Kuphatikizira magitala ang'onoang'ono, omveka ndi zokowera zoimbira, mawu olumikizana aamuna ndi aakazi, komanso mawu omveka bwino, a Pixies anali amodzi mwamagulu odziwika kwambiri a rock.
Anali okonda nyimbo za rock omwe adatembenuza ma canons mkati: pamabamu ngati Surfer Rosa wa 1988 ndi Doolittle wa 1989, adasakaniza nyimbo za punk ndi indie guitar rock, classic pop, surf rock. Nyimbo zawo zili ndi mawu achilendo, ogawanika okhudza malo, chipembedzo, kugonana, kudulidwa ndi chikhalidwe cha pop.
Ngakhale kuti tanthawuzo la mawu awo likhoza kukhala losamvetsetseka kwa omvera ambiri, nyimbozo zinali zowongoka ndipo zinayambitsa njira yophulika m'zaka za m'ma 90 oyambirira.
Kuchokera ku grunge kupita ku Britpop, chikoka cha Pixies chinkawoneka chosayerekezeka. Ndizovuta kulingalira Nirvana popanda siginecha ya Pixies Stop-Start dynamics ndi phokoso, gitala solos.
Komabe, kupambana kwa malonda a gululo sikunafanane ndi chikoka chake - MTV sinafune kusewera mavidiyo a gululo, pamene wailesi yamakono ya rock sinayike osakwatiwa nthawi zonse.
Pofika nthawi yomwe Nirvana idatsegula njira ya thanthwe lina mu 1992, a Pixies anali atasweka bwino komanso osadziwika kwa aliyense.
Munthawi yonse ya 90s ndi 2000s, adapitiliza kulimbikitsa ojambula atsopano kuchokera ku Weezer, Radiohead ndi PJ Harvey kupita ku Strokes ndi Arcade Fire.
Kukumananso kwa Pixies mu 2004 kunali kodabwitsa monga momwe amasangalalira ndi mafani, ndipo kuyendera kwa gululi pafupipafupi kudawapangitsa kuti ajambule ma Albums, kuphatikiza 2016's Head Carrier. Zolemba zatsopanozi zidapitilira kumveka ngati ntchito yawo yosinthira zoyambira.
Mapangidwe ndi ntchito yoyambirira
The Pixies idapangidwa ku Boston, Massachusetts mu Januware 1986 ndi Charles Thompson ndi Joey Santiago, wokhala naye Thompson pomwe amapita ku yunivesite ya Massachusetts Amherst.
Thompson anabadwira ku Massachusetts ndipo ankayenda nthawi zonse pakati pa izo ndi California. Anayamba kusewera nyimbo ali wachinyamata asanasamuke ku East Coast kusukulu yasekondale.
Atamaliza maphunziro ake, adakhala wamkulu wa anthropologist ku yunivesite ya Massachusetts. Pakati pa maphunziro ake, Thompson anapita ku Puerto Rico kukaphunzira Chisipanishi ndipo anaganiza zobwerera ku US miyezi isanu ndi umodzi kuti apange gulu loimba. Thompson anasiya sukulu ya sekondale ndipo anasamukira ku Boston, atatha kukakamiza Santiago kuti agwirizane naye.
Oyimba onse anasonkhana
Kutsatsa m'nyuzipepala ya nyimbo kwa woimba nyimbo za bassist yemwe angakonde Hüsker Dü ndi Peter, Paul ndi Mary adathandizira kupeza Kim Deal (yemwe ankatchedwa Mayi John Murphy pa nyimbo ziwiri zoyambirira za gululo).
Kim m'mbuyomu adasewera ndi mlongo wake Kelly mu gulu lawo la The Breeders kwawo ku Dayton, Ohio.
Pa upangiri wa Deal, gululo linalemba ganyu David Lovering. Mouziridwa ndi Iggy Pop, Thompson adasankha dzina la siteji Black Francis.
Gululi linadzitcha kuti Pixies pambuyo poti Santiago adadutsa mwangozi mtanthauzira mawu.
Chiwonetsero choyamba
M'miyezi ingapo, a Pixies adasewera masewera okwanira kuti atsegule gulu la Boston Throwing Muses. Pamsonkhano wa Throwing Muses, Gary Smith, manejala komanso wopanga ku Boston's Fort Apache Studios, adamva gululo ndipo adadzipereka kuti ajambule nawo chimbale.
