Los Angeles
Los Angeles

Event Listing - Music
Wed Nov 4 - Fri Nov 6

Pixies


Website
Box Office: 323.962.7600

Location
Date and Time
Palladium Hollywood
6215 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
cross street: Between Argyle and El Centro Ave.
district: Los Angeles

Wed Nov 4 (8:00pm)
Thu Nov 5 (8:00pm)
Fri Nov 6 (8:00pm)

Description
Combining jagged, roaring guitars and stop-start dynamics with melodic pop hooks, intertwining male-female harmonies and evocative, cryptic lyrics, the Pixies were one of the most influential American alternative rock bands of the late '80s. The Pixies weren't accomplished musicians -- Black Francis wailed and bashed out chords while Joey Santiago's lead guitar squealed out spirals of noise. But the bandmembers were inventive, rabid rock fans who turned conventions inside out, melding punk and indie guitar rock, classic pop, surf rock, and stadium-sized riffs with singer/guitarist Black Francis' bizarre, fragmented lyrics about space, religion, sex, mutilation, and pop culture; while the meaning of his lyrics may have been impenetrable, the music was direct and forceful.

The Pixies' busy, brief songs, extreme dynamics, and subversion of pop song structures proved one of the touchstones of '90s alternative rock. (All Music)