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tigana
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 Posted - 02/25/2004 : 03:10:58
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Its often said in post-pixie articles that everyone who heard sufer rosa started a band the next day so:
How many people either picked up the guitar or started a band after hearing surfer rosa /come on pilgrim??!?/ and if so tell us your band name/style etc
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Douglas
= Cult of Ray =
Sweden
308 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2004 : 04:00:31
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| Kurt Cobain and Nirvana made me start a band... but some six-seven years after I got into Nirvana, I was blown away after seeing the Gouge Documentary... |
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2004 : 04:48:04
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not sure what it was that made me start playing guitar, writing songs and forming a band... probably was pixies and frank black. more pixies i think (back then) but more frank black now (motivating me)...
i do seem to remember wanting to write a song as good as bone machine, or as darn catchy as debaser...
my band sounds like (in my arrogant opinion) a cross between pixies, frank, hefner, pavement and jonathan richman. 
"Join the Cult of Orange Cat / the more the better!"
The Shrine of the Sea Monkey!
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2004 : 04:55:03
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is this your air-band?
 "I joined the Cult of Frank / I think that man deserves a DB!" |
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2004 : 05:19:05
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Originally posted by benji
is this your air-band?
"I joined the Cult of Frank / I think that man deserves a DB!"
lol! no, but we don't have a drummer, so that's why i have to air drum...
"Join the Cult of Orange Cat / the more the better!"
The Shrine of the Sea Monkey!
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misleadtheworld
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1222 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2004 : 