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Adam Buxton (of TV's Adam & Joe) Mr. Buxton appeared in the Gouge documentary amidst some Pixies bootlegs. |
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Bono "We just weren't hip enough..." Bono on pre-having-heard-Surfer-Rosa- U2. The band also took the Pixies on tour with them and sent them a note telling them to "keep on digging for fire". |
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David Bowie Bowie covered "Cactus" on his album Heathen and also features in the Gouge documentary. "The band of the 80's" he calls them. |
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Kurt Cobain Cobain claimed to have been trying to "rip off the Pixies" when he wrote Smells Like Teen Spirit. He also claimed he "should have been in that band". |
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Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone
Age) "I love the Pixies" Josh is purported to have once said. |
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Matt Bellamy (Muse) "I think they were the first to bring experimental guitar playing into great pop songs" says Matt. "... I just love Black Francis' voice, the way he just went kind of crazy and lost the plot every now and again..." |
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Perry Farrell "I love 'Death to the Pixies', that's hysterical!" says Farrell of the T-Shirt slogan and compilation title. |
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Dave Grohl The former Nirvana drummer and current Foo Fighter lists Trompe Le Monde as one of his favourite albums ever. |
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PJ Harvey PJ claims to have once become "fascinated" with Charles' lyrics in the Gouge documentary. |
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Jesus & Mary Chain "Fuck it, this is how it should sound" is how the group reacted to the Pixies' cover of their song "Head On" on "Trompe Le Monde". |
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Brody Dalle (The Distillers) "I love 'Trompe Le Monde'. I like the sound. I love the songs. So good. It's a solid record." says Brody. |
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Placebo "Hmmm, seminal band I guess..." remarked singer Brian Molko upon being probed by Dermot O' Leary as to why he chose to cover "Where Is My Mind". |
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Conor Deasy (The Thrills) "Great songwriting stands the test of time and that's what it's all about" claims Deasy. He says the Pixies were "fucking unbelievable". |
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Radiohead "There's only a handful of Pixies albums you can copy, which is what it feels like we've been doing..." said Johnny Greenwood in the Gouge documentary. |
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Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips) "I sort of envisioned they'd get back together and she'd be zonked out on drugs and during the height of that song (Monkey Gone to Heaven) she would just bash Charles over the head with her bass..." says reformed drug dealer Coyne. |
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Robert Turner (Black Rebel
Motorcycle Club) "It wasn't like their environment or their fans and the lights were all on and it was still great" says Turner of their support slot with U2. |
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Travis "It was a door to a whole new world" Travis talk up the Pixies in Gouge documentary. |
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Ash Rick: "We sorta got into them and then a few weeks later they split up" Charlotte: "They always did really shit videos" |
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Weezer Weezer covered "Velouria" for the CD "Where is My Mind?: A Tribute to the Pixies" |