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

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  • Pixies: Whatever happened to the band behind 'Doolittle' & 'Surfer Rosa.' The band featured Black Francis and Kim Deal who famously had a tulmultous relationship.
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Комментарии • 656

  • @rnrtruestories
    @rnrtruestories  3 года назад +60

    Longest video I've done to date...Here's the Breeders story I reference in the video. ruclips.net/video/YWYP3Mplh-M/видео.html

    • @tompanoname3579
      @tompanoname3579 3 года назад +6

      Bravo 4 that! Pixies sure as eff deserves it.

    • @denisefreitas6727
      @denisefreitas6727 3 года назад +2

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

    • @matthewbittenbender9191
      @matthewbittenbender9191 3 года назад +2

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

    • @tompanoname3579
      @tompanoname3579 3 года назад +3

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

    • @mollkatless
      @mollkatless 3 года назад

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

  • @bpar73
    @bpar73 3 года назад +52

    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
      @markletts8802 3 года назад +6

      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
      @jacobjames1171 Год назад

      What a minute. Did I type this?

    • @MrOctober44
      @MrOctober44 Год назад

      ​@@jacobjames1171 No you didn't

  • @johnscott6481
    @johnscott6481 3 года назад +350

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

    • @yasuke9317
      @yasuke9317 3 года назад +1

      @WilshirecityBlues Never will be.

    • @michaelhauser6440
      @michaelhauser6440 3 года назад +1

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

    • @jesseharradine9861
      @jesseharradine9861 3 года назад +10

      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
      @johnscott6481 3 года назад +2

      @@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
      @andyq9669 3 года назад +1

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

  • @ProjectFlashlight612
    @ProjectFlashlight612 3 года назад +43

    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
      @franciscastiglione5832 Год назад

      That’s very true

    • @pulykamell
      @pulykamell Год назад +5

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

    • @jozz2248
      @jozz2248 Год назад

      Almost. Need to look up that purple one.

    • @codforlife
      @codforlife Год назад

      lol, exactly!
      @@pulykamell

    • @Brokenface
      @Brokenface 8 месяцев назад

      True

  • @roosterj2599
    @roosterj2599 3 года назад +103

    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
      @ruthlessreid9172 3 года назад +2

      Monkey gone to heaven for me.

    • @mimi2the4
      @mimi2the4 3 года назад +1

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

    • @ruthlessreid9172
      @ruthlessreid9172 3 года назад +2

      @@PKM_69 new age metal for hipsters at Starbucks

    • @roosterj2599
      @roosterj2599 3 года назад +6

      @@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
      @roosterj2599 3 года назад +3

      @@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.

  • @philfallway
    @philfallway 3 года назад +100

    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
      @rnrtruestories  3 года назад +12

      Thanks some jerks were complaining about it

    • @ecurewitz
      @ecurewitz 3 года назад +5

      the Pixies are fantastic

    • @redacted2275
      @redacted2275 3 года назад +3

      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
      @zeitok8 3 года назад +4

      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
      @bordercityrocktalk7576 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/v5nSz8-E6R4/видео.html Interview recent ...with Joey

  • @okboomer1340
    @okboomer1340 Год назад +3

    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.

  • @stephaniestrolls
    @stephaniestrolls 3 года назад +53

    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
      @FanFanBessie2 3 года назад +3

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

    • @cuteasxtreme
      @cuteasxtreme 3 года назад +2

      Tromps Le Monde is awesome

    • @rumble2468
      @rumble2468 3 года назад

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

    • @sottovoce4626
      @sottovoce4626 3 года назад +1

      Such an underrated album!

    • @williamhopkins4724
      @williamhopkins4724 3 года назад +2

      “Did you eventually return the cassette tape?”

  • @clewismessina6630
    @clewismessina6630 3 года назад +13

    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.

  • @corey6393
    @corey6393 2 года назад +3

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

  • @jimmywebb4429
    @jimmywebb4429 3 года назад +11

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

  • @johnchedsey1306
    @johnchedsey1306 Год назад +10

    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
      @Matt-602 Год назад +2

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

  • @soyburglar77
    @soyburglar77 3 года назад +10

    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.

  • @32alltheway
    @32alltheway 3 года назад +8

    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
      @lisaindahouse1304 3 года назад

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

  • @fallingcoconut5443
    @fallingcoconut5443 3 года назад +5

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

  • @AmericanLibra
    @AmericanLibra 3 года назад +14

    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
      @elgatonegro1703 3 года назад

      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)

  • @mannyja
    @mannyja 3 года назад +13

    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.