Mu Marichi 1987, a Pixies adalemba nyimbo 18 m'masiku atatu. Chiwonetserocho, chotchedwa "The Purple Tape", chinatumizidwa kwa mamembala akuluakulu a nyimbo za Boston ndi zochitika zapadziko lonse lapansi, kuphatikizapo Ivo Watts, mkulu wa 4AD Records ku England. Paupangiri wa bwenzi lake, Watts adasaina ndi gululo. Pambuyo posankha nyimbo zisanu ndi zitatu kuchokera pachiwonetsero ndikuzisakaniza mopepuka, 4AD idazitulutsa ngati "Come on Pilgrim" mu Seputembala 1987.
Chimbalecho chinatchedwa mawu ochokera munyimbo ya Christian rocker Larry Norman - yemwe nyimbo yake Francis ankamvetsera ali mwana. EP idafika pachimake pa nambala XNUMX pa chart ya UK Indie Albums.
"Surfer Rose"
Mu Disembala 1987, a Pixies adayamba kujambula chimbale chawo choyamba cha Surfer Rosa ndi Steve Albini ku Q Division Studios ku Boston.
Wotulutsidwa mu Marichi 1988, Surfer Rosa adakhala wotchuka pawailesi ku America (ndipo pamapeto pake adatsimikiziridwa ndi golide ndi RIAA mu 2005).
Ku UK, chimbalecho chidafika pachimake chachiwiri pa tchati cha indie ndipo idalandira ndemanga zabwino kuchokera ku UK atolankhani anyimbo sabata iliyonse. Pofika kumapeto kwa chaka, kutchuka kwa a Pixies kunali kwakukulu ndipo gululo linasaina ndi Elektra.
Doolittle
Pamene adayendera Surfer Rosa, Francis adayamba kulemba nyimbo za chimbale chachiwiri cha gululi, zina zomwe zidawonekera pagawo lawo la 1988 pawailesi ya John Peel. Mu Okutobala chaka chomwechi, gululi lidalowa ku Downtown Studios ku Boston ndi wopanga Chingelezi Gil Norton, yemwe adajambulitsa yekha "Gigantic" mu Meyi.
Ndi bajeti ya $ 40-kuwirikiza kanayi zomwe album ya Surfer Rosa inagula-ndi mwezi wa kujambula kosalekeza, Doolittle inali nyimbo yomveka bwino ya Pixies. Idalandira ndemanga zabwino kwambiri, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti ifalitsidwe kwambiri ku America. "Monkey Gone to Heaven" ndi "Here Comes Your Man" adakhala nyimbo zazikulu kwambiri zamatanthwe amakono, ndikutsegulira njira ya "Doolittle" pama chart.
Nyimboyi idafika pa nambala 98 pama chart aku US. Pakadali pano, idakwera kwambiri pachisanu ndi chitatu pa chart ya UK Albums.
Pa ntchito yawo yonse, a Pixies akhala akudziwika kwambiri ku Britain ndi ku Ulaya kusiyana ndi ku America, zomwe zikuwonetsedwa ndi kupambana kwa ulendo wa Kugonana ndi Imfa pothandizira Doolittle. Gululi lidadziwika kwambiri chifukwa chamasewera osasunthika a Black Francis, omwe adatsitsimutsidwa ndi nthabwala za Deal.
Ulendo womwewo unatchuka chifukwa cha nthabwala za gululi, monga kusewera mndandanda wawo wonse motsatira zilembo. Atamaliza ulendo wawo wachiwiri waku America ku Doolittle kumapeto kwa 1989, oimbawo adayamba kutopana ndipo adaganiza zopumira.
Zochita za solo ndi ntchito yoyambirira
Pamene analibe ku Pixies, Black Francis adayamba ulendo waufupi yekha. Pakadali pano, Kim Deal adakonzanso obereketsa ndi Tanya Donelly wa Kuponya Muses ndi woyimba nyimbo wa bassist Josephine Wiggs wa Perfect Disaster.
Mu Januware 1990, Francis, Santiago ndi Lovering adasamukira ku Los Angeles kukakonzekera kujambula kwa chimbale chachitatu cha Pixies, Bossanova, pomwe Deal adagwira ntchito ndi Albini pa Pod yoyamba ya Breeders ku UK.
