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Pixies
Quiet-loud dynamics; grunge’s model
1986· Boston
Influence(1)
Member(8)
“Genre classification (Wikidata P136).”
“Genre classification (Wikidata P136).”
“Band membership (Wikidata P527/P463).”
“Band membership (Wikidata P527/P463).”
“Band membership (Wikidata P527/P463).”
“Band membership (Wikidata P527/P463).”
Carries technique(1)
“Pixies’ dynamic template; Cobain cited it directly for “Smells Like Teen Spirit”.”
Engineered(1)
“Engineered Pixies’ Surfer Rosa (1988).”
— Surfer Rosa liner notes
Released(1)
“Surfer Rosa & Doolittle on 4AD.”
— 4AD catalogue
Championed(1)
“Peel’s advocacy broke them in the UK.”
— BBC Peel Sessions