  • @edalder2000
    @edalder2000 3 года назад +20

    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
      @Jason_Maier 3 года назад +1

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

    • @b.w.22
      @b.w.22 3 года назад +1

      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
      @undrwrldsk8fred 3 года назад +1

      Who remember HFStival!

    • @Jabberwok28
      @Jabberwok28 3 года назад +1

      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
      @NeoNero83 3 года назад +1

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

  • @martineldritch
    @martineldritch 2 года назад +3

    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.

  • @jimschleich8753
    @jimschleich8753 3 года назад +17

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

  • @bluefishblitz9577
    @bluefishblitz9577 3 года назад +5

    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.

  • @AnonymousAccount514
    @AnonymousAccount514 3 года назад +2

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

  • @larrydavid6852
    @larrydavid6852 3 года назад +7

    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.

  • @psy2mentor
    @psy2mentor 3 года назад +7

    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.

  • @dsoifersmith1
    @dsoifersmith1 3 года назад +18

    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
      @foogazer9458 3 года назад +1

      The Cure at Giants stadium sounds fucking amazing

    • @bordercityrocktalk7576
      @bordercityrocktalk7576 3 года назад +1

      Joey is pretty cool. I just interviewed him for his Canadian fans ruclips.net/video/v5nSz8-E6R4/видео.html

    • @psychosquirrel555
      @psychosquirrel555 3 года назад

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

    • @clewismessina6630
      @clewismessina6630 3 года назад

      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
      @spencexxx 2 года назад

      *I ever saw

  • @death265
    @death265 3 года назад +15

    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
      @michaelmaterne 2 года назад

      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!

  • @ca9968
    @ca9968 3 года назад +6

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

  • @anthonyp6823
    @anthonyp6823 3 года назад +6

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

  • @sussychachi
    @sussychachi 3 года назад +5

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

  • @Charly_Dont_Surf
    @Charly_Dont_Surf 2 года назад +5

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

  • @ontheleveltk
    @ontheleveltk 3 года назад +2

    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.

  • @bigneon_glitter
    @bigneon_glitter 3 года назад +5

    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.

  • @TheLabRatMan
    @TheLabRatMan 3 года назад +2

    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.

  • @Danny-wv8ec
    @Danny-wv8ec 3 года назад +13

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

  • @davidobrien9042
    @davidobrien9042 3 года назад +8

    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!

  • @darkdeity2012
    @darkdeity2012 3 года назад +5

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

  • @firstlast4161
    @firstlast4161 3 года назад +3

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

  • @rickjamesspliff406
    @rickjamesspliff406 3 года назад +12

    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
      @Reversibleband 3 года назад

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

    • @langdonboom
      @langdonboom 3 года назад +1

      @@Reversibleband So does Robert Pollard

  • @jasonjason7823
    @jasonjason7823 3 года назад +3

    Saw them in Chicago, absolutely great show 👍

  • @fonzyandcompany
    @fonzyandcompany 3 года назад +2

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

  • @pdlawson-venusloon359
    @pdlawson-venusloon359 3 года назад +5

    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
      @clewismessina6630 3 года назад +1

      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
      @Thomas.harding 2 года назад +2

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

    • @kurtkearcher8352
      @kurtkearcher8352 Год назад

      @@Thomas.harding I’m so a

  • @morganwebb5244
    @morganwebb5244 3 года назад +2

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

  • @TheSofajockey
    @TheSofajockey 3 года назад +7

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

    • @ZZKe7
      @ZZKe7 3 года назад

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

    • @philliphamilton4782
      @philliphamilton4782 3 года назад

      Same, it introduced me to the descendants too.

  • @TheAjcostello5672
    @TheAjcostello5672 3 года назад +2

    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.

  • @victorha9923
    @victorha9923 3 года назад +5

    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
      @mumbles215 2 года назад

      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
      @victorha9923 2 года назад

      @@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

  • @casucasueq4479
    @casucasueq4479 3 года назад

    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.

  • @Darksmirk1
    @Darksmirk1 3 года назад +11

    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

  • @chrislair6832
    @chrislair6832 2 года назад +2

    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

  • @matthews7805
    @matthews7805 3 года назад +12

    Doolittle is a top 5 desert island album for me.

  • @ryanjavierortega8513
    @ryanjavierortega8513 3 года назад +11

    Damn, this band rocks, they are just so good

  • @ministerofdarkness
    @ministerofdarkness 3 года назад +5

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

  • @nevillejudecharles3357
    @nevillejudecharles3357 2 года назад +1

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

  • @shannonedens7854
    @shannonedens7854 Год назад

    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.

