Ihlanganisa iziginci ezinomsindo, ezidumayo nezihuku ze-pop, amazwi ahlanganayo owesilisa nowesifazane, kanye nezinhlamvu ezingaqondakaliyo ezihehayo, ama-Pixies bekungenye yamabhendi e-rock anethonya elikhulu.
Bekungabalandeli be-hard rock abaqanjiwe abaphendulela ama-canon ngaphakathi: kuma-albhamu afana ne-Surfer Rosa yango-1988 kanye ne-Doolittle ka-1989, baxuba i-punk ne-indie guitar rock, i-pop yakudala, i-surf rock. Izingoma zabo zinezinhlamvu ezingavamile, ezihlukene mayelana nomkhathi, inkolo, ucansi, ukucwiywa kwezitho zomzimba kanye nesiko le-pop.
Nakuba incazelo yezingoma zabo ingase ingaqondakali kumlaleli ovamile, umculo wawuqondile futhi ubeke isiteji sokuqhuma okunye ekuqaleni kwawo-90s.
Kusukela ku-grunge kuya e-Britpop, ithonya lama-Pixies lalibonakala lingenakulinganiswa. Kunzima ukucabanga i-Nirvana ngaphandle kwesiginesha ye-Pixies Stop-Start dynamics nokuduma, iziginci ezinomsindo ezicula yedwa.
Kodwa-ke, impumelelo yezohwebo yeqembu ayizange ihambisane nomthelela walo - i-MTV yayimanqikanqika ukudlala amavidiyo eqembu, kuyilapho umsakazo we-rock wesimanje wawungafaki izingoma ezingashadile ekuzungezweni okuvamile.
Ngesikhathi i-Nirvana ivula indlela yelinye idwala ngo-1992, ama-Pixies ayesephukile futhi engaziwa kunoma ubani.
Kuwo wonke ama-90s no-2000s, baqhubekile nokukhuthaza abaculi abasha kusukela ku-Weezer, Radiohead no-PJ Harvey kuya ku-Strokes kanye ne-Arcade Fire.
Ukuhlangana kabusha kwe-Pixies ka-2004 kwamangaza njengoba kwaduma ngabalandeli, futhi ukuvakasha njalo kweqembu kwaholela ekuqopheni ama-albhamu, okuhlanganisa ne-Head Carrier ka-2016. Amarekhodi amasha aqhubeka ezwakala njengomsebenzi wabo wokuqala wezinguquko.
Ukwakhiwa kanye nomsebenzi wokuqala
I-Pixies yasungulwa eBoston, Massachusetts ngoJanuwari 1986 nguCharles Thompson noJoey Santiago, ahlala naye uThompson ngenkathi efunda eNyuvesi yaseMassachusetts Amherst.
UThompson wazalelwa eMassachusetts futhi wayehamba njalo phakathi kwayo neCalifornia. Waqala ukudlala umculo esemncane ngaphambi kokuthuthela e-East Coast esikoleni esiphakeme.
Ngemva kokuphothula iziqu, waba isazi se-anthropologist eNyuvesi yaseMassachusetts. Maphakathi nezifundo zakhe, uThompson waya ePuerto Rico eyofunda iSpanishi futhi wanquma ukubuyela e-US ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kamuva ukuze enze iqembu lomculo. UThompson wayeka esikoleni esiphakeme futhi wathuthela eBoston, ekwazi ukukholisa uSantiago ukuthi amjoyine.
Bonke abaculi bahlangene
Isikhangiso ephephandabeni lomculo somdlali webhesi ongathanda u-Hüsker Dü kanye noPeter, uPaul noMary sasiza ekutholeni uKim Deal (owayekhokhiswe njengoNkk. John Murphy ekurekhodeni kokuqala kweqembu).
Ngaphambilini uKim wayedlala newele lakhe uKelly eqenjini labo iThe Breeders edolobheni lakubo e-Dayton, e-Ohio.
Ngokweseluleko sikaDeal, iqembu laqasha isigubhu uDavid Lovering. Egqugquzelwe ngu-Iggy Pop, uThompson ukhethe igama lesiteji elithi Black Francis.
Leli qembu liziqambe ngokuthi amaPixies ngemuva kokuthi uSantiago ephenye ngesichazamazwi ngephutha.
Idemo yokuqala
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa, ama-Pixies abesedlale imibukiso eyanele ukuze avulele ibhendi ye-Boston Throwing Muses. Ekhonsathini ye-Throwing Muses, u-Gary Smith, umphathi kanye nomdidiyeli e-Boston's Fort Apache Studios, uzwe ibhendi futhi wathembisa ukuqopha i-albhamu nabo.
