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  BBC - OneMusic Documentaries - Time For Heroes: The Pixies
The Pixies PAVED the way for all of those bands...sure they all could have existed without the pixies but they propblaly wouldnt have any of the same kind of music the did have the pixies, sonic youth and sound garden gave so much insperation to all of these bands...
Pixies is one of the greatest bands in all the history.
The Pixies was the Beatles of the generations of the 80s and 90s...
www.bbc.co.uk /radio1/onemusic/documentaries/pixies531p01.shtml   (6113 words)

  
  Pixies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pixies were at the height of their popularity, however, and while headlining at the Reading Festival in 1990, they played a highly enthusiastic version of "Debaser" which has become legendary among fans.
Pixies would play their second "postbreakup" concert on April 13 at The Fine Line Music Cafe in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota and a 15 concert warmup tour of the western United States and Canada, culminating in the performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
The Pixies headlined the 2005 Lollapalooza concert on their North American Tour and also played at several European venues such as the Reading and Leeds Festivals and in Edinburgh supported by Scottish rockers Teenage Fanclub and Idlewild as part of the T on the Fringe music festival.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pixies   (2318 words)

  
 Pixies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
My pixies decided that since I didn't get a guardian angel (something about me being an atheist), it is their sacred mission to be my guardian pixies.
When I draw, my pixies like to watch me. Some of them are genuinly puzzled by the images appearing on paper out of nothing, and some are very sure that it's by their efforts do I draw so well.
Pixies interact with anyhting and anyone they meet, and since they are generally gleeful creatures and sionce their attention is well, not their strongest feature, they don't remember mean things, and therefore are immensely friendly to everyone (unless they decide to be tough).
members.tripod.com /elfinity/Pixies/pixies.htm   (736 words)

  
 Pixies: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Trompe le monde is the pixies fourth and final full-length studio album, released in october, 1991 through the 4ad record label....
The martinis are a rock band consisting primarily of pixies guitarist joey santiago and his wife linda mallari....
Linda mallari is the singer in the martinis, a band she formed with her husband joey santiago, the guitarist from the pixies....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pi/pixies.htm   (3526 words)

  
 Pixies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Pixies found only modest success in their US homeland, but became major stars in the United Kingdom and all throughout Europe.
They arrived at a name ("Pixies") after Santiago selected the word randomly from a dictionary, liked the definition (although they were originally named Pixies In Panoply for a short time), and began playing shows in the Boston area.
For the remainder of their career, the Pixies remained large-scale stars in Britain and cult figures in the US.
www.redondobeach.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Pixies   (1391 words)

  
 The Pixies, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
While the Pixies were touted as the band to bring indie rock into the mainstream, they simply laid the groundwork for the alternative explosion of the early '90s.
During the spring of 1992, the Pixies opened for U2 on the opening leg of the Zoo TV tour; it would be their last trek through the United States.
Soon after, it was confirmed that the Pixies would reunite in 2004 for U.S. tours in the spring and fall; an appearance at that year's Coachella festival; and gigs in Europe and the U.K. that summer, including performances at the T in the Park, Roskilde, Pinkpop, and V festivals.
www.emusic.com /artist/11488/11488305.html   (1665 words)

  
 Pixie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pixie (comics) - a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.
Pixie (folklore) - a small flying creature in folklore
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pixie   (108 words)

  
 Pixie
In folklore, pixies (or piskies) are little people who believed to live on the downs and moors of Cornwall, England.
According to one myth, pixies were originally Druids who resisted Christianity, and the more they resisted the smaller they grew.
Yet another myth tells of a race of people who were not good enough for heaven, nor bad enough for hell and were doomed to wander the earth forever.
www.pantheon.org /articles/p/pixie.html   (152 words)

  
 Pixies to begin work on new album | News | NME.COM
Pixies are set to begin work on their first studio album in 15 years.
A special, one-off Pixies night in London takes place on November 3 at Camden's Proud Gallery with a preview screening of the new documentary.
You can also enter a prize draw for Pixies DVD goodies + to request their favourite Pixies song to be played on the evening.
www.nme.com /news/pixies/24809   (500 words)

