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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Carl[/i] [br][url="http://www.kilkennyadvertiser.ie/index.php?aid=6115"][b]Kilkenny Advertiser.[/b][/url] [font=Verdana][b][size=3]The Pixies in Kilkenny[/size=3][/b] [teal]Well not really but Pixies tribute band Doolittle are said to be the next best thing! And they hit Kilkenny’s Zoo Club, 40 Parliament Street, on Saturday at 9pm. These guys rocked Kilkenny last summer and proved themselves to be a tribute band in a league of their own. Now they are back by huge popular demand and they are hell bent on leaving their mark on Kilkenny. 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 band were inventive, rabid rock fans that 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. From grunge to Britpop, The Pixies' shadow loomed large - it's hard to imagine Nirvana without The Pixies' signature stop-start dynamics and lurching, noisy guitar solos. While The Pixies were touted as the band to bring indie rock into the mainstream, they simply laid the groundwork for the alternative explosion of the early '90s. MTV was reluctant to play their videos, while even modern rock radio didn't put their singles into regular rotation. Furthermore, tensions between leader Black Francis and bassist/vocalist Kim Deal, who wanted to incorporate her songs into the band's repertoire, crippled the band's progress. By the time Nirvana broke the doors down for alternative rock in 1992, The Pixies were effectively broken up. Still now their legacy lives on and their loyal fan base is always on the increase. This was proven with their huge concert in Dublin’s Phoenix Park in recent years. So for a real Pixies’ experience, catch Doolittle live in The Zoo Club on Saturday at 9pm. The show will be followed with a late indie/rock club and fans are advised to arrive early to avoid disappointment.[/teal][/font=Verdana] [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.