Haɗa jagged guitars tare da ƙugiya mai ban sha'awa, haɗakar sautin maza da mata, da waƙoƙin ban sha'awa, Pixies sun kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi tasiri madadin makada na dutse.
Sun kasance ƙwararrun magoya bayan dutse waɗanda suka juya canons a ciki: akan kundi irin su Surfer Rosa na 1988 da Doolittle na 1989, sun haɗu da punk da indie guitar rock, pop pop, dutsen hawan igiyar ruwa. Waƙoƙinsu suna da ban mamaki, rarrabuwar kalmomi game da sararin samaniya, addini, jima'i, lalata da al'adun pop.
Yayin da ma'anar waƙoƙin su na iya zama rashin fahimta ga matsakaicin mai sauraro, kiɗan ya kasance mai sauƙi kuma ya kafa mataki don wani fashewa a farkon 90s.
Daga grunge zuwa Britpop, tasirin Pixies ya zama kamar mara misaltuwa. Yana da wuya a yi tunanin Nirvana ba tare da sa hannun Pixies Stop-Start kuzarin kawo cikas da ragi, hayaniya guitar solos.
Duk da haka, nasarar kasuwancin da kungiyar ta samu bai dace da tasirinta ba - MTV ya yi jinkirin kunna bidiyon kungiyar, yayin da rediyon rock na zamani ba ta sanya ma'aurata a cikin juyawa akai-akai.
A lokacin da Nirvana ya buɗe hanya don madadin dutsen a cikin 1992, Pixies sun karye sosai kuma ba a san kowa ba.
A cikin sauran 90s da 2000s, sun ci gaba da ƙarfafa sababbin masu fasaha daga Weezer, Radiohead da PJ Harvey zuwa Strokes da Arcade Fire.
Haɗin kai na Pixies a 2004 ya kasance mai ban mamaki kamar yadda magoya baya suka yaba, kuma yawan yawon shakatawa na ƙungiyar ya sa su yi rikodin kundin, ciki har da 2016's Head Carrier. Sabbin bayanan sun ci gaba da zama kamar aikin farko na juyin juya hali.
Samuwar da farkon aiki
An kafa Pixies a Boston, Massachusetts a cikin Janairu 1986 ta Charles Thompson da Joey Santiago, abokin zama na Thompson yayin halartar Jami'ar Massachusetts Amherst.
An haifi Thompson a Massachusetts kuma yana tafiya akai-akai tsakaninta da California. Ya fara kunna kiɗa tun yana matashi kafin daga bisani ya koma Gabas Coast a makarantar sakandare.
Bayan kammala karatunsa, ya zama babban masanin ilimin ɗan adam a Jami'ar Massachusetts. A tsakiyar karatunsa, Thompson ya yi tafiya zuwa Puerto Rico don nazarin Mutanen Espanya kuma ya yanke shawarar komawa Amurka watanni shida bayan haka don kafa ƙungiya. Thompson ya bar makarantar sakandare kuma ya koma Boston, yana kula da shawo kan Santiago ya shiga shi.
Duk mawaƙa tare
Talla a cikin jaridar kiɗa don ɗan wasan bass wanda zai so Hüsker Dü da Peter, Paul da Maryamu sun taimaka wajen samun Kim Deal (wanda aka caje shi azaman Mrs. John Murphy akan rikodin rikodi biyu na farko na ƙungiyar).
A baya Kim ta taka leda tare da 'yar'uwarta tagwaye Kelly a cikin rukuninsu The Breeders a garinsu na Dayton, Ohio.
A kan shawarar Deal, ƙungiyar ta ɗauki hayar mai buga bugu David Lovering. Iggy Pop ya yi wahayi, Thompson ya zaɓi sunan matakin Black Francis.
Kungiyar ta sanyawa kansu sunan Pixies bayan Santiago da gangan ya juye cikin ƙamus.
demo na farko
A cikin 'yan watanni, Pixies sun buga isassun nunin nuni don buɗe wa ƙungiyar 'yan wasan Boston Throwing Muses. A wani wasan kwaikwayo na Throwing Muses, Gary Smith, manaja da furodusa a Boston's Fort Apache Studios, ya ji ƙungiyar kuma ya ba da damar yin rikodin kundi tare da su.
