ArtistInfo

Pixies

Band, *1986 US, Boston
Rock

Black Francis (real name Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV) (vocals, guitar), Kim Deal (bass, vocals), Joseph Alberto Santiago (guitar) & David Lovering (drums). Pixies formed in early 1986. 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 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. The Pixies' busy, brief songs, extreme dynamics, and subversion of pop song structures proved one of the touchstones of '90s alternative rock.

Members

	Kim Deal voc, b *1961 US
	Paz Lenchantin voc, b *1973 US
	Dave Lovering dr *1961 US
	Joey Santiago bvoc, g *1965 US
	Kim Shattuck voc, g *1963 US
	Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson voc US