Analowa nawo gulu lonselo patapita nthawi kuti ayambe kujambula mu February.
Ndikugwiranso ntchito ndi Norton pa situdiyo ya Master Control's California yochokera ku Burbank, gululi lidalemba nyimbo zambiri zomwe zili mu chimbale chomwe chikubwera.
Kupitilira mumlengalenga kuposa omwe adatsogolera komanso kukopa chidwi cha Francis ndi thanthwe, "Bossanova" idatulutsidwa mu Ogasiti 1990.
Nyimboyi idakumana ndi ndemanga zosakanikirana, koma mbiriyo idakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi achinyamata, yomwe idayamba kugunda nyimbo zamasiku ano "Velouria" ndi "Dig for Fire" ku US.
Ku Europe, chimbalecho chidakulitsa kutchuka kwa gululi pofika nambala yachitatu pama chart aku UK. Anatsegulanso njira yoti gululo likhale ndi mutu wa Chikondwerero cha Kuwerenga.
Ngakhale maulendo a Bossanova adapambana, mikangano pakati pa Kim Deal ndi Black Francis idapitilirabe - kumapeto kwa ulendo wawo wachingerezi, Deal adalengeza kuchokera ku Brixton Academy siteji kuti konsatiyo inali "chiwonetsero chathu chomaliza".
Trompe le Monde
The Pixies adakumananso koyambirira kwa 1991 kuti apange chimbale chawo chachinayi ndi Gil Norton, kujambula ku studio ku Burbank, Paris ndi London. Kulemba ntchito wakale Captain Beefheart ndi Pere Ubu keyboardist Eric Drew Feldman monga gawo gawo, gulu linabwerera ku thanthwe mokweza, kunena kuti anauziridwa ndi kukhalapo Ozzy Osbourne mu situdiyo chapafupi.
Pambuyo pa kugwa kwake, "Trompe le Monde" adayamikiridwa ngati kubwereranso kumveka kwa "Surfer Rosa" ndi "Doolittle", koma kuyang'anitsitsa kunawonetsa kuti imadalira kwambiri tsatanetsatane wa sonic ndipo imakhala yopanda mawu ochokera ku Deal. Monga Bossanova, palibe nyimbo zake zili pano.
Gululi lidayambanso ulendo wina wapadziko lonse lapansi, ndikusewera masitediyamu ku Europe komanso mabwalo amasewera ku America.
Kumayambiriro kwa 1992, a Pixies adatsegulidwa kwa U2 pa gawo loyamba la ulendo wa kanema wa Zoo.
Gululo lidasiyanso litatha, ndipo Deal adabwerera kwa Breeders, omwe adatulutsa Safari EP mu Epulo. Francis anayamba kugwira ntchito pa chimbale payekha.
Kugwa kwa timu
Pamene Francis akukonzekera kutulutsa chimbale chake chokhacho mu Januware 1993, adafunsidwa pa BBC Radio 5 kulengeza kuti a Pixies akutha.
Sanadziwitsebe mamembala ena za izi. Pambuyo pake tsiku lomwelo, adayimbira foni ku Santiago ndikutumiza uthengawo fax wa Deal and Lovering.
Potembenuza dzina lake la siteji kukhala Frank Black, Francis adatulutsa chimbale chomwe adachitcha yekha mu Marichi.
The Breeders adatulutsa chimbale chawo chachiwiri Last Splash mu Ogasiti 1993. Chimbalecho chidakhala chotchuka, kukhala golide ku US ndikutulutsa nyimbo ya "Cannonball". Posakhalitsa, Deal adapanganso gulu la Amps, lomwe linatulutsa nyimbo yawo yokhayo Pacer mu 1995.
Santiago ndi Lovering adapanga Martinis mu 1995 ndipo adawonekera pa nyimbo ya Empire Records.
Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 90 ndi kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 2000, 4AD inatulutsa zolemba zakale za Pixies, kuphatikizapo Death to the Pixies 1987-1991, Pixies ku BBC, ndi Complete B-Sides.
Atatulutsa "Cult of Ray" yaku America mu 1996, Black idasuntha pakati pa malembo osiyanasiyana ndikufikira pa SpinART pakutulutsidwa kwa "Pistolero" mu 1999 ndi ma Albums angapo otsatira.