A cikin Maris 1987, Pixies ya rubuta waƙoƙi 18 a cikin kwanaki uku. Nunin, wanda aka yi wa lakabi da "The Purple Tepe", an aika shi zuwa ga manyan membobin ƙungiyar kiɗan ta Boston da madadin yanayin duniya, gami da Ivo Watts, shugaban 4AD Records a Ingila. Bisa shawarar budurwarsa, Watts ya sanya hannu tare da band din. Bayan zabar waƙoƙi takwas daga demo kuma a sauƙaƙe su sake haɗa su, 4AD ta sake su a matsayin "Ku zo kan Mahajjata" a cikin Satumba 1987.
An ba wa kundin suna ne bayan waƙoƙin waƙar Kirista rocker Larry Norman - wanda Francis ke saurare tun yana yaro. EP ya kai kololuwa a lamba biyar akan Chart Albums na Burtaniya.
"Surfer Rose"
A cikin Disamba 1987, Pixies sun fara yin rikodin kundi na farko mai cikakken tsawon Surfer Rosa tare da Steve Albini a Q Division Studios a Boston.
An sake shi a cikin Maris 1988, Surfer Rosa ya zama rediyon da aka buga a Amurka (kuma a ƙarshe RIAA ta tabbatar da zinare a 2005).
A cikin Burtaniya, kundi ɗin ya haura zuwa lamba biyu akan taswirar indie kuma ya sami bita mai daɗi daga buga wakokin mako-mako na Burtaniya. A ƙarshen shekara, shahararren Pixies ya kasance mai mahimmanci kuma ƙungiyar ta sanya hannu tare da Elektra.
Doolittle
Yayin da yake zagayawa don tallafawa Surfer Rosa, Francis ya fara rubuta waƙa don kundi na biyu na ƙungiyar, wasu daga cikinsu sun bayyana a zaman su na 1988 don nunin rediyo na John Peel. A watan Oktoba na wannan shekarar, ƙungiyar ta shiga Studios na Downtown a Boston tare da mai shirya fina-finai na Ingilishi Gil Norton, wanda tare da wanda suka yi rikodin "Gigantic" guda ɗaya kawai a watan Mayu.
Tare da kasafin kuɗi na $40-sau huɗu abin da farashin kundi na Surfer Rosa-da kuma wata ɗaya na rikodi akai-akai, Doolittle shine kundi mafi kyawun sauti na Pixies. Ya sami kyakkyawan bita, wanda ya haifar da babban rarraba a Amurka. "Biri Ya tafi Sama" da "A nan Ya zo Mutuminku" sun zama mafi girma a cikin dutsen zamani, wanda ya ba da hanya ga "Doolittle" a kan ginshiƙi.
Kundin ya kai kololuwa a lamba 98 akan jadawalin Amurka. A halin yanzu, ya kai kololuwa a lamba takwas akan Chart Albums na Burtaniya.
A duk cikin aikinsu, Pixies sun fi shahara a Biritaniya da Turai fiye da Amurka, kamar yadda aka tabbatar da nasarar yawon shakatawa na Jima'i da Mutuwa don tallafawa Doolittle. Kungiyar ta yi kaurin suna saboda wasan kwaikwayo mara motsi na Black Francis, wanda ya sabawa ka'idar Deal mai ban dariya.
Yawon shakatawa da kansa ya shahara saboda barkwancin ƙungiyar, kamar kunna jerin jerin sunayensu gaba ɗaya cikin jerin haruffa. Bayan kammala ziyararsu ta biyu na Amurka don Doolittle a ƙarshen 1989, membobin ƙungiyar sun fara gajiya da juna kuma suka yanke shawarar yin hutu.
Ayyukan Solo da aikin farko
A lokacin rashi daga Pixies, Black Francis ya fara wani ɗan gajeren yawon shakatawa na solo. A halin yanzu, Kim Deal ya sake tsara Makiyaya tare da Tanya Donelly na jefa Muses da bassist Josephine Wiggs na Cikakken Bala'i.
A cikin Janairu 1990, Francis, Santiago da Lovering sun koma Los Angeles don shirya don yin rikodi na kundi na uku na Pixies, Bossanova, yayin da Deal ya yi aiki tare da Albini akan Pod na farko na Breeders a Burtaniya.
