Pixies

The Pixies are an American alternative rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1986. The group currently consists of Black Francis (vocals, rhythm guitar), Joey Santiago (lead guitar) and David Lovering (drums), alongside recent addition Kim Shattuck (bass, vocals), who replaced founding member Kim Deal in 2013. The Pixies achieved relatively modest commercial success in their home country, but were significantly more successful in the United Kingdom and mainland Europe. The group disbanded in 1993 under acrimonious circumstances, but reunited in 2004. The band's style of music contains a range of elements, including indie rock, psychedelia, noise rock, and surf rock. Black Francis is the Pixies' primary songwriter and singer. He has written about a number of offbeat subjects in the band's songs, such as extraterrestrials, surrealism, incest, and biblical violence.

Links To Peel
Peel was a big fan of the band and invited them for five sessions on his show. He also played some members of the band's other projects such as Black Francis' group Frank Black and Kim Deal's group, the Breeders. Peel also interviewed Black Francis on his show in 1991 and mentioned that the Trompe Le Monde album was one of the greatest albums he's ever heard. Peel also mentioned in the interview that his sons William Ravenscroft and Tom Ravenscroft were also fans. Peel voted the Pixies track Wave of Mutilation as his Peelenium 1989.

Festive Fifty Entries

 * 1988 Festive Fifty: Bone Machine #45
 * 1988 Festive Fifty: River Euphrates #39
 * 1988 Festive Fifty: Where Is My Mind? #30
 * 1988 Festive Fifty: Gigantic #07
 * 1989 Festive Fifty: Dead #43
 * 1989 Festive Fifty: Here Comes Your Man #37 
 * 1989 Festive Fifty: Wave Of Mutilation #36
 * 1989 Festive Fifty: Monkey Gone To Heaven #05
 * 1989 Festive Fifty: Debaser #03
 * 1990 Festive Fifty: Dig For Fire #49
 * 1990 Festive Fifty: Allison #48
 * 1990 Festive Fifty: Velouria #31
 * 1990 Festive Fifty: The Happening #24
 * 1991 Festive Fifty: Bird Dream Of The Olympus Mons #47
 * 1991 Festive Fifty: Motorway To Roswell #46
 * 1991 Festive Fifty: Planet Of Sound #26
 * 2000 Festive Fifty: Debaser All Time Festive Fifty #30

Peelenium

 * Peelenium 1989: Wave Of Mutilation

Sessions
Tracks from all the five sessions were released on Pixies - At The BBC (CD, 4AD, 1998).

1. Recorded: 1988-05-03. First Broadcast: 16 May 1988. Repeated: 07 June 1988, 27 December 1988, Session Mixtape Mar-Sept 1988 2. Recorded: 1988-10-09. First Broadcast: 18 October 1988. Repeated: 29 November 1988
 * Levitate Me / Hey / In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song) / Wild Honey Pie / Caribou



3. Recorded: 1989-04-16. First Broadcast: 02 May 1989. Repeated: 22 June 1989 4. Recorded: 1990-06-11. First Broadcast: Unknown, CD states 20 August 1990 but that show is avaiable in full and not listed 5. Recorded: 1991-06-23. First Broadcast: 04 August 1991. Repeated: 19 October 1991, 21 December 1991
 * Dead / Tame / There Goes My Gun / Manta Ray
 * Down To The Well / Into The White / Wave Of Mutilation
 * Allison / Velouria / Hang On To Your Ego / Is She Weird
 * Palace Of The Brine / Letter To Memphis / Motorway To Roswell / Subbacultcha