  • @DonJoeBob
    @DonJoeBob 3 года назад

    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.

  • @sammiddleton6619
    @sammiddleton6619 2 года назад +5

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

    • @Cmonbilly
      @Cmonbilly Год назад +1

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

    • @actionjacksondan
      @actionjacksondan Год назад

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

  • @archiemisc
    @archiemisc 3 года назад +23

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

    • @marknewbold2583
      @marknewbold2583 3 года назад +6

      Huskers

    • @briananderson1921
      @briananderson1921 3 года назад +5

      Can’t forget The Replacements either…

    • @nowheretocollapsethelung
      @nowheretocollapsethelung 3 года назад +3

      Also Husker Du and Dinosaur Jr.

    • @nelsonventura7374
      @nelsonventura7374 3 года назад +1

      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
      @richardwellend3806 3 года назад

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

  • @davidtassy9901
    @davidtassy9901 2 года назад +1

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

  • @jdh9676
    @jdh9676 3 года назад +7

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

  • @gonzobtrappin1911
    @gonzobtrappin1911 3 года назад +2

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

    • @slaydesaid8741
      @slaydesaid8741 3 года назад +2

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

  • @Cause4Alarm
    @Cause4Alarm 3 года назад +3

    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
      @carlDJS 3 года назад

      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
      @clewismessina6630 3 года назад

      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.

  • @humongousfungusamongus3871
    @humongousfungusamongus3871 Год назад

    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.

  • @bocswu
    @bocswu 3 года назад +1

    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.

  • @TheChadTI
    @TheChadTI 3 года назад

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

  • @MT-jt5uo
    @MT-jt5uo 2 года назад +1

    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.

  • @rael2099
    @rael2099 3 года назад +2

    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.

  • @liamgallagherrr
    @liamgallagherrr 2 года назад +1

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

  • @rodroller6634
    @rodroller6634 3 года назад +3

    Got to see the original lineup on their first reunion tour and it was amazing. They hadn’t written anything new yet so it was a greatest hits of my favorite Pixies songs. I felt like I was in college again. Then I saw the new lineup without Kim when they opened for Weezer. They sounded good but decided to focus on their new material. It just wasn’t the same. No hate for Kim’s replacement but you could tell the difference.

  • @bwah7
    @bwah7 3 года назад +2

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

  • @Shader670
    @Shader670 3 года назад +5

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

  • @kingeatking
    @kingeatking 3 года назад +3

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

  • @adamschmitz7865
    @adamschmitz7865 3 года назад +3

    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.

  • @Cinestudi0
    @Cinestudi0 3 года назад +2

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

  • @elwray3506
    @elwray3506 2 года назад

    Haha, that random footage of a girl learning how to play a guitar did it for me lol. Great band, heard them a lot at the beginning of the 90´s ( I got frequently called Pixie back then) and just last weekend I got back to them, making myself the ultimate Pixies playlist.

  • @dj-kq4fz
    @dj-kq4fz 3 года назад +1

    Still big on my playlist. Thanks! Dave J

  • @jorgevial131
    @jorgevial131 7 месяцев назад

    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

  • @amaccama3267
    @amaccama3267 3 года назад +1

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

  • @ecurewitz
    @ecurewitz 3 года назад +8

    It'w weird, while I heard many Pixies songs when I was younger, I didn't realize who was performing them (besides Monkey Gone to Heaven) till many years later. And then I found out, hey they do this great song and that great song and so on, and really didn't get into them until I was much older. Kinda a regret I have not being a bit more curious about songs like Debaser and Wave of Mutilation and such

    • @FanFanBessie2
      @FanFanBessie2 3 года назад +3

      Well, better late than never, man! 👍

  • @robertdumas1618
    @robertdumas1618 2 года назад

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

  • @ktakyon
    @ktakyon 3 года назад +11

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

    • @derekcampbell4209
      @derekcampbell4209 3 года назад +1

      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
      @kwizzeh 3 года назад +2

      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.

  • @nomojo1110
    @nomojo1110 3 года назад +1

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

  • @eaglebauer944
    @eaglebauer944 3 года назад +1

    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
      @clewismessina6630 3 года назад

      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.

  • @CaptainKirkDiggler
    @CaptainKirkDiggler 3 года назад +3

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

  • @LorSTApunk07
    @LorSTApunk07 3 года назад +1

    I’m glad I got to see the original lineup of the Pixies in St. Paul in 2011. It was a good show.

