Genres: Alternative Pop/Rock, College Rock Active: 80's, 90's, 2000's Formed: 1986 in Boston, MA
The Velvet Underground, Iggy Pop, Pere Ubu, The Kinks, Hüsker Dü, Dick Dale, The Beatles, Cheap Trick, Ric Ocasek, The Cars, The Pretenders, The Ramones, The Beach Boys, Gun Club 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, The Fall, Eleventh Dream Day, Seafood, Enon Rocket from the Crypt, Great Lakes Myth Society, Surf City, The Swirlies, Nirvana, Swell, Railroad Jerk, Tin Machine, Poster Children, Silver Jews, Sebadoh, Moth Macabre, Seam, Better Than Ezra, stellastarr*, Agent Sparks, PJ Harvey, Dan Solero, Brando |  |
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: 2006
Label: Eagle Vision, Eagle Vision USA
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Release: August 22, 2006
Label: Eagle Vision
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