ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā kīkā ʻōniʻoniʻo me nā kī pop melodic, hui pū ʻana i nā leo kāne a me nā leo wahine, a me nā mele enigmatic catchy, ʻo nā Pixies kekahi o nā hui pōhaku ʻē aʻe.
He poʻe pā pōhaku paʻakikī lākou i hoʻohuli i nā canons i waho: ma nā album e like me Surfer Rosa o 1988 a me Doolittle o 1989, ua hui pū lākou i ka punk a me ka pōhaku indie guitar, pop classic, rock surf. ʻO kā lākou mau mele he mau huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka lewa, ka hoʻomana, ka wahine, ka ʻoki ʻana a me ka moʻomeheu pop.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia ke ʻano o kā lākou mau mele i ka poʻe hoʻolohe maʻamau, ua maʻalahi ka mele a hoʻonohonoho i ke kahua no kahi pahū ʻē aʻe i ka 90s mua.
Mai ka grunge a hiki i Britpop, ʻike ʻia ka mana o nā Pixies. He mea paʻakikī ke noʻonoʻo iā Nirvana me ka ʻole o ka Pixies 'Stop-Start dynamics a me nā kani kani kani kani.
Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole i kūlike ka kūleʻa pāʻoihana o ka hui i kona mana - ʻaʻole makemake ʻo MTV e pāʻani i nā wikiō o ka hui, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo ka lekiō pōhaku hou i nā mea hoʻokahi i ka hoʻololi maʻamau.
I ka manawa i hoʻokaʻawale ai ʻo Nirvana i ke ala no ka pōhaku ʻē aʻe i ka makahiki 1992, ua haki maikaʻi nā Pixies a ʻike ʻole ʻia e kekahi.
I ke koena o nā 90s a me 2000s, ua hoʻomau lākou i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā mea pena hou mai Weezer, Radiohead a me PJ Harvey i nā Strokes a me Arcade Fire.
ʻO ka hui hou ʻana o nā Pixies i ka makahiki 2004 he mea kupanaha ia e like me ka mahalo ʻia e ka poʻe pā, a ʻo ka huakaʻi hele pinepine o ka hui i alakaʻi iā lākou e hoʻopaʻa i nā album, me ka 2016's Head Carrier. Ua hoʻomau ʻia nā moʻolelo hou e like me kā lākou hana kipi.
Hoʻokumu a me ka hana mua
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā Pixies ma Boston, Massachusetts i Ianuali 1986 e Charles Thompson lāua ʻo Joey Santiago, ka hoa noho o Thompson i ke kula ʻana i ke Kulanui o Massachusetts Amherst.
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Thompson ma Massachusetts a ua hele mau ma waena o ia a me Kaleponi. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e pāʻani mele i kona wā ʻōpio ma mua o kona neʻe ʻana i East Coast ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe.
Ma hope o ka puka ʻana, lilo ʻo ia i poʻokela anthropologist ma ke Kulanui o Massachusetts. I ka waena o kāna mau haʻawina, ua huakaʻi ʻo Thompson i Puerto Rico e aʻo i ka ʻōlelo Sepania a ua hoʻoholo e hoʻi i ʻAmelika ʻeono mahina ma hope mai e hoʻokumu i kahi hui. Ua haʻalele ʻo Thompson i ke kula kiʻekiʻe a neʻe i Bosetona, e hoʻokele ana iā Santiago e hui pū me ia.
Ua ʻākoakoa nā mea mele a pau
He hoʻolaha ma ka nūpepa mele no kahi bassist makemake iā Hüsker Dü lāua ʻo Peter, ua kōkua ʻo Paul lāua ʻo Mary e ʻimi iā Kim Deal (ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo Mrs. John Murphy ma nā mele ʻelua ʻelua o ka hui).
Ua pāʻani mua ʻo Kim me kāna kaikuahine māhoe ʻo Kelly i kā lākou hui ʻo The Breeders ma kona kūlanakauhale ʻo Dayton, Ohio.
Ma ka ʻōlelo aʻo a Deal, ua hoʻolimalima ka hui i ka mea pahu pahu ʻo David Lovering. Hoʻoulu ʻia e Iggy Pop, ua koho ʻo Thompson i ka inoa kahua ʻo Black Francis.
Ua kapa ʻia ka hui iā lākou iho ʻo nā Pixies ma hope o ka huli ʻana o Santiago i kahi puke wehewehe.
Demo mua
I loko o kekahi mau mahina, ua hoʻokani nā Pixies i nā hōʻike e wehe ai no ka hui Boston Throwing Muses. Ma kahi ʻaha mele ʻo Throwing Muses, ua lohe ʻo Gary Smith, ka luna a me ka mea hana ma Boston's Fort Apache Studios, i ka hui a hāʻawi ʻia e hoʻopaʻa i kahi album me lākou.
