most prolific songwriter of all time

[@Reversibleband]

I think Robert Pollard of Guided by Voices has him beat.

[@langdonboom]

@@Reversibleband So does Robert Pollard

[@kenjones6441]

100%

[@kenjones6441]

@@ReversiblebandNot in the same league as Charles Thompson.

[@Ancientreapers]

10:42 He was ahead of his time with that statement. It's just like that on the internet now. You can be a guy busting his arse off trying to make a name for himself for years and along comes some random unknown female and all she has to do is sit there with a low cut shirt and that's it all the thristies come out of the woodwork.

[@kingeatking]

I only watched them a few year's ago. Had a great live set ✊

[@davidgravey1998]

I love that the breeders were huge played in so many bands with ppl like Francis.

[@hosswilder9885]

Well done mate, very enjoyable.

[@eltontorres5247]

pixies fans are one of the most die hards. love the music, love the band, love the fans \m/

[@shannonedens7854]

Pixies are still my all time favorite band. I love that they were together for only about 5 or 6 years the first time, and now they are pushing 20 years after reuniting. Good music has staying power.

[@davidobrien9042]

A greatest hits album from the Pixies would have to include every album, and every damn live performance. They are the definition of grunge/alternative music, right there with the Melvins. And I love both Kim and Frank, long may they reign!

[@bwah7]

Steve Albini - what a crack up, I love him!

[@jorgevial131]

You can't understand most of the 80s and 90s music without the Pixies. They invented sounds, rithms and themes that influenced thousands of bands

[@liamgallagherrr]

One of the true original bands their tunes really stand in their own area lyrically musically etc

[@wutangpjs5055]

Whatever happened? If you don’t know then you have been living under a rock

[@davidcross701]

Blanck Francis had NO persona, no showmanship, and no style. With those inefficiencies, he felt insecure on stage and took all that, against Kim. Plain and simple.

[@CaptainKirkDiggler]

I know what happened to The Pixies... Kim Deal left.

[@kenjones6441]

Err… No. Charles Thompson disbanded them. They were his band, he wrote ALL their songs apart from a couple that Deal wrote lyrics for. As proven, the Pixies continue to this day doing brilliant albums.

[@CaptainKirkDiggler]

@kenjones6441 You missed my point. Pixies "ended" when Kim left because she was the "star", the most talented, the better singer, the one people's eyes were drawn to, and the one people connected with and wanted to see more of... not Frank. It took the Pixies, WITH Kim, almost 30 years to go platinum... Kim on her own, in the Breeders, platinum in about 300 days. Just sayin.

[@Shader670]

You either love them or hate them, I love them!

[@danieldaniel2]

Old Pixies: Great. New Pixies: ...

[@nomojo1110]

Surfer Rosa was the album that got me listening to something that wasn't metal. They're fun... and awesome ;)

[@rael2099]

They are an amazing and powerhouse of a live band now, and they're still going strong. Funny how Francis rejected playing in big venues, just to find out that after all these years he and the band could only play big venues at their return.

[@eaglebauer944]

A cool video for nerds would be the story of Kim Deal's 1958 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop, which Joey Santiago played on the first two Pixies albums, then Tanya Donelly from Throwing Muses on their 2nd album and the first Breeders album, then Kim's sister Kelly on the 2nd Breeders album, and occasionally a certain Kurt C. on the Nirvana/Breeders tour in 1993.

[@clewismessina6630]

I actually saw Joey play that goldtop up close in 1990 (Offenbach, Germany). He was using his beer bottle as a slide. And yeah... it was just mesmerizing.

[@ytubeanon]

btw Kim Deal's grandfather was the coal miner, her father was an engineer I think, he would help her make guitar cables and equipment when she was young

[@garrycowan4394]

Your one of the best music related channels on here , brilliant mate hope your channel explodes like it definitely deserves to , you got me watching stories about bands I'm not even into 👍

[@MajorCanada]

The Breeders were immensely underwhelming. The only L-Take I've ever heard from Steve Albini. RIP Steve. Much respect. You lived the dream.

[@adamschmitz7865]

First heard them on a local college Station. Started recording onto cassette about 20 seconds in. Took me over a year to figure out the song was hey by the pixies.

[@ironlungs1970]

Awesome band,great bio...thank you!

