Pixies

Beloved and enigmatic, influential and proudly difficult to categorize, The Pixies are an American alternative rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1986. The band's style of music contains elements of indie rock and surf rock. Black Francis is the Pixies' primary songwriter and singer who has been noted for his yowling delivery. He has typically written about offbeat subjects, such as extraterrestrials, surrealism and biblical violence. Their five studio releases and initial six years together effectively blazed the path for groups like Nirvana, Radiohead and Pearl Jam to rise to superstardom. Avowed fan Kurt Cobain's acknowledgment of the debt his band Nirvana owed to the Pixies as has Radiohead's Thom Yorke saying they "changed his life" !...