Ta shiga cikin sauran ƙungiyar kaɗan daga baya don fara rikodin a cikin Fabrairu.
Aiki tare da Norton a babban ɗakin studio na Burbank na California, ƙungiyar ta rubuta yawancin waƙoƙin akan kundi mai zuwa.
Ƙarin yanayi fiye da magabata da kuma yin la'akari da sha'awar Francis tare da dutsen hawan igiyar ruwa, "Bossanova" an sake shi a cikin Agusta 1990.
Kundin ya hadu da sake dubawa masu gauraya, amma rikodin ya zama abin burgewa ga matasa, wanda ya haifar da dutsen zamani ya buga "Velouria" da "Dig for Fire" a Amurka.
A cikin Turai, kundin ya faɗaɗa shaharar ƙungiyar ta hanyar kai lamba uku akan jadawalin kundi na Burtaniya. Ya kuma share fagen gudanar da taken bikin Karatu.
Duk da cewa rangadin na Bossanova ya yi nasara, tashe-tashen hankula tsakanin Kim Deal da Black Francis sun ci gaba da yin kamari - a karshen ziyarar su ta Ingilishi, Deal ta sanar daga matakin Kwalejin Brixton cewa wasan kwaikwayo shi ne "bayaninmu na karshe".
Trompe da Monde
Pixies sun sake taro a farkon 1991 don yin kundi na huɗu tare da Gil Norton, suna yin rikodi a ɗakunan studio a Burbank, Paris da London. Daukar tsohon Kyaftin Beefheart da Pere Ubu maballin madannai Eric Drew Feldman a matsayin memba, ƙungiyar ta dawo cikin ƙarar dutse, tana mai da'awar kasancewar Ozzy Osbourne a cikin ɗakin studio na kusa.
Bayan fitowar faɗuwar sa, "Trompe le Monde" an yaba da ita a matsayin maraba da dawowar sautin "Surfer Rosa" da "Doolittle", amma duban dalla-dalla ya nuna cewa ya dogara da cikakken bayani na sonic kuma yana nuna kusan babu muryoyin daga Deal. Kamar Bossanova, babu ɗayan waƙoƙinta da ke nan.
Kungiyar ta sake yin wani rangadi na kasa da kasa, inda take buga filaye a Turai da kuma gidajen wasan kwaikwayo a Amurka.
A farkon 1992, Pixies ya buɗe don U2 a farkon kafa na yawon shakatawa na gidan Zoo.
Ƙungiyar ta sake ci gaba da dakatarwa bayan ta ƙare, kuma Deal ya koma Ma'aurata, waɗanda suka saki Safari EP a watan Afrilu. Francis ya fara aiki akan kundi na solo.
Rushewar tawagar
Yayin da Francis ke shirin fitar da kundi na farko na solo a cikin Janairu 1993, an yi hira da shi a gidan rediyon BBC 5 yana sanar da cewa Pixies suna watse.
Har yanzu bai sanar da sauran membobin wannan ba. Daga baya a wannan ranar, ya buga wa Santiago waya kuma ya aika fax Deal da Lovering labarai.
Yana juya sunansa zuwa Frank Black, Francis ya fitar da kundi mai taken kansa a cikin Maris.
Masu shayarwa sun fitar da kundi na biyu na Last Splash a cikin Agusta 1993. Kundin ya zama abin burgewa, kasancewar ƙwararren zinari a Amurka kuma ya haifar da bugun "Cannonball". Ba da daɗewa ba, Deal kuma ta kafa ƙungiyar Amps, wacce ta fitar da kundi guda ɗaya na Pacer a cikin 1995.
Santiago da Lovering sun kafa Martinis a cikin 1995 kuma sun bayyana akan sautin Rikodin Empire.
A cikin ƙarshen 90s da farkon 2000s, 4AD ta saki rikodin rikodin Pixies, gami da Mutuwa zuwa Pixies 1987-1991, Pixies a BBC, da Cikakken B-Sides.
Bayan fitar da "Cult of Ray" don Amurka a 1996, Black ya koma tsakanin lakabi daban-daban kuma ya sauka akan SpinART don sakin "Pistolero" na 1999 da kuma kundin solo da yawa.