  
 Pixies: Wave of Mutilation: The Best of the Pixies / Pixies DVD: Pitchfork Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Most of the Pixies' strongest songs are included on Wave of Mutilation, reminding us that they wrote the templates for Nirvana ("Gouge Away") and Weezer ("Velouria"), but the heavily chronological tracklist is a major turn-off for anyone learning these songs for the first time.
I don't think I'm alone in having thought of the Pixies as an albums band, yet save a few savory cuts, this is the best of the Pixies, its case made on the lack of credible leftovers.
The first is a 30-minute compilation of fly-on-the-wall video footage from the Pixies' 1989 tours of Europe and America, of no lasting value beyond whatever transferred energy you take away from watching a band on the run.
pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/p/pixies/wave-of-mutilation.shtml   (903 words)

  
 TrouserPress.com :: Pixies
Although the quartet became the influential darlings of college radio, the Pixies proved to be less hallowed institution than primary inspiration (to, among others, Nirvana) and prep school, readying its two principal figures — singer/guitarist Black Francis and bassist/singer Kim Deal (billed on the early records as Mrs.
The Pixies hailed from such diverse locales as Ohio, the Philippines, California and Boston, where the group assembled in 1986.
The Pixies — sounding more and more like the Black Francis Experience (except on the Deal-sung "The Navajo Know") — relocate their truculent energy but not their capacity for memorable (even dynamic) songwriting on the thin-sounding Trompe le Monde.
www.trouserpress.com /entry.php?a=pixies   (673 words)

  
 Pixies at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
During a concert in which the Pixies played with another Boston band, Throwing Muses, they were noticed by Gary Smith, a producer at Fort Apache studios.
The Pixies were at the height of their popularity, however, and a highly enthusiastic version of "Debaser" played while headlining at the Reading Festival in 1991 (and the matching highly enthusiastic audience response) has become legendary.
The Pixies are holding a reunion tour of the United States and Europe in mid-2004, more than ten years after their 1992 Zoo TV tour.
www.wiki.tatet.com /Pixies.html   (1044 words)

  
 Atomic Pixie Theory
Electricity is casued by pixies passing their hats round the 'circuit', the rate at which they do this determines the 'current' in the circuit.
Pixies often referred to by chemists as water are fairly friendly types so stick together more when drunk than some other pixies,which results in phenomena such as higher the than expected boiling point of water.
Some pixies like to hold onto their hats, not conducting electricity.....however this depends on what state they are in.
www-stu.cai.cam.ac.uk /~sjw47/pixie.html   (615 words)

  
 Drowned in Sound - News - Pixies Reform for Coachella
Pixies front-man, Frank Black, is apparently working on new solo material for release in the spring via SpinART.
From what I've read, Albini didn't actually think much to the Pixies - the quote was 'passable college radio rock at their absolute top-dollar best...I have never seen a group of individuals so ready to be manipulated, by management and record labels.' It was quite a shocker to read.
the pixies were amazing in their heyday and when frank fl and the catholics played reading a couple of years ago, it was only the old pixies tunes that kept the crowd interested.
www.drownedinsound.com /articles/8785.html   (2031 words)

  
 MTV News - Legendary Pixies To Reunite For Tour, Album
The band has not yet gotten together to begin rehearsing for the tour, but, given their ugly breakup in 1993, the announcement is one of the most unlikely and anticipated reunions in the history of indie rock.
Her inability to share the recorded spotlight with Francis was one of the primary reasons for her strained relations with the enigmatic singer.
The Pixies came back together in late 1990 to record Bossanova with Norton, but personality clashes continued, inspiring Deal to announce from the stage that the band was breaking up during an English date in support of the album.
www.mtv.com /news/articles/1478034/20030909/pixies.jhtml?headlines=true   (1050 words)

