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Pixies Is An American Alternative Rock Band Which Formed In Boston Massachusetts United States In 1986. The Band Consists Of Charles Black Francis Thompson IV Vocals Guitar Also Known As ''Frank Black'' Joey Santiago Lead Guitar David Lovering Drums And Paz Lenchantin Bass Vocals . Until 2013 The Band Also Featured Kim Deal On Bass And Vocals. The Band Officially Split In 1993 And Reunited In 2004. They Went On Hiatus In 2007 With Each Band Member Pursuing Projects Of Their Own Only To Reunite In 2009 With The Announcement Of A New Tour Commencing In Europe That Summer. Although Quite Popular On Alternative Rock Radio In The United States Due To Heavy Airplay Of The Singles "Monkey Gone To Heaven" And "Here Comes Your Man" They Were Never Widely Popular There But Found Success In Europe Especially In The UK Where They Managed Three Top 40 Singles "Velouria" "Planet Of Sound" And A Re-Release Of "Debaser" And Belgium And The Netherlands Where They Were Heavily Broadcasted By Alternative Public Radio. The Band's Style Of Alternative Rock Music Is Heavily Influenced By Punk And Surf Rock And While Highly Melodic Is Capable Of Being Tremendously Abrasive At The Same Time. Francis Is The Pixies' Primary Songwriter And Singer And Has A Distinctly Desperate Yowling Delivery. He Has Typically Written Cryptic Songs About Offbeat Subjects Such As UFOs And Surrealism. References To Mental Instability Violent Biblical Imagery And Physical Injury Feature In Many Of The Band's Songs. The Group Is Frequently Posited As The Immediate Forebear Of The Alternative Rock Boom Of The 1990s Though They Disbanded Before Reaping Any Of The Benefits This Might Have Brought Them. Avowed Fan Kurt Cobain's Acknowledgement Of The Debt Nirvana Owed To The Pixies Along With Similar Tributes By Other Alternative Bands Ensured That The Pixies' Legacy And Influence Grew Substantially In The Years Following Their Demise. In 1993 During An Interview With BBC Radio 5 Black Francis Announced That The Band Had Split - Something He Had Not Told His Bandmates. After The Interview He Called Santiago Who In Turn Faxed Deal And Lovering The News The Next Morning. After The Split Black Francis Inverted His Stage Name To Frank Black And Embarked On A Successful Solo Career While Deal Resumed Her Role In The Breeders With Her Identical Twin Sister Kelley. In 2004 The Band Reunited For A Tour - Documented In The Film LoudQUIETloud - And Released A New Single "Bam Thwok" That Summer. In 2007 Black Francis Now Going By That Name Again Stated In An Interview That The Reunion Was "done" Even Though The Members Remain In Good Terms With Each Other. In Later Interviews However He Began To Mention That He Might Be Willing To Record Another Pixies Album. Nonetheless Francis Has Returned To His Solo Career And Deal To The Breeders Both Of Which Released Albums And Toured In 2008. Lovering And Santiago Meanwhile Set Up Their Own Project A Band Called Everybody. In Order To Celebrate The 20th Anniversary Of The Release Of Doolittle Pixies Launched A Tour In October 2009 On Which They Perform All The Album's Songs And B-Sides. In The Autumn Of 2011 The "Lost Cities" Tour Continued The "Doolittle Tour" As They Played Many Venues For The First Time.