NgoMashi 1987, abakwaPixies baqopha izingoma eziyi-18 ezinsukwini ezintathu. Idemo, ebizwa ngokuthi "The Purple Tape", yathunyelwa kumalungu abalulekile omphakathi womculo waseBoston kanye nesigcawu samazwe ngamazwe, okuhlanganisa no-Ivo Watts, inhloko ye-4AD Records eNgilandi. Ngokweseluleko sentombi yakhe, uWatts wasayina nebhendi. Ngemva kokukhetha izingoma eziyisishiyagalombili kudemo nokuzixuba kabusha kancane, i-4AD yazikhulula njengezithi "Come on Pilgrim" ngoSepthemba 1987.
I-albhamu iqanjwe ngamagama engoma yomculo we-rock ongumKristu u-Larry Norman - omculo wakhe uFrancis awulalela esemncane. I-EP ifinyelele inombolo yesihlanu eshadini lama-albhamu e-Indie ase-UK.
"Surfer Rose"
NgoDisemba 1987, abakwaPixies baqala ukuqopha i-albhamu yabo yokuqala enobude obugcwele ethi Surfer Rosa noSteve Albini e-Q Division Studios eBoston.
Ikhishwe ngoMashi 1988, i-Surfer Rosa yaba yintandokazi yomsakazo eMelika (futhi ekugcineni yagunyazwa igolide yi-RIAA ngo-2005).
E-UK, i-albhamu yafinyelela inani eliphakeme endaweni yesibili eshadini le-indie futhi yathola ukubuyekezwa okujabulisayo kwabezindaba zomculo zamasonto onke e-UK. Ekupheleni konyaka, ukuthandwa kwamaPixies kwase kukhulu futhi ibhendi yasayinwa ne-Elektra.
I-Doolittle
Ngenkathi ehambela ukweseka uSurfer Rosa, uFrancis waqala ukubhala izingoma ze-albhamu yesibili yeqembu, ezinye zazo ezavela ngezikhathi zabo ze-1988 zohlelo lomsakazo uJohn Peel. Ngo-Okthoba wonyaka ofanayo, ibhendi yangena eDowntown Studios eBoston nomdidiyeli oyiNgisi uGil Norton, abaqopha naye okuwukuphela kwayo ethi "Gigantic" ngoMeyi.
Ngesabelomali esingu-$40—okuphindwe kane inani le-albhamu ye-Surfer Rosa—kanye nenyanga yokuqoshwa njalo, i-Doolittle kwakuyi-albhamu ye-Pixies ezwakalayo emsulwa kakhulu. Ithole ukubuyekezwa okuhle kakhulu, okwaholela ekusatshalalisweni kwayo okukhulu eMelika. "I-Monkey Gone to Heaven" kanye nethi "Here Comes Your Man" kube amahithi amakhulu ku-rock yesimanje, okuvula indlela ethi "Doolittle" kumashadi.
I-albhamu yafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo 98 kumashadi ase-US. Ngaleso sikhathi, ifinyelele inombolo yesishiyagalombili eshadini lama-albhamu ase-UK.
Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wabo, ama-Pixies aye athandwa kakhulu eBrithani naseYurophu kunaseMelika, njengoba kuboniswa impumelelo yohambo lwe-Sex and Death ekusekeleni i-Doolittle. Ibhendi yaba nedumela elibi ngokudlala kuka-Black Francis okunganyakazi, okwathintwa ukuhlekisa kukaDeal.
Uhambo ngokwalo lwaduma ngamahlaya eqembu, njengokudlala lonke uhlu lwalo ngokulandelana kwezinhlamvu. Ngemva kokuqeda uhambo lwabo lwesibili lwaseMelika lweDoolittle ngasekupheleni kuka-1989, amalungu eqembu aqala ukukhathala futhi anquma ukuthatha ikhefu.
Imisebenzi ye-solo kanye nomsebenzi wangaphambi kwesikhathi
Ngesikhathi engekho kuma-Pixies, u-Black Francis waqala uhambo olufushane yedwa. Ngaleso sikhathi, uKim Deal uhlele kabusha abaFundisi no-Tanya Donelly we-Throwing Muses kanye nomculi webhesi u-Josephine Wiggs we-Perfect Disaster.
NgoJanuwari 1990, uFrancis, uSantiago kanye noLovering bathuthela e-Los Angeles ukuyolungiselela ukuqoshwa kwe-albhamu yesithathu ye-Pixies, i-Bossanova, kuyilapho u-Deal esebenza no-Albini ku-Breeders' Pod yokuqala e-UK.
