PIXIES: in Print

Résumé du livre

Fusing punk's jagged roar with a keen sense of melody and an affinity for surf music, The Pixies became one of the most influential American bands of alternative rock's first wave. PIXIES: IN PRINT traces the band's thrilling journey, chronicling the challenges and successes of its initial seven year run. Formed in Boston in 1986, the group's brief anthems, unorthodox song structures and lyrics about space, sex, religion, mutilation and sludge from New York and New Jersey quickly resonated with college radio audiences and the British music weeklies. Major chart success in Europe followed, coupled with MTV acceptance and the support of U2, who picked the band to open its 1992 U.S. tour. But for a group well ahead of its time, such pressures eventually took their toll, leaving the Pixies to split in 1993. But not before their influence was felt by future giants like Nirvana and Weezer, as well as countless others who thrived during the alternative rock boon.