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One Of Many Biblical Allusions In The Pixies' Discography “Dead” Tells The Story Of David’s Seduction Of Bathsheba 2 Samuel 11 From The Perspective Of David. Black Francis Told Esquire "This Song Falls Into A Category I Would Call Biblical. Some Stories Mythological Or Biblical Whether They Really Happened Some Stories Resonate. ‘Dead’ Specifically Is Referencing David And Bathsheba." "This Is The Story Of David And Bathsheba Of The Old Testament. King David Was On His Rooftop One Nighttime Watching A Woman Bathing In The Nude And He Was Aroused I Guess. Anyway He Sent Some Men After Her And I Don’t Know Whether It Was Rape Or A Seduction But She Became Pregnant. So David Arrange For Uriah Her Husband Who Was A Soldier In His Army To Be Sent To The Battle On A Suicide Mission. So ‘Dead’ Is A Metaphor For Sex Reduced To The Most Basic Ugly Bad Lust With Equally Bad Results." Black Francis In The NME April 1989
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Pixies Is An American Alternative Rock Band Which Formed In Boston Massachusetts United States In 1986. The Band Consists Of Charles Black Francis Thompson IV Vocals Guitar Also Known As ''Frank Black'' Joey Santiago Lead Guitar David Lovering Drums And Paz Lenchantin Bass Vocals . Until 2013 The Band Also Featured Kim Deal On Bass And Vocals. The Band Officially Split In 1993 And Reunited In 2004. They Went On Hiatus In 2007 With Each Band Member Pursuing Projects Of Their Own Only To Reunite In 2009 With The Announcement Of A New Tour Commencing In Europe That Summer. Although Quite Popular On Alternative Rock Radio In The United States Due To Heavy Airplay Of The Singles "Monkey Gone To Heaven" And "Here Comes Your Man" They Were Never Widely Popular There But Found Success In Europe Especially In The UK Where They Managed Three Top 40 Singles "Velouria" "Planet Of Sound" And A Re-Release Of "Debaser" And Belgium And The Netherlands Where They Were Heavily Broadcasted By Alternative Public Radio. The Band's Style Of Alternative Rock Music Is Heavily Influenced By Punk And Surf Rock And While Highly Melodic Is Capable Of Being Tremendously Abrasive At The Same Time. Francis Is The Pixies' Primary Songwriter And Singer And Has A Distinctly Desperate Yowling Delivery. He Has Typically Written Cryptic Songs About Offbeat Subjects Such As UFOs And Surrealism. References To Mental Instability Violent Biblical Imagery And Physical Injury Feature In Many Of The Band's Songs. The Group Is Frequently Posited As The Immediate Forebear Of The Alternative Rock Boom Of The 1990s Though They Disbanded Before Reaping Any Of The Benefits This Might Have Brought Them. Avowed Fan Kurt Cobain's Acknowledgement Of The Debt Nirvana Owed To The Pixies Along With Similar Tributes By Other Alternative Bands Ensured That The Pixies' Legacy And Influence Grew Substantially In The Years Following Their Demise. In 1993 During An Interview With BBC Radio 5 Black Francis Announced That The Band Had Split - Something He Had Not Told His Bandmates. After The Interview He Called Santiago Who In Turn Faxed Deal And Lovering The News The Next Morning. After The Split Black Francis Inverted His Stage Name To Frank Black And Embarked On A Successful Solo Career While Deal Resumed Her Role In The Breeders With Her Identical Twin Sister Kelley. In 2004 The Band Reunited For A Tour - Documented In The Film LoudQUIETloud - And Released A New Single "Bam Thwok" That Summer. In 2007 Black Francis Now Going By That Name Again Stated In An Interview That The Reunion Was "done" Even Though The Members Remain In Good Terms With Each Other. In Later Interviews However He Began To Mention That He Might Be Willing To Record Another Pixies Album. Nonetheless Francis Has Returned To His Solo Career And Deal To The Breeders Both Of Which Released Albums And Toured In 2008. Lovering And Santiago Meanwhile Set Up Their Own Project A Band Called Everybody. In Order To Celebrate The 20th Anniversary Of The Release Of Doolittle Pixies Launched A Tour In October 2009 On Which They Perform All The Album's Songs And B-Sides. In The Autumn Of 2011 The "Lost Cities" Tour Continued The "Doolittle Tour" As They Played Many Venues For The First Time.
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One of many Biblical allusions in the Pixies' discography, “Dead” tells the story of David’s seduction of Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11) from the perspective of David.
Black Francis told Esquire:
"This song falls into a category I would call biblical. Some stories, mythological or biblical, whether they really happened, some stories resonate. ‘Dead’ specifically is referencing David and Bathsheba."
"This is the story of David and Bathsheba of the Old Testament. King David was on his rooftop one nighttime watching a woman bathing in the nude and he was aroused, I guess. Anyway he sent some men after her and I don’t know whether it was rape or a seduction, but she became pregnant. So David arrange for Uriah, her husband, who was a soldier in his army, to be sent to the battle on a suicide mission. So ‘Dead’ is a metaphor for sex reduced to the most basic; ugly, bad lust with equally bad results."
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