  
 Pixies and smoke.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Each Pixie is in charge of either a colour or an eraser and they work together to produce the image you see on your screen.
The fourth Pixie is a stand by to cover for the other three Pixies when they want to eat or go to the toilet.
Older computers feed their Pixies with burgers and steak sandwiches but it was found that the fatty diet made them very inefficient and slow.
www.eighteleven.org.uk /stories/comppix.htm   (1254 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Doolittle: Music: Pixies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
One band who exemplified this alternative was the Pixies, disbanding in the early 90s creating their own side projects, but not before creating a few brilliant records, Doolittle being the most brilliant of them all.
The Pixies were one of the greatest bands of the 80s, and this album shows why perfectly.
I've listened to the Pixies before, mostly live albums and such, but this has really set the standard on their work for me. Honestly it took me a couple of listens to quite get it, but immediately you hear what has made it influential.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000065PUE?v=glance   (1659 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/pixies
For more than ten years, since the Pixies ended their run with a meltdown that left pretty much everyone pissed off, the chances of this group ever getting back together were basically nil.
Those who disbelieve, or who consider a Pixies resurrection too good to have actually happened, are proven wrong with Pixies Sell Out, a DVD extravaganza that captures the greatest shows from their first reunion tour.
Watching Pixies Sell Out, its easy to appreciate the importance of the Pixies and, beyond that, to marvel that as powerful as they were in their so-called prime, reincarnation has made them even stronger.
www.myspace.com /pixies   (2658 words)

  
 filter magazine - reviews - The Pixies
I was waiting in line for the Pixies first performance in 12 years; “Surreal” was an understatement.
At around eight o’ clock, the downtown city lights began to brighten--and the long line of past, present and future hipsters gradually began to move forward, disappearing into the doors of the ridiculous, a land where God-only-knows-what was actually about to happen.
The Pixies briefly gathered together at the edge of the stage, waving, shaking hands, and smiling.
www.filter-mag.com /reviews/interior.232.html   (779 words)

  
 the PIXIES: the sauce of Chaos
cobain specifically cited the pixies' "gouge away" as an inspiration for that song.
The first time I even heard the Pixies was two years after they broke up.
Alec Eiffel, the French Pixies Page is the best, check it out.
www.geocities.com /SiliconValley/Pines/7537/pixies.html   (738 words)

  
 The New York Times > Arts > Music > Rock Review | The Pixies: Once Upon a Time, There Was This Really Loud ...
By now you've probably read at least one article about how the Pixies helped inspire a generation of bands, about how much Kurt Cobain loved them, about how water tasted different before they came along, about how the sky used to be a slightly different shade of blue.
The concert was the opening night of a weeklong, eight-concert engagement, a tribute not only to the continuing popularity of the Pixies but also to the ticket-buying power of the many 30-something fans who remember the band from their college years.
In 1986, when the Pixies were formed, it made sense that an underground rock band would want to make lots of noise.
www.nytimes.com /2004/12/13/arts/music/13pixi.html?ex=1260680400&en=1d306a5c32bd9eab&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland   (822 words)

  
 San Francisco Bay Guardian : Article : Pixies stick
Sure, the Pixies are now well into middle age and showing it, but to claim these indie rock demigods are simply trying to cash in on past success is a little unfair.
Black Francis) is plugging away at solo gigs and Nashville records; a newly sober Deal (the only Pixie left with any hair) hasn't recorded with the Breeders in years and is holed up in Ohio; Santiago is scoring films and raising kids; and drummer David Lovering is pursuing "hobbies of magic and metal detecting" (seriously).
Actually, the title is a good characterization of the movie itself: despite the notorious rancor between members that ultimately led to the band's demise, for the most part they come off as quiet, funny eccentrics in between the thunderous live footage.
www.sfbg.com /entry.php?entry_id=1706&catid=110&volume_id=147&issue_id=253&volume_num=40&issue_num=52   (414 words)

  
 Download Obscure Pixies TV appearances Video Clips
He has footage of the pixies opening for U2 that is from his own recording.
Video of the pixies performing bone machine, broken face, something against you and debaser at T in the park July 11, 2004 in Scotland
pixies performing monkey gone to heaven on the late show with david letterman on december 13, 2004
www.broszkowski.com /tv/pixies/pixiesvideodownload.html   (630 words)

  
 SimpleBits | Pixies
The cold weather and short trip made for not seeing all of the city that we probably should have, but we were there for one reason and one reason only: to see the Pixies play live.
Aside from the horrible acoustics of the venue (a hockey arena), the show was surreal —; and only would be for a fan that never thought they’d be able to witness it.
Regarding the Pixies, I could write a thousand words or more about their December 2 show in Lowell.
www.simplebits.com /notebook/2004/11/28/pixies.html   (1555 words)

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