[@Cause4Alarm]

Back in the late 80s the Pixies didn't have a lot of fans or followers, I could never find 1 out of 100 people that was a fan of the Pixies back then it was until Dolittle that they got a lot more college radio play and started making a small dent into the mainstream by then that was the peak of the Pixies by 1989 because by the next few albums you knew there was something wrong cuz Kim wasn't singing ,which I noticed right off the bat but didn't know at the time how bad their relationship was until way later and it changed their sound and the vibe of the band. I'm glad I was able to see the Pixies in their Hay Day and Frank Black in his hay day after the breakup. The best way I can explain to Pixies to people back then was the best transition band from hardcore punk into something a little softer but still packed a punch with their music and lyrics! Frank Black had Joey and Dave play with him all the time on tour, so it was like having the Pixies after the Pixies broke up in the early 90s. I like how these videos have a lot of details but nothing was ever close to the reality of what was going on back at that time that's rock and roll for you!

[@carlDJS]

Yup, it could totally notice the considerable difference in sound when Kim was on her way out. If you listen too Joey Santiago's Martini's album with his wife, their sound it quite reminiscent of what Pixies music is mostly familar to be. I'm still hopeful Kim returns to the band even though i love that Breeders are together again.

[@clewismessina6630]

The first time I heard Trompe Le Monde, I knew it was over for the same reason. Kim's bass was there, but her voice and contributions weren't. I didn't know about the friction at the time (there was no internet and one had to read interviews in magazines to keep up), but it sounded like her ideas were being completely pushed aside and the band were less for it. B-songs (U Mass? the Sad Punk, Subbacultcha) were getting more record space and I could tell who wrote them. Compare her background vocals on 'Where is my Mind' to say 'Lovely Day'- not even close.

[@Darth_Melvis]

I found the pixies when I watched a Nirvana interview when I was 12 they were the first bands I would completely love all their songs, well tbh still haven't listened to much of their new stuff yet.

[@stairway211]

Pixies are like music for the ears

[@bocswu]

I found them by accident and have loved them since. In 1988 my friend handed me a copy of East Coast Rocker magazine. It had the address of the club his hair metal band was playing at. The magazine had a 3 or 4 page spread on the Pixies and their Surfer Rosa album. I didn't get a change see them until 1990 and again 1992. Both times at The Ritz NYC. I still have that magazine. Iggy Pop is on the cover. I've always split the four original members up this way, Charles and Joey are Pixies founders and Kim and David are original members. Pixies will always be Charles' baby.

[@robertdumas1618]

Wow thanks for filling in all those blanks I was lucky enough to see Nirvana with the Breeders opening up for them.

[@SuperHooverdam]

Best show I ever saw was the pixies and sonic youth opened for them. I’ll never forget that show.

[@davidfox7983]

Great video man Great band

[@mikee1891]

This is a great doc but I feel that telling the story of The Pixies without covering the band members’ addiction issues does the story a disservice. Overall 9/10 - really liked this video though!!

[@humongousfungusamongus3871]

I've loved the Pixies since I 1st heard them in the early 80's...& I will continue to love Pixies til I take my last breath.

[@bensamuels4976]

I was a college radio DJ in the late 80s early 90s. I remember when the Breeders' first EP landed and it ROCKED. I was listing to it with another DJ and after "Safari" ended, I turned to him and said, "Fuck Black Francis, Kim Deal IS THE PIXIES."

[@Darksmirk1]

Very interesting. That being said, your ending of the vid felt rushed. Like ya had to suddenly pee and you just were trying to end a phone call. Lol

[@polsigerson1037]

Steve Albini was already a legend when he produced the pixies.

[@amaccama3267]

This is why I sub to this channel. Two names that popped up that are worth checking out. Husker Du and Kristin Hersh.

[@insin5905]

Trompe le Monde is one of my favorite albums ever. Friction can create great results.

[@ktakyon]

So cool to have a Filipino in one of the most influential alternative rock acts of all time, me being a filipino myself

[@derekcampbell4209]

Joey is a huge influence on my guitar playing. He isn’t a virtuoso by any means, but he’s got so much style. Very unique and fits in to pixies so well. Love his playing.

[@kwizzeh]

Flare and style even if his guitar style is very simple and rooted in blues licks. It just works. Plus every Flip will call him Uncle Joey for making it big lol Me included.

[@se7entimes7]

The Pixies are 100% in my top 3 All Time favorite bands list.

[@davidcross701]

Great quote from Kurt. At the end, he made he's own sound and a revolution for all Alternative music! Justice for Kurt!