I Malaki 1987, ua hoʻopaʻa nā Pixies i nā mele he 18 i nā lā ʻekolu. Ua hoʻouna ʻia ka demo, i kapa ʻia ʻo "The Purple Tape", i nā lālā koʻikoʻi o ke kaiāulu mele ʻo Boston a me ke ʻano ʻē aʻe o ka honua, me Ivo Watts, ke poʻo o 4AD Records ma ʻEnelani. Ma ka ʻōlelo aʻo a kāna hoaaloha, ua pūlima ʻo Watts me ka hui. Ma hope o ke koho ʻana i ʻewalu mau mele mai ka demo a me ka hoʻohui ʻana iā lākou, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo 4AD iā lākou e like me "Come on Pilgrim" i Kepakemapa 1987.
Ua kapa ʻia ka album ma muli o nā mele mai kahi mele na Christian rocker Larry Norman - ʻo kāna mele a Francis i hoʻolohe ai i kona wā kamaliʻi. Ua piʻi ka EP ma ka helu ʻelima ma ka UK Indie Albums Chart.
"Sufer Rose"
I Kekemapa 1987, hoʻomaka ka Pixies e hoʻopaʻa i kā lākou album piha piha ʻo Surfer Rosa me Steve Albini ma Q Division Studios ma Boston.
Hoʻokuʻu ʻia i Malaki 1988, ua lilo ʻo Surfer Rosa i mea lekiō ma ʻAmelika (a ua hōʻoia ʻia i ke gula e ka RIAA ma 2005).
Ma UK, ua piʻi ka album ma ka helu ʻelua ma ka pakuhi indie a loaʻa i nā loiloi maikaʻi mai ka UK pule pule mele. Ma ka hopena o ka makahiki, ua nui ka kaulana o ka Pixies a ua pūlima pū ka hui me Elektra.
Doolittle
I ka huakaʻi ʻana i ke kākoʻo ʻana iā Surfer Rosa, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Francis e kākau i nā mele no ka album ʻelua o ka hui, ua ʻike ʻia kekahi o lākou ma kā lākou mau kau 1988 no ka hōʻike lekiō ʻo John Peel. I ʻOkakopa o ia makahiki hoʻokahi, ua komo ka hui i Downtown Studios ma Boston me ka mea hana Pelekane ʻo Gil Norton, me lākou i hoʻopaʻa ai i ka "Gigantic" hoʻokahi i Mei.
Me ka waihona kālā o $40—ʻehā manawa i ke kumukūʻai o ka album Surfer Rosa—a me hoʻokahi mahina o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana mau, ʻo Doolittle ka album kani maʻemaʻe a Pixies. Ua loaʻa iā ia nā loiloi maikaʻi loa, i alakaʻi ai i kāna hoʻolaha nui ʻana ma ʻAmelika. Ua lilo ʻo "Monkey Gone to Heaven" a me "Here Comes Your Man" i nā mele nui loa i ka pōhaku hou, e hoʻokaʻawale ana i ke ala no "Doolittle" ma nā palapala.
Ua piʻi ka album ma ka helu 98 ma nā palapala kiʻi US. I kēia manawa, ua piʻi ʻo ia i ka helu ʻewalu ma ka UK Albums Chart.
I loko o kā lākou hana, ua kaulana nā Pixies ma Beretania a me ʻEulopa ma mua o ʻAmelika, e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e ka kūleʻa o ka huakaʻi Sex and Death e kākoʻo iā Doolittle. Ua lilo ka hui i mea kaulana no nā hana ʻoniʻoni ʻole a Black Francis, i hoʻopiʻi ʻia e ka manaʻo hoʻohiwahiwa o Deal.
Ua kaulana ka huakaʻi no nā hoʻohenehene a ka hui, e like me ka hoʻokani ʻana i kā lākou papa inoa holoʻokoʻa ma ke ʻano pīʻāpā. Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kā lākou huakaʻi ʻelua ʻAmelika no Doolittle i ka hopena o 1989, ua hoʻomaka nā lālā o ka hui e luhi i kekahi i kekahi a ua hoʻoholo lākou e hoʻomaha.
Nā hana hoʻokahi a me ka hana mua
I kona haʻalele ʻana mai ka Pixies, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Black Francis i kahi huakaʻi kaʻahele pōkole. I kēia manawa, ua hoʻonohonoho hou ʻo Kim Deal i nā Breeders me Tanya Donelly o Throwing Muses a me ka bassist Josephine Wiggs o Perfect Disaster.
