Pixies

== Info ==
College rock band from the eighties. They were recently parodied by Weird Al Yankovic on his album Mandatory Fun. Popular songs include Where is My Mind, Monkey Gone to Heaven, and Here Comes Your Man. Influenced Nirvana, Radiohead, The Strokes, Bush, Blur, and Weezer. Music combines psychedelia, hard rock, and surf rock. Influenced by Peter, Paul, and Mary and Hüsker Dü. Covered The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and The Jesus and Mary Chain. Tributed Leonard Cohen. Performed with U2. Influenced by Black Flag and David Bowie. Other influences include The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Les Paul, and George Harrison. Covered The Everly Brothers and Hank Williams. Also influenced by XTC and Elvis Costello and the Attractions. Also cite surrealist films as inspiration. Their songs contain themes of space, religion, sex, mutilation, and pop culture. Also influenced Pavement. Their debut album Surfer Rosa went gold. Doolittle went platinum. Several rock hits in the early nineties.
== Genres ==
College Rock
== Influences ==
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
The Everly Brothers
Hank Williams
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
XTC
U2
Peter, Paul, and MaryCategory:College Rock
Category:Nineties
Category:Alternative
Category:Hall of Fame snubs