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, Perfect, J.Z. Barrell, The Lemonheads, Belly, Dinosaur Jr., Sugar, The Feelies, The Flaming Lips, The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, R.E.M., Blonde Redhead, The Fall, Eleventh Dream Day, Seafood, Enon Swell, Railroad Jerk, Rocket from the Crypt, Dan Solero, Sebadoh, Pavement, Seam, Brando, Nirvana, Agent Sparks, Great Lakes Myth Society, The Swirlies, Silver Jews, Poster Children, Moth Macabre, Tin Machine, PJ Harvey, stellastarr*, Better Than Ezra |  |
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 band were inventive, rabid rock fans that 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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