I Ianuali 1990, ua neʻe ʻo Francis, Santiago a me Lovering i Los Angeles e hoʻomākaukau no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke kolu o ka album Pixies, ʻo Bossanova, ʻoiai ʻo Deal i hana pū me Albini ma ka Breeders' debut Pod ma UK.
Ua komo ʻo ia i ke koena o ka hui ma hope iki mai e hoʻomaka i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i Pepeluali.
Ke hana hou nei me Norton ma Master Control's California-based Burbank studio, ua kākau ka hui i nā mele he nui ma ka album e hiki mai ana.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo "Bossanova" ma ʻAukake 1990.
Ua hui ʻia ka album me nā loiloi like ʻole, akā ua lilo ka moʻolelo i mea kaulana i ka poʻe ʻōpio, i hoʻokumu ʻia i nā mele rock contemporary "Velouria" a me "Dig for Fire" ma US.
Ma ʻEulopa, ua hoʻonui ka album i ka kaulana o ka hui ma ka hōʻea ʻana i ka helu ʻekolu ma nā palapala kiʻi album UK. Ua wehe ʻo ia i ke ala no ka hui e poʻomanaʻo i ka ʻaha Heluhelu.
ʻOiai ua holomua nā huakaʻi ʻo Bossanova, ua hoʻomau ʻia ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ma waena o Kim Deal a me Black Francis - i ka pau ʻana o kā lākou huakaʻi Pelekane, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Deal mai ke kahua ʻo Brixton Academy ʻo ka ʻahamele "ʻo kā mākou hōʻike hope loa".
Trompe le Monde
Ua hui hou nā Pixies i ka makahiki 1991 e hana i kā lākou album ʻehā me Gil Norton, e hoʻopaʻa ana ma nā studio ma Burbank, Paris a me Lākana. ʻO ke kiʻi ʻana iā Kāpena Beefheart a me Pere Ubu keyboardist ʻo Eric Drew Feldman ma ke ʻano he lālā o ka hālāwai, ua hoʻi ka hui i ka pōhaku leo nui, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ua hoʻoikaika ʻia e Ozzy Osbourne i kahi lumi kokoke.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka hāʻule, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ʻo "Trompe le Monde" ma ke ʻano he hoʻokipa hoʻi i nā leo o "Surfer Rosa" a me "Doolittle", akā ʻo ka nānā ʻana i hōʻike ʻia ua hilinaʻi nui ia i nā kikoʻī sonic a me nā ʻano leo ʻole mai Deal. E like me Bossanova, ʻaʻohe o kāna mau mele ma ʻaneʻi.
Ua hoʻomaka ka hui i kahi huakaʻi honua ʻē aʻe, e pāʻani ana i nā kahua pāʻani ma ʻEulopa a me nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma ʻAmelika.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 1992, ua wehe nā Pixies no U2 ma ka wāwae mua o ka huakaʻi kīwī Zoo.
Ua hele hou ka hui ma hope o ka pau ʻana, a ua hoʻi ʻo Deal i nā Breeders, nāna i hoʻokuʻu i ka Safari EP i ʻApelila. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Francis e hana i kahi album solo.
ʻO ka hāʻule o ka hui
ʻOiai ʻo Francis e hoʻomākaukau ana e hoʻokuʻu i kāna mele mele mua loa ma Ianuali 1993, ua nīnauele ʻia ʻo ia ma BBC Radio 5 e hoʻolaha ana ua hemo nā Pixies.
ʻAʻole ʻo ia i haʻi aku i nā lālā ʻē aʻe o kēia. Ma hope o kēlā lā, kelepona ʻo ia iā Santiago a leka uila iā Deal and Lovering the news.
Ke hoʻohuli nei i kona inoa kahua iā Frank Black, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Francis i kāna album inoa ponoʻī i Malaki.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ka Breeders i kā lākou album ʻelua Last Splash i ʻAukake 1993. Ua lilo ka album i mea kaulana, ua hōʻoia ʻia i ke gula ma US a ua hoʻokumu i ka hit single "Cannonball". Ma hope koke iho, ua hoʻokumu pū ʻo Deal i ka hui Amps, nāna i hoʻokuʻu i kā lākou album wale nō ʻo Pacer ma 1995.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Santiago lāua ʻo Lovering iā Martinis i ka makahiki 1995 a ua ʻike ʻia ma ke mele kani ʻo Empire Records.
I ka hopena o ka makahiki 90 a me ka 2000 mua, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo 4AD i nā palapala Pixies archival, me ka Death to the Pixies 1987-1991, Pixies ma ka BBC, a me Complete B-Sides.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana iā "Cult of Ray" no ʻAmelika i ka makahiki 1996, ua neʻe ʻo Black ma waena o nā lepili like ʻole a pae ma SpinART no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o "Pistolero" i ka makahiki 1999 a me kekahi mau mele mele ma hope.