Deal and the Breeders, panthawiyi, adavutika ndi mavuto kuyambira kugwiritsira ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo mpaka malo olemba, ndipo amangowonekera mwa apo ndi apo ali mu studio. Sizinafike mpaka 2002 pomwe adatulutsa "Title TK".
David Loveng adachoka ku Martinis kuti akhale woyimba ng'oma wa Cracker komanso adawonekera mu Sliding and Diving ya Donelly, koma adapezeka kuti alibe ntchito kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 90s. Kuphatikiza kafukufuku wake muukadaulo wamagetsi ku Wentworth Institute of Technology ndi zaka zambiri zantchito yake, Loverng adadzifotokoza yekha ngati "sayansi yodabwitsa," mtanda pakati pa wasayansi, wojambula, ndi wamatsenga.
Santiago ndi mkazi wake Linda Mallari adapitilizabe kusewera ndi Martinis mpaka zaka za m'ma 90, akujambula nyimbo zingapo zama demo komanso ma Albums odzitulutsa okha. Santiago adayambitsanso ntchito yolemba nyimbo.
Chiyembekezo chakuti a Pixies adzasintha analibe maziko mpaka 2003, pamene Black adanena poyankhulana kuti akuganiza zogwirizanitsa gululo. Woimbayo adanenanso kuti iye, Deal, Santiago ndi Lovering nthawi zina amasonkhana pamodzi kuti alembe nyimbo.
Kukumananso patapita zaka
Mu 2004, a Pixies adalumikizananso ndi maulendo aku US, machitidwe a Coachella, ndi ziwonetsero ku Europe ndi UK nthawi yachilimwe, kuphatikiza T in the Park, Roskilde, Pinkpop, ndi V.
Makanema onse 15 a gululi ku North America adajambulidwa ndikutulutsidwa m'makope ochepera 1000 ndipo pambuyo pake adagulitsidwa pa intaneti komanso paziwonetsero.
2000s ndi nyimbo zatsopano
Ngakhale tinkayendera nthawi zonse m'ma 2000 ndi 2010, palibe nyimbo zatsopano zomwe zidatuluka mpaka 2013 pomwe gululo lidalowa mu studio ndi wopanga wakale Gil Norton.
Pamagawo awa, Deal adasiya gululo. Katswiri wakale wa Fall bassist Simon Archer, yemwe amadziwikanso kuti Dingo, adalowa m'malo mwa Deal mu studio ndipo gululo lidalemba ganyu a Muffs 'Kim Shattuck kuti aziyendera.
"Bagboy", nyimbo yoyamba ya a Pixies m'zaka zisanu ndi zinayi, idajambulidwa mu Julayi 2013, yokhala ndi woimba nyimbo wa Bunnies Jeremy Dubs.
Mu November chaka chimenecho, Shattuk anasiya gululo. Patatha milungu ingapo, Paz Lenshantin, yemwe adaseweranso ndi Zwan ndi A Perfect Circle, adatchedwa bassist wa Pixies.
EP2 inatulutsidwa mu January 2014 ndipo EP3 inatulutsidwa mu March chaka chomwecho. Ma EP adapangidwa ngati chimbale cha "Indie Cindy". Idafika pachimake 23 pa tchati cha Albums 200, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti ikhale chimbale chodziwika bwino kwambiri ku US mpaka pano.
Album yachisanu ndi chimodzi
The Pixies adayamba kugwira ntchito pa chimbale chawo chachisanu ndi chimodzi kumapeto kwa 2015, akugwira ntchito ndi wopanga Tom Dalgety ku RAK Studios ku London.
Idatulutsidwa mu Seputembala 2016, "Head Carrier" inali chimbale choyamba chomwe Lenshantin adakhala membala wathunthu wagululo. Chimbalecho chidafika pachimake pa nambala 72 pa Billboard 200, pomwe nyimbo imodzi ya "Classic Masher" idayamba pa chart ya Alternative Songs pa nambala 30.
Chakumapeto kwa 2018, gululi lidalumikizananso ndi Dalgety ndikujambula nyimbo yawo yachisanu ndi chiwiri ku Dreamland Recordings ku Woodstock, New York. The Pixies adalemba za kupangidwa kwa chimbalecho mu podcast ya magawo 12 yoyendetsedwa ndi Tony Fletcher. Chiwonetserocho chinachitika mu June 2019.