Ujoyine lonke iqembu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ukuze aqale ukuqopha ngoFebhuwari.
Sisebenza futhi noNorton e-Master Control's California-based Burbank studio, ibhendi yabhala izingoma eziningi ku-albhamu ezayo.
Umoya omningi ukwedlula owandulelayo futhi udweba kakhulu uFrancis's oversection nge-surf rock, "i-Bossanova" yakhululwa ngo-August 1990.
I-albhamu yahlangatshezwana nezibuyekezo ezixubile, kodwa irekhodi laba yintshantshu, kwavela amahithi e-cotemporary rock athi "Velouria" kanye "Dig for Fire" e-US.
E-Europe, i-albhamu ikhulise ukuthandwa kweqembu ngokufinyelela inombolo yesithathu kumashadi e-albhamu ase-UK. Uphinde wahlahla indlela yokuthi iqembu libe sematheni ngoMkhosi Wokufunda.
Nakuba ukuvakasha kwe-Bossanova kube yimpumelelo, ukungezwani phakathi kukaKim Deal noBlack Francis kuqhubekile nokudlondlobala - ekupheleni kohambo lwabo lwesiNgisi, uDeal umemezele esiteji se-Brixton Academy ukuthi ikhonsathi "bekuwumbukiso wethu wokugcina".
Trompe le Monde
AbakwaPixies baphinde bahlangana ekuqaleni kuka-1991 ukwenza i-albhamu yabo yesine noGil Norton, baqopha ezitudiyo eBurbank, Paris naseLondon. Iqasha owayenguKaputeni Beefheart kanye nomculi wekhibhodi wasePere Ubu u-Eric Drew Feldman njengelungu leseshini, iqembu labuyela ku-rood rock, lithi ligqugquzelwe ukuba khona kuka-Ozzy Osbourne estudiyo esiseduze.
Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwayo ekwindla, i-"Trompe le Monde" yanconywa njengokubuya okwamukelekayo emisindweni ye-"Surfer Rosa" nethi "Doolittle", kodwa ukubhekisisa kwembula ukuthi incike kakhulu emininingwaneni ye-sonic futhi ayinawo amazwi avela ku-Deal. NjengoBossanova, azikho izingoma zakhe ezikhona.
Ibhendi iqale olunye uhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe, idlala izinkundla zase-Europe nezinkundla zemidlalo yeshashalazi eMelika.
Ekuqaleni kuka-1992, i-Pixies yavulelwa i-U2 emlenzeni wokuqala wohambo lwethelevishini lwaseZoo.
Ibhendi yaphinde yathula ngemuva kokuphela, futhi uDeal wabuyela kwabakwaBreeders, abakhiphe iSafari EP ngo-Ephreli. UFrancis waqala ukusebenza nge-albhamu eyedwa.
Ukuwa kweqembu
Ngenkathi uFrancis elungiselela ukukhipha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala eyedwa ngoJanuwari 1993, kwaxoxwa naye ku-BBC Radio 5 ememezela ukuthi amaPixies ayahlakazeka.
Ubengakawazisi amanye amalungu ngalokhu. Kamuva ngalolo suku, washayela u-Santiago ucingo futhi wathumela izindaba ngefeksi i-Deal and Lovering.
Ephendulela igama lesiteji sakhe kuFrank Black, uFrancis ukhiphe i-albhamu yakhe esihloko sithi ngoMashi.
AbakwaBreeders bakhiphe i-albhamu yabo yesibili ethi Last Splash ngo-August 1993. I-albhamu yaba yingoma eshisa izikhotha, yanikezwa isitifiketi segolide e-US futhi yazala ingoma ethi "Cannonball". Kungekudala ngemuva kwalokho, uDeal uphinde wasungula ibhendi i-Amps, eyakhipha i-albhamu yayo okuwukuphela kwayo ethi Pacer ngo-1995.
USantiago noLovering bakha uMartinis ngo-1995 futhi bavela kumculo we-Empire Records.
Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-90s nasekuqaleni kwawo-2000, i-4AD yakhipha okurekhodiwe kwe-Pixies okugciniwe, okuhlanganisa i-Death to the Pixies 1987-1991, Pixies at the BBC, kanye ne-Complete B-Sides.
Ngemuva kokukhulula i-"Cult of Ray" ye-American ngo-1996, uBlack wahamba phakathi kwamalebula ahlukene futhi wafika ku-SpinART ngokukhishwa kwe-"Pistolero" ka-1999 kanye nama-albhamu ambalwa alandelayo.