Ua pilikia ʻo Deal a me nā Breeders i nā pilikia mai ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau a hiki i ka poloka a ka mea kākau, a ʻike wale ʻia i ka lehulehu ma ke keena. ʻAʻole a hiki i ka makahiki 2002 i hoʻokuʻu ai lākou i ka "Title TK".
Ua haʻalele ʻo David Loveng iā Martinis e lilo i mea hoʻokani pahu huakaʻi no Cracker a ua ʻike pū ʻia ma Donelly's Sliding and Diving, akā ʻike ʻo ia ʻaʻole i hana i ka hopena o nā makahiki 90. Hoʻohui i kāna noiʻi ʻana i ka ʻenekini uila ma Wentworth Institute of Technology a me kāna mau makahiki o ka ʻike hana, ua wehewehe ʻo Loverng iā ia iho he "phenomenalist ʻepekema," he keʻa ma waena o ka ʻepekema, kahi mea pena, a me ka mea kilokilo.
Ua hoʻomau ʻo Santiago a me kāna wahine ʻo Linda Mallari i ka pāʻani me Martinis i ka makahiki 90, e hoʻopaʻa ana i nā mele demo a me nā album i hoʻokuʻu ʻia. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Santiago i kahi ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he haku mele kani.
ʻO ka manaʻolana e hoʻoponopono hou ʻia nā Pixies i noho ʻole a hiki i 2003, i ka wā i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Black ma kahi ninaninau e noʻonoʻo ana ʻo ia e hui hou i ka hui. Ua ʻōlelo pū ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻo ia, ʻo Deal, Santiago a me Lovering i kekahi manawa i hui pū e kākau mele.
Hoʻohui hou i nā makahiki ma hope
Ma 2004, hui hou nā Pixies no nā huakaʻi US, nā hana Coachella, a me nā hōʻike ma ʻEulopa a me UK i ke kauwela, me T in the Park, Roskilde, Pinkpop, a me V.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā hōʻike he 15 a pau o ka hui ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau ma kahi paʻi liʻiliʻi o 1000 kope a kūʻai ʻia aku ma ka pūnaewele a ma nā hōʻike.
2000s a me nā mele hou
ʻOiai ka mākaʻikaʻi mau i nā makahiki 2000 a me 2010, ʻaʻohe mele hou i puka mai a hiki i 2013 i ka wā i komo ai ka hui i ke keena me ka mea hana lōʻihi ʻo Gil Norton.
I loko o kēia mau kau, haʻalele ʻo Deal i ka hui. ʻO Simon Archer, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Dingo, ka mea bassist Fall mua, ua hoʻololi iā Deal ma ke keena a ua hoʻolimalima ka hui iā Muffs 'Kim Shattuck e huakaʻi.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo "Bagboy", mele mua a nā Pixies i nā makahiki ʻeiwa, i Iulai 2013, me ka mea hoʻokani leo Bunnies ʻo Jeremy Dubs.
I Nowemapa o kēlā makahiki, haʻalele ʻo Shattuk i ka hui. I kekahi mau pule ma hope mai, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Paz Lenshantin, ka mea i pāʻani pū me Zwan a me A Perfect Circle, i kapa ʻia ʻo bassist no nā Pixies.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo EP2 i Ianuali 2014 a ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo EP3 i Malaki o ia makahiki hoʻokahi. Ua hui ʻia nā EP ma ke ʻano he album "Indie Cindy". Ua kiʻekiʻe ʻo ia ma ka helu 23 ma ka Billboard 200 albums chart, e lilo ia i album kiʻekiʻe loa o ka hui ma US a hiki i kēia lā.
album ʻeono
Hoʻomaka ka Pixies e hana ma kā lākou album ʻeono i ka hopena o 2015, e hana pū ana me ka mea hana Tom Dalgety ma RAK Studios ma Lākana.
Hoʻokuʻu ʻia i Kepakemapa 2016, ʻo "Head Carrier" ka album mua i lilo ai ʻo Lenshantin i lālā piha o ka hui. Ua piʻi ka album ma ka helu 72 ma ka Billboard 200, aʻo ka "Classic Masher" hoʻokahi i hoʻomaka ma ka palapala Alternative Songs ma ka helu 30.
I ka hopena o 2018, hui hou ka hui me Dalgety a hoʻopaʻa i kā lākou album ʻehiku ma Dreamland Recordings ma Woodstock, New York. Ua kākau nā Pixies i ka hana ʻana o ka album ma kahi podcast 12-episode i mālama ʻia e Tony Fletcher. Ua mālama ʻia ka premiere ma Iune 2019.