Deal da Breeders, a halin yanzu, sun sha fama da matsalolin da suka shafi shaye-shaye zuwa katangar marubuta, kuma suna fitowa ne kawai a bainar jama'a lokaci-lokaci yayin da suke cikin ɗakin studio. Sai a 2002 suka fito da "Title TK".
David Loveng ya bar Martinis ya zama mai yin yawon shakatawa don Cracker kuma ya fito a cikin Donelly's Sliding and Diving, amma ya sami kansa ba shi da aikin yi a ƙarshen 90s. Haɗe da bincikensa a injiniyan lantarki a Cibiyar Fasaha ta Wentworth da shekarunsa na ƙwarewar aiki, Loverng ya bayyana kansa a matsayin "mai ban mamaki na kimiyya," giciye tsakanin masanin kimiyya, mai fasaha, da mai sihiri.
Santiago da matarsa Linda Mallari sun ci gaba da yin wasa tare da Martinis a cikin 90s, suna yin rikodin waƙoƙin demo da yawa da kundi da aka fitar. Santiago kuma ya ƙaddamar da aiki a matsayin mawaƙin kiɗan kiɗa.
Fatan cewa Pixies zai sake fasalin ya kasance mara tushe har zuwa 2003, lokacin da Black ya fada a cikin wata hira cewa yana tunanin sake hade kungiyar. Mawakin ya kuma bayyana cewa shi, Deal, Santiago da Lovering wani lokacin suna haduwa don rubuta kiɗa.
Haɗuwa bayan shekaru
A cikin 2004, Pixies sun sake haɗuwa don balaguron balaguron Amurka, wasan kwaikwayo na Coachella, da nunawa a Turai da Burtaniya a lokacin bazara, gami da T a cikin Park, Roskilde, Pinkpop, da V.
Dukkan nunin faifai 15 na ƙungiyar a Arewacin Amurka an yi rikodin su kuma an fitar da su a cikin ƙayyadadden bugu na kwafi 1000 kuma daga baya an sayar da su akan layi da kuma nunin nunin.
2000s da sabon kiɗa
Duk da yawan yawon shakatawa a cikin 2000s da 2010s, babu wani sabon kiɗa da ya fito har zuwa 2013 lokacin da ƙungiyar ta shiga ɗakin studio tare da mai gabatarwa Gil Norton.
A yayin waɗannan zaman, Yarjejeniyar ta bar ƙungiyar a hukumance. Tsohon bassist Simon Archer, wanda kuma aka sani da Dingo, ya maye gurbin Deal a cikin ɗakin studio kuma ƙungiyar ta hayar Muffs'Kim Shattuck don yawon shakatawa.
"Bagboy", waƙar Pixies na farko a cikin shekaru tara, an yi rikodin shi a cikin Yuli 2013, tare da mawaƙin Bunnies Jeremy Dubs.
A watan Nuwamba na wannan shekarar, Shattuk ya bar kungiyar. Bayan 'yan makonni, Paz Lenshantin, wanda shi ma ya yi wasa tare da Zwan da A Perfect Circle, an nada shi bassist na Pixies.
An saki EP2 a cikin Janairu 2014 kuma an saki EP3 a cikin Maris na wannan shekarar. An haɗa EPs azaman kundi na "Indie Cindy". Ya kai kololuwa a lamba 23 akan ginshiƙi na kundin kundin Billboard 200, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama kundi mafi girma na ƙungiyar a Amurka har yau.
Album na shida
Pixies sun fara aiki akan kundi na shida a ƙarshen 2015, suna aiki tare da furodusa Tom Dalgety a RAK Studios a London.
An sake shi a watan Satumba 2016, "Head Carrier" shine kundi na farko wanda Lenshantin ya zama cikakken memba na kungiyar. Kundin ya yi kololuwa a lamba 72 akan Billboard 200, yayin da “Classic Masher” guda daya ta yi muhawara akan jadawalin Madadin Wakokin a lamba 30.
A ƙarshen 2018, ƙungiyar ta sake haɗuwa da Dalgety kuma ta yi rikodin kundi na bakwai a Dreamland Recordings a Woodstock, New York. Pixies sun rubuta yin kundi a cikin faifan bidiyo mai kashi 12 wanda Tony Fletcher ya shirya. An fara wasan ne a watan Yunin 2019.
