****Official Kim Deal quit the Pixies thread*****

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58. I won't put them on the Beatles level but they were "Gigantic" in their own way

I'm fortunate to have seen them before the breakup - opening for U2 on the Zoo TV tour, then caught them twice on the first reunion tour in 04 or so. They were awesome every time. After that I kinda lost interest though - they were a great, influential band that never got their due, but in the 2000s they were content to just go out and play their hits and not bother doing anything else. I still listen to those albums from the 80s though.
That said, in my days as a music critic I interviewed Frank (for a solo tour) and Kim (for a Breeders reunion) and they were smart, funny and likeable. And above all, humble. Probably because they never had the huge success when they were around the first time, and only acquired their reputation after they broke up.
My favorite memory was from David Lovering, however. In 2001 I was sitting at my desk and I got a random phonecall - "Hi, my name is David Lovering and I am a science musician, sort of a punk rock Bill Nye the Science Guy. You've probably never heard of me..." At which point I completely lost all professionalism and blurted out, "Oh my God, you're from the Pixies!" To which he responded, without missing a beat, "So you have heard of me!" I told him I loved the band, but I had a co-worker who was an even bigger fan and passed the interview on to him. Apparently after the Pixies broke up he toured doing a science/magic/comedy show. And coincidentally was doing his show on the same night that Frank Black was playing a much larger venue...