U-Deal kanye nabakwa-Breeders, ngakolunye uhlangothi, bahlushwa izinkinga ezisukela ekusebenziseni kabi izidakamizwa kuya ekuvinjelweni kwababhali, futhi bavele ngezikhathi ezithile kuphela esidlangalaleni ngenkathi besestudiyo. Kwaze kwaba ngu-2002 lapho bakhipha khona "Isihloko TK".
U-David Loveng washiya u-Martinis waba umshayi wezigubhu ovakashayo we-Cracker waphinde wavela ku-Donelly's Sliding and Diving, kodwa wazithola engasebenzi ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-90s. Ehlanganisa ucwaningo lwakhe kwezobunjiniyela be-elekthronikhi e-Wentworth Institute of Technology kanye neminyaka yakhe yokusebenza, u-Loverng uzichaze "njengesazi sesayensi," isiphambano phakathi kososayensi, umdwebi, kanye nomlingo.
USantiago nomkakhe uLinda Mallari baqhubekile nokudlala noMartinis ngeminyaka yawo-90s, beqopha izingoma ezimbalwa zedemo nama-albhamu azikhiphile. USantiago uphinde wethula umsebenzi wakhe njengomqambi wengoma.
Amathemba okuthi amaPixies azoshintsha ahlala engenasisekelo kwaze kwaba ngu-2003, lapho uBlack ekhuluma engxoxweni ethi ucabanga ukuhlanganisa iqembu kabusha. Lo mculi uphinde wathi yena, uDeal, uSantiago noLovering kwesinye isikhathi babehlangana ukuze babhale umculo.
Ukuhlangana ngemva kweminyaka
Ngo-2004, i-Pixies yaphinde yahlangana ohambweni lwase-US, imidlalo ye-Coachella, nemibukiso e-Europe nase-UK ehlobo, okuhlanganisa u-T in the Park, Roskilde, Pinkpop, no-V.
Yonke imibukiso yeqembu engu-15 eNyakatho Melika yaqoshwa futhi yakhululwa ngohlelo olulinganiselwe lwamakhophi angu-1000 futhi kamuva yathengiswa ku-inthanethi nasemibukisweni.
2000s nomculo omusha
Naphezu kokuvakasha njalo kuwo wonke ama-2000s kanye nama-2010s, awukho umculo omusha owavela kuze kube ngu-2013 lapho ibhendi ingena estudiyo nomdidiyeli wesikhathi eside uGil Norton.
Phakathi nalezi zikhathi, uDeal walishiya ngokusemthethweni iqembu. Owayengumdlali we-bassist we-Fall u-Simon Archer, owaziwa nangokuthi u-Dingo, ungene esikhundleni sika-Deal estudiyo futhi iqembu laqasha u-Muffs 'Kim Shattuck ukuthi avakashe.
"I-Bagboy", ingoma yokuqala ye-Pixies eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye, yaqoshwa ngoJulayi 2013, ehlangene nomculi we-Bunnies u-Jeremy Dubs.
Ngo-November walowo nyaka, uShattuk walishiya iqembu. Emasontweni ambalwa kamuva, uPaz Lenshantin, owayedlale noZwan kanye ne-A Perfect Circle, uqokwe njengomdlali webhesi kumaPixies.
I-EP2 ikhishwe ngoJanuwari 2014 futhi i-EP3 yakhululwa ngoMashi wonyaka ofanayo. Ama-EP ahlanganiswe njenge-albhamu ye-"Indie Cindy". Ifinyelele inombolo engu-23 eshadini lama-albhamu e-Billboard 200, okuyenza ibe i-albhamu yeqembu eshaja kakhulu e-US kuze kube manje.
Icwecwe lesithupha
AbakwaPixies baqale ukusebenza ku-albhamu yabo yesithupha ngasekupheleni kuka-2015, besebenza nomdidiyeli uTom Dalgety eRAK Studios eLondon.
Ikhishwe ngoSepthemba 2016, "I-Head Carrier" kwakuyi-albhamu yokuqala lapho uLenshantin abe yilungu eligcwele leqembu. I-albhamu ifinyelele inani eliphakeme ku-72 ku-Billboard 200, kuyilapho ingoma eyodwa ethi "Classic Masher" iphuma okokuqala eshadini Lezingoma Ezihlukile ngenombolo 30.
Ngasekupheleni kuka-2018, ibhendi yaphinde yahlangana noDalgety futhi yaqopha i-albhamu yabo yesikhombisa e-Dreamland Recordings eWoodstock, eNew York. I-Pixies ibhale phansi ukwenziwa kwe-albhamu ku-podcast eneziqephu eziyi-12 ephethwe nguTony Fletcher. I-premiere yenzeke ngoJuni 2019.
