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- Kimberley Ann 'Kim' Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the former bassist and backup vocalist of the alternative rock band The Pixies, and the lead vocalist and rhythm.
- The Breeders are an American alternative rock band formed in 1990 by Kim Deal of the Pixies and Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses. The band has experienced a number of lineup changes; Kim Deal has been the band's sole continual.
The Breeders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Breeders. Background information. Origin. Boston, Massachusetts; Dayton, Ohio; East Los Angeles, California; London, England. Genres. Alternative rock. Years active. 19.
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Labels. 4AD, Elektra. Associated acts. Pixies, Throwing Muses, Belly, The Amps, The Perfect Disaster, The Josephine Wiggs Experience, Dusty Trails, Kelley Deal 6. Last Hard Men, Guided by Voices, Slint, Fear. Websitebreedersdigest. Members. Kim Deal. Kelley Deal. Josephine Wiggs.
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Jim Macpherson. Past members. Jose Medeles. Mando Lopez. Cheryl Lyndsey. Tanya Donelly. Carrie Bradley. Richard Presley. Nate Farley. Britt Walford.
Jon Mattock. The Breeders are an American alternative rock band formed in 1. Kim Deal of the Pixies and Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses. The band has experienced a number of lineup changes; Kim Deal has been the band's sole continual member. Their first album, Pod (1. The Breeders' most successful album, Last Splash (1. Cannonball".[1]History[edit]Formation[edit]The Breeders' history began when Kim Deal, then bassist of the Pixies, began writing new material while the Pixies were touring Surfer Rosa in Europe with Throwing Muses. As neither band had plans in the immediate future, Deal discussed possible side projects with Throwing Muses guitarist Tanya Donelly.[2] They recruited Carrie Bradley, violinist and vocalist in Boston band Ed's Redeeming Qualities, and recorded a short demo tape.
Tracks on the demo tape included early versions of "Lime House", "Doe" and "Only in 3's".[3]With the help of three different drummers; David Narcizo, Mickey Bones, Carl Haarer and bassist Ray Halliday, Kim and Tanya completed their demo tape and subsequently played one show at The Rathskeller in Boston. They were not called the Breeders at this point, but were billed as "Boston Girl Super- Group".[3] The band sent the tape to the English independent record label. AD because both the Pixies and Throwing Muses were signed to the label.
Upon hearing the tape, 4. AD head Ivo Watts- Russell remarked "This is absolutely magical, beautiful stuff."[4]Pod (1. Sample of "Iris", the eighth track on their first album Pod. Problems playing this file?
See media help. 4. AD gave Kim and Tanya a budget of $1. Kim asked The Perfect Disaster's Josephine Wiggs to play bass. The two had first met when Perfect Disaster supported the Pixies in London in 1. Kim asked Steve Albini, who had worked on the Pixies' 1. Surfer Rosa, to record the album.
The Breeders were without a drummer, so Albini suggested Britt Walford of Slint. Walford agreed to play on the album under the pseudonym "Shannon Doughton".[6]A week of rehearsal took place at Wiggs's house in Bedfordshire, England, and Pod was recorded in ten days in Edinburgh, Scotland.[4] They used the remaining time to record a Peel Session, and a video for "Hellbound".[7] Returning to London, they played two shows, the only time that this line up ever appeared onstage together. Released on 2. 8 May 1. Pod, although not commercially successful, received positive reviews from alternative and mainstream critics alike; The New York Times' Karen Schoemer wrote: "The angular melodies, shattered tempos and screeching dynamics recall elements of each of the women's full- time bands, but Pod has a smart, innovative edge all its own."[8] The album also was famously cited by Kurt Cobain as one of his favorite records ever: "The main reason I like [the Breeders] is for their songs, for the way they structure them, which is totally unique, very atmospheric.
I wish Kim was allowed to write more songs for the Pixies, because 'Gigantic' is the best Pixies song, and Kim wrote it."[9] In July 2. Pod's engineer Steve Albini revealed that he considered the album to be amongst his best works.[1. Kurt Cobain listed Pod as one of the top 5. Nirvana's sound in his journal in 1. Safari and Last Splash (1. Following Pod, the members of the Breeders returned to their original bands. The Pixies released Bossanova in 1.