    • @mumbles215
      @mumbles215 2 года назад

      Same. Philly of that tour. Sat right in front of Deal.

  • @AngelFloresOchoa
    @AngelFloresOchoa 4 месяца назад

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

  • @SuperHooverdam
    @SuperHooverdam 2 года назад +1

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

  • @scottmatznick3140
    @scottmatznick3140 3 года назад +6

    Thumbnail makes him look like he should be collecting roc- er... "minerals"

    • @liloreoinya
      @liloreoinya 3 года назад +3

      I follow a bunch of wrestling channels. Thought it was Paul Heyman.

    • @Danjoker.
      @Danjoker. 3 года назад

      ASAC

    • @jsik69x
      @jsik69x 3 года назад

      Jesus CHRIST Marie

  • @markallen6284
    @markallen6284 2 года назад

    Francis actually went to my high-school! If you line up the years it looks like he wrote "Here Comes Your Man" right in my little farm town. No placket or anything, sadly, but that's why it's one of my favorite songs.

  • @se7entimes7
    @se7entimes7 Год назад

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

  • @timdeaton206
    @timdeaton206 2 года назад

    This deserve a long video. This was my favorite band from 8th grade to 10th grade. Then I discovered soundgarden.

  • @OhBeNice
    @OhBeNice 3 года назад +3

    Great video keep up the great work. One thing I think Kurt Cobain did that's awesome is he always sung the praises of his influences to the point that lots of people discovered bands like the Melvins the pixies and vaselines etc that otherwise wouldn't have.

  • @thumpyloudfoot864
    @thumpyloudfoot864 2 года назад +1

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

  • @satyadasgumbyji8956
    @satyadasgumbyji8956 3 года назад

    Was on way 2 c Ramones/Frank Black n Atlanta w/ my band between gigs on April 8, 1994. When popped tape out, nothing but Nirvana on radio. Was kinda sick of them by then, so wondered wtf? Then heard the news bout Kurt! Wasn't a huge Pixies/Frank Black fan either, so honestly don't remember what he said, but the usually quiet Joey Ramone dedicated Pet Sematary 2 Kurt!!! Was 23 when had that "Where were u when the world stopped turning moment"! Lost my drummer/bro a yr & half later!!! RIP, MOFOS!!! THESE R THE DAYS, Y'ALL! & DONT EVER 4GET IT!!!! ✌ ❤ 🚬

  • @hosswilder9885
    @hosswilder9885 3 года назад

    Well done mate, very enjoyable.

  • @mikee1891
    @mikee1891 3 года назад +1

    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!!

  • @andrepereira744
    @andrepereira744 3 года назад +10

    Nothing happen, they still are one of the great rock bands ever.

    • @gardavis
      @gardavis 2 года назад

      Except not a band anymore. Lol

    • @andrepereira744
      @andrepereira744 2 года назад +1

      @@gardavis And? The music they did speaks for itself forever.

    • @ledzep9943
      @ledzep9943 10 месяцев назад

      @@gardavisdo you know what you’re talking about? Lol 💀🤣

  • @polsigerson1037
    @polsigerson1037 3 года назад +1

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

  • @williamkiely9523
    @williamkiely9523 2 года назад

    Drummer Dave Lovering lived in my neighborhood in Burlington, Mass. He really worked hard and practiced constantly.

  • @satyadasgumbyji8956
    @satyadasgumbyji8956 2 года назад

    On April 8, 1994 my band & a couple others caravaned from Nashville 2 Atlanta 2 c the Ramones & Frank Black when non-stop Nirvana began playing on the radio. We weren't really big fans so, everyone was like wtf? Then the news broke about Kurt. That night the usually quiet Joey Ramone dedicated "Pet Sematary" 2 Kurt. Unfortunately I don't really remember much about Black, cause I didn't even know who he was. Just leaving 4 fans of the Era. Tried listening 2 a best of Pixies when kept hearing how influential they were, & loved 1 song, then got bored 4 next 2 or 3 & gave up. Think I'll try & find the "Purple Tape"(?) & give it another shot? RIP, BOYS!!!🙏 ✌ ❤ 🚬

  • @AnonymousAccount514
    @AnonymousAccount514 3 года назад +2

    You should mention that they are Radioheads favorite band…and give Pixies and REM full credit for their inspiration to become musicians

  • @rickc2102
    @rickc2102 3 года назад +1

    Gotta admit, I do put on Breeders more than Pixies these days, but Pixies will always be special in my memories.