Other Shows Played
(The following list was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive and is certainly incomplete. Please add further details if known.) 1988 1989
 * Peel 083 (BFBS): 'Cactus (LP-Surfer Rosa)' (4AD)
 * 10 October 1988: Caribou (LP – Come On Pilgrim) 4AD
 * 02 November 1988: Caribou (LP – Come On Pilgrim) 4AD
 * 20 December 1988: Bone Machine (LP-Surfer Rosa)' (4AD) FF #45
 * 21 December 1988: River Euphrates (CDS-Gigantic)' (4AD) FF #39
 * 26 December 1988: Where Is My Mind? (LP-Surfer Rosa)' (4AD) FF #30
 * 28 December 1988: Gigantic (LP-Surfer Rosa) (4AD) FF #07
 * Mostly Peel Spring 1989: Manta Ray (12" EP - Monkey Gone To Heaven) 4AD
 * Mostly Peel Spring 1989: Weird At My School (12" EP - Monkey Gone To Heaven) 4AD
 * Pixies - River Euphrates (single version)]]Mostly Peel Spring 1989: Monkey Gone To Heaven (12" EP - Monkey Gone To Heaven) 4AD
 * Mostly Peel Spring 1989: Down To The Well (Peel Session)
 * Mostly Peel Spring 1989: Into The White (Peel Session)
 * Mostly Peel Spring 1989: Wave Of Mutilation (Peel Session)
 * 08 March 1989: Monkey Gone To Heaven (12") 4AD BAD 904 # First play judging by John's comments
 * 08 March 1989: Weird At My School (12" EP - Monkey Gone To Heaven) 4AD
 * 08 March 1989: Manta Ray (12" EP - Monkey Gone To Heaven) 4AD
 * 13 March 1989: Monkey Gone To Heaven (12") 4AD BAD 904 back-announced as Manta Ray
 * 13 March 1989: Manta Ray (12") 4AD BAD 904 John is pressured by the listeners into playing the track he earlier mistakenly announced
 * 03 April 1989: Gouge Away (album - Doolittle) 4AD CAD 905
 * 06 April 1989: Wave Of Mutilation (album - Doolittle) 4AD CAD 905
 * The Pixies - Where is my mind]]10 April 1989: Dead (album - Doolittle) 4AD CAD 905
 * 10 April 1989: Here Comes Your Man (album - Doolittle) 4AD CAD 905
 * 11 April 1989 (Radio Bremen): Debaser (album - Doolittle) 4AD (JP: "And part of course of this advertised normal services is to play you the wrong tracks from time to time and that was perfectly fine, I rather liked it, so we let it in, 'Debaser' from the Pixies, and I try to remember to play you 'Gouge Away' later on in the programme or something else who could possibly say what it might be")
 * 12 April 1989: Number 13 Baby (album - Doolittle) 4AD CAD 905
 * 12 April 1989: Hey (album - Doolittle) 4AD CAD 905
 * 13 April 1989: Silver (album - Doolittle) 4AD CAD 905
 * 13 April 1989: There Goes My Gun (album - Doolittle) 4AD CAD 905
 * Peel 102 (BFBS) (14 April 1989): 'Debaser (single-sided 12"-Pix One)' (4AD)
 * Peel 102 (BFBS) (14 April 1989): 'Wave Of Mutilation (single-sided 12"-Pix One)' (4AD)
 * 18 April 1989: La La Love You (album - Doolittle) 4AD CAD 905
 * Peel 102 (BFBS) (21 April 1989): 'Here Comes Your Man (LP-Doolittle)' (4AD)
 * Peel 102 (BFBS) (21 April 1989): 'Mr. Grieves (LP-Doolittle)' (4AD)
 * The Pixies - Gigantic]]Peel 103 (BFBS) (28 April 1989): 'Crackity Jones (LP-Doolittle)' (4AD) (JP: 'Last week's programme I started with a track from the new LP by the Pixies. With a rather shocking lack of imagination, I'm doing the same thing this week....My copy of the LP has already been played so much that the sleeve is starting to disintegrate.')
 * Peel 103 (BFBS) (28 April 1989): 'No. 13 Baby (LP-Doolittle)' (4AD) (JP: 'Just about my favourite track on the LP, you'll be exhilarated to learn.')

1990 ''bands curiously enough, when you say, "Well, why don't we put the stuff out on Strange Fruit and legitimise it in some way?" say they don't want that to be done, so the money goes to bootleggers instead. I know at least one band actually, not one of the ones that I've mentioned, [1]  that actually bootlegged their own session, so I suppose in a sense that comes slightly closer to being right. But this isn't a bootleg, that's for sure.')'' 1991 1992 1993 1994 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 Other
 * 07 June 1989: Into The White (12" promo) 4AD PIX 2
 * 08 August 1989: Winterlong (v/a album - The Bridge - A Tribute To Neil Young) Caroline CAR LP 5
 * Early August 1989 (BBC World Service): Winterlong (LP The Bridge - A Tribute To Neil Young) (track missing but referred to prior to Loop's track)
 * Peel 113 (BFBS): 'Winterlong (Compilation LP-The Bridge - A Tribute To Neil Young)' (Caroline)
 * Peel Summer 1989: Winterlong (v/a album - The Bridge A Tribute To Neil Young) Caroline CAR LP
 * Pixies - Dead - Snub TV 1989]]20 December 1989: 'Dead (LP-Doolittle)' (4AD) FF #43
 * 21 December 1989: 'Here Comes Your Man (LP-Doolittle)' (4AD) FF #37
 * 21 December 1989: 'Wave Of Mutilation (LP-Doolittle)' (4AD) FF #36
 * 28 December 1989: 'Debaser (LP-Doolittle)' (4AD) FF #03 (JP: 'It's quite interesting, the top three, because normally what happens in previous years is that one track sort of sets off at a cracking pace from the start and just disappears out of sight. By and large, this has been the case, anyway. But this year, and bearing in mind that I award three points for yer number one, two points for your number two, and one point for your third choice, if two more people had voted for 'Debaser' as their favourite track of the year, then it would have been top. In other words, what I'm saying is that six points covered the top three records. Incidentally, this was the first year that the Pig ever voted in the Festive Fifty, and this was her number one, and your number two.') 
 * 03 January 1990: Bone Machine / Cactus / Debaser / Gigantic / Gouge Away / The Holiday Song (12" promo album - Live) Elektra PR-8127
 * Peel 129 (BFBS): 'Bone Machine / Cactus (12"-Live)' (Elektra/4AD)
 * Pixies - Here Comes Your Man (Official Video)]]26 June 1990: Velouria (7") 4AD
 * 03 July 1990: Velouria (12") 4AD BAD 0009
 * 03 July 1990: The Thing (12" - Velouria) 4AD BAD 0009
 * 18 July 1990: Velouria (12") 4AD BAD 0009
 * 31 July 1990: Allison (12" promo - Bossanova) 4AD PIX3
 * 31 July 1990: Rock Music (12" promo - Bossanova) 4AD PIX3
 * 31 July 1990:  Down To The Well (12" promo - Bossanova) 4AD PIX3
 * 31 July 1990: The Happening (12" promo - Bossanova) 4AD PIX3
 * 01 August 1990: Allison (12" promo - Bossanova) 4AD
 * 02 August 1990: The Happening (12" promo - Bossanova) 4AD PIX3
 * Pixies - Wave of Mutilation-0 and #36 in the 1989 Festive Fifty]]20 August 1990: Dig For Fire (Album: Bossanova) 4AD
 * 21 August 1990: Is She Weird? (Album: Bossanova) 4AD
 * 23 August 1990: Havalina (Album: Bossanova) 4AD
 * 28 August 1990: Cecilia Ann (Album: Bossanova) 4AD
 * 04 September 1990: Gouge Away Live (Free With Issue 38 Of Bob Magazine)
 * 07 October 1990: (JP: 'There's a piece in the current issue of Sounds about bootlegs, and very interesting it is too. Back in the 70s, when there were lots of Dylan bootlegs and Rolling Stones bootlegs, and I was into that sort of thing, I used to buy 'em, but I rather gave up after that because frankly it just became too expensive, and I couldn't play them on the radio, and I spend too much money on records as it is. I mention this because I saw sessions by the Pixies and Dinosaur Jr., both of them made available on 7 inch EPs which I would like to have been able to buy, but at £8.50 a time...I wasn't prepared to pay that much money, and it is annoying when you know that the money is going to some kind of unscrupulous entrepreneur and not even to the bands themselves, and yet the Pixies - Debaser (Official Video) and #30 in the All Time 2000 Festive Fifty]]
 * 22 December 1990: Dig For Fire (LP-Bossa Nova)' (4AD) FF #49
 * 22 December 1990: Allison (LP-Bossa Nova)' (4AD) FF #48
 * 23 December 1990: Velouria (LP-Bossanova)' (4AD) FF #31
 * 29 December 1990: The Happening (LP-Bossanova)' (4AD) FF #24
 * 23 February 1991: Where Is My Mind (LP - Surfer Rosa) 4AD
 * 20 April 1991: Vamos / In Heaven (The Lady In The Radiator Song) (live)
 * 18 May 1991: Planet Of Sound (EP - Planet Of Sound)
 * Pixies - Dig For Fire & Allison (Official Video)]]18 May 1991: Theme From Narc (EP - Planet Of Sound)
 * 18 May 1991: Build High (EP - Planet Of Sound)
 * 18 May 1991: Evil-Hearted You (EP - Planet Of Sound)
 * 19 May 1991: Planet Of Sound (EP - Planet Of Sound)
 * 19 May 1991: Theme From Narc (EP - Planet Of Sound)
 * 19 May 1991: Build High (EP - Planet Of Sound)
 * 19 May 1991: Evil-Hearted You (EP - Planet Of Sound)
 * 25 May 1991: Evil-Hearted You (EP - Planet Of Sound)
 * 26 May 1991: Planet Of Sound' (EP 'Planet Of Sound') 4AD
 * Peel Early Summer 1991: Evil Hearted You (EP - Planet Of Sound) 4AD
 * 03 June 1991 (Ö3): 'Evil Hearted You (12"-Planet Of Sound)' (4AD) (JP: 'Perhaps I should now play you the original by way of comparison, but you can get your mummies or daddies to do that.')
 * Pixies - Velouria (Official Video)]]09 June 1991: Evil-Hearted You (EP - Planet Of Sound)
 * 07 July 1991: Born In Chicago (2CD - Rubyaiyat: Elekra's 40th Anniversary) Electra
 * 28 September 1991 / Peel Early Autumn 1991: I Can't Forget (v/a album - I'm Your Fan: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen By...) EastWest 9031-75598-1 (JP - 'Further living hell for you Pixies completists I'm afraid, that's from a CD called I'm Your Fan')
 * 29 September 1991: Alec Eiffel (LP-Trompe Le Monde)' (4AD)
 * October 1991 (BBC World Service): Subbacultcha (LP Trompe Le Monde) 4AD
 * October 1991 (BBC World Service): The Navajo Know (LP Trompe Le Monde) 4AD
 * 24 November 1991: Winterlong (Compilation LP-The Bridge - A Tribute To Neil Young)' (Caroline / No. 6)
 * 14 December 1991: Bone Machine (live)
 * 29 December 1991: Bird Dream Of Olympus Mons (LP - Trompe Le Monde) 4AD
 * "The Happening" -- The Pixies]]Best Of 1991 Vol 1: Palace Of The Brine (Peel Session)
 * Best Of 1991 Vol 1: Letter To Memphis (Peel Session)
 * Best Of 1991 Vol4ii: Alec Eiffel (album - Trompe Le Monde) 4AD
 * Best Of 1991 Vol 5: Motorway To Roswell (Peel Session)
 * Best Of 1991 Vol 5: Subbacultcha (Peel Session)
 * Best Of 1991 Vol 6: Bird Dream Of Olympus Mons (LP - Trompe Le Monde) 4AD
 * 24 July 1992: Bird Dream Of The Olympus Mons (LP - Trompe Le Monde) Zona Records
 * 16 January 1993: Bird Dream Of The Olympus Mons (LP - Trompe Le Monde) 4AD 1991 Festive Fifty #47
 * 22 January 1993: Motorway To Roswell (CDS) 4AD 1991 Festive Fifty #46
 * "Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons" - Pixies]]26 February 1993: 'I Bleed' (LP 'Doolittle) 4AD
 * 02 April 1993: Planet Of Sound (LP - Trompe Le Monde) 4AD 1991 Festive Fifty #26
 * 09 April 1994 (BFBS): Levitate Me (album - Come On Pilgrim) 4AD
 * 21 October 1994: Where Is My Mind? (LP-Surfer Rosa)' (4AD)
 * 15 April 1999: Velouria (LP-Bossanova) 4AD
 * 23 December 1999: Wave Of Mutilation (LP-Doolittle)' (4AD) Peelenium 1989
 * 13 January 2000: Debaser (LP-Doolittle)' (4AD) 2000 All Time Festive Fifty #30
 * 14 March 2000: Wave Of Mutilation' (LP 'Doolittle') 4AD
 * Pixies - Motorway to Roswell]]05 November 2000 (BFBS): Tame (CD-Doolittle)' (4AD)
 * 28 November 2001: Where Is My Mind? (LP – Surfer Rosa) 4AD
 * 19 June 2002: Down To The Well (LP - Pixies) (Cooking Vinyl)
 * 20 June 2002: Down To The Well (LP - Pixies) (Cooking Vinyl)
 * 04 February 2004: Wave Of Mutilation (LP - Doolittle) (4AD)
 * 04 March 2004: There Goes My Gun (LP - Pixies At The BBC) (4AD)
 * The Pixies - Planet Of Sound]]21 October 2004: Monkey Gone To Heaven (LP - Doolittle) (4AD) (hosted by Robert Smith of The Cure)
 * Keeping It Peel: 'Planet of Sound'