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Gouge Away by Pixies

Biografie van de kunstenaar Pixies

Pixies Is An American Alternative Rock Band Which Formed In Boston Massachusetts United States In 1986. The Band Consists Of Charles Black Francis Thompson IV Vocals Guitar Also Known As ''Frank Black'' Joey Santiago Lead Guitar David Lovering Drums And Paz Lenchantin Bass Vocals . Until 2013 The Band Also Featured Kim Deal On Bass And Vocals. The Band Officially Split In 1993 And Reunited In 2004. They Went On Hiatus In 2007 With Each Band Member Pursuing Projects Of Their Own Only To Reunite In 2009 With The Announcement Of A New Tour Commencing In Europe That Summer. Although Quite Popular On Alternative Rock Radio In The United States Due To Heavy Airplay Of The Singles "Monkey Gone To Heaven" And "Here Comes Your Man" They Were Never Widely Popular There But Found Success In Europe Especially In The UK Where They Managed Three Top 40 Singles "Velouria" "Planet Of Sound" And A Re-Release Of "Debaser" And Belgium And The Netherlands Where They Were Heavily Broadcasted By Alternative Public Radio. The Band's Style Of Alternative Rock Music Is Heavily Influenced By Punk And Surf Rock And While Highly Melodic Is Capable Of Being Tremendously Abrasive At The Same Time. Francis Is The Pixies' Primary Songwriter And Singer And Has A Distinctly Desperate Yowling Delivery. He Has Typically Written Cryptic Songs About Offbeat Subjects Such As UFOs And Surrealism. References To Mental Instability Violent Biblical Imagery And Physical Injury Feature In Many Of The Band's Songs. The Group Is Frequently Posited As The Immediate Forebear Of The Alternative Rock Boom Of The 1990s Though They Disbanded Before Reaping Any Of The Benefits This Might Have Brought Them. Avowed Fan Kurt Cobain's Acknowledgement Of The Debt Nirvana Owed To The Pixies Along With Similar Tributes By Other Alternative Bands Ensured That The Pixies' Legacy And Influence Grew Substantially In The Years Following Their Demise. In 1993 During An Interview With BBC Radio 5 Black Francis Announced That The Band Had Split - Something He Had Not Told His Bandmates. After The Interview He Called Santiago Who In Turn Faxed Deal And Lovering The News The Next Morning. After The Split Black Francis Inverted His Stage Name To Frank Black And Embarked On A Successful Solo Career While Deal Resumed Her Role In The Breeders With Her Identical Twin Sister Kelley. In 2004 The Band Reunited For A Tour - Documented In The Film LoudQUIETloud - And Released A New Single "Bam Thwok" That Summer. In 2007 Black Francis Now Going By That Name Again Stated In An Interview That The Reunion Was "done" Even Though The Members Remain In Good Terms With Each Other. In Later Interviews However He Began To Mention That He Might Be Willing To Record Another Pixies Album. Nonetheless Francis Has Returned To His Solo Career And Deal To The Breeders Both Of Which Released Albums And Toured In 2008. Lovering And Santiago Meanwhile Set Up Their Own Project A Band Called Everybody. In Order To Celebrate The 20th Anniversary Of The Release Of Doolittle Pixies Launched A Tour In October 2009 On Which They Perform All The Album's Songs And B-Sides. In The Autumn Of 2011 The "Lost Cities" Tour Continued The "Doolittle Tour" As They Played Many Venues For The First Time.

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Continuing Doolittle’s Use Of Biblical Stories For Lyrical Inspiration “Gouge Away” Addresses The Story Of Samson From The Book Of Judges. Empowered By God With Supernatural Powers Samson Is Able To Accomplish Incredible Things In The Name Of The Lord – However His Weakness For Women And Reliance On His Long Hair Which Was The Last Part Of The Nazarite Vow He Had Not Broken Eventually Lead To His Injury And Death. Samson Had His Eyes Gouged Out By Enemy Philistines In A Time Of Weakness Explaining The Title Of The Song. Black Francis Told Esquire That He Thinks “it’s The Best Song On The Record.” ”It’s A Story About Sampson And Delilah You’re The First Person That’s Actually Realised – Probably Because The Song Doesn’t Actually Mention Sampson Or Delilah. It’s A Sort Of Sex Story Delilah Shows Up As A Secret Spy Of The Philistines And Has An Affair With Sampson. I Don’t Know What He Was Getting Out Of It. But Enough Sex And Drugs And Relaxation To Give Up His Secrets. Maybe He Loved Her I Dunno. But They Gouged His Eyes Out In The End.” - Black Francis In The NME April 1989

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