Trompe le Monde in 1. Deal, with time off from the Pixies, visited Wiggs in Brighton, and they went into a London studio with Spacemen. Spiritualized drummer Jon Mattock to record a new song called "Safari". The other three tracks on what became the Safari EP were recorded in New York with Britt Walford and Tanya Donelly, who was by then planning to form Belly.[1. Kim then asked her sister Kelley Deal to take over on guitar, even though, famously, Kelley did not know how to play guitar.
The Pixies became inactive in mid- 1. Jim Macpherson was recruited and the Breeders became a full- time band,[6] opening for Nirvana on their 1. European tour.[1. In January 1. 99. Breeders went to Coast Recorders in San Francisco to record their second album. Last Splash appeared in August 1.
Three singles were released from the album, including "Cannonball", which made it to No. 2 on the Billboard. Modern Rock Tracks chart.[1. The band contributed a live recording of the song "Iris" to the 1. AIDS- Benefit Album No Alternative produced by the Red Hot Organization. In 1. 99. 3, they toured supporting Nirvana on their In Utero tour, and in 1. Last Splash received a platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America. Also in 1. 99. 4, the band secured a prime spot on the Lollapalooza tour.[1.
This line- up played their last show together on September 5, 1. Lollapalooza, in Los Angeles. In 1. 99. 5, Kelley Deal was involved in a drug bust, which put the Breeders on indefinite hiatus. Kim Deal formed a side project The Amps with Jim Macpherson, and Dayton locals bassist Luis Lerma (member of The Tasties) and guitarist Nate Farley, who later joined Guided by Voices.
The Amps released the album Pacer in October 1. Following drug rehab, Kelley started The Kelley Deal 6. The Last Hard Men with Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach, Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, and Jimmy Flemion of The Frogs. Meanwhile, in New York, Josephine recorded and co- produced the Kostars' album Klassics with a K, a Luscious Jackson side- project (also touring with them playing drums), released a solo album on the Beastie Boys. Grand Royal label, and released an album on Atlantic Records under the name Dusty Trails with Luscious Jackson keyboardist Vivian Trimble. In 1. 99. 6, Kim Deal reclaimed the Breeders name, but with essentially the Amps lineup plus violinist Carrie Bradley, and played a few California dates. They made an unsuccessful attempt at recording a third studio album in 1.
Kelley Deal rejoined the band the following year and wrote and recorded songs with her sister, although the only material released during this period was a cover of The Three Degrees' take on James Gang's "Collage", recorded for The Mod Squad soundtrack in 1. Title TK (2. 00. 1–0. The Deal sisters recruited new personnel to play several live shows in 2. Richard Presley, bass player Mando Lopez and drummer Jose Medeles to record the third Breeders studio album Title TK with Steve Albini.
This lineup was profiled in a short documentary film entitled The Breeders: The Real Deal (Netherlands, 2. The Breeders also performed in an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in early 2. They were approached by the production staff, after they had been playing the show's theme, written by Nerf Herder, as a regular part of their concert set. The episode is entitled "Him", and aired November 5, 2. Little Fury" at the Bronze. They also contributed the track "Wicked Little Town: Hedwig Version" to the 2.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch tribute album, "Wig in a Box". Mountain Battles and Fate to Fatal (2. Mountain Battles was released in April 2. AD. It features Kim and Kelley Deal, Jose Medeles and Mando Lopez. They went to Refraze Recording Studio in Dayton, Ohio to record and mix the majority of the tracks.
The Breeders' third EP, Fate to Fatal (EP) was released on April 2. It contains a Bob Marley cover ("Chances Are") and a song with vocals by Mark Lanegan. The title track was recorded at The Fortress Studios, London, by The Go! Team producer Gareth Parton. The music video featured the Arch Rival Roller Girls, a St.
Louisroller derby league.[1. They curated an edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in May 2. Minehead, England.
They played the ATP New York 2. Monticello, New York, in September 2.
LSXX (present)[edit]In 2. Last Splash lineup of Kim and Kelley Deal, Jim Macpherson, and Josephine Wiggs announced a tour to coincide with a 2. AD of Last Splash, entitled LSXX. The tour began in the US, continued in Europe, Australia, and South America, and included the Deerhunter- curated All Tomorrow's Parties festival.[1. A teaser video was made by the band showing the reunited lineup in rehearsal.[1. Discography[edit]Studio albums. References[edit]Notes^Aaron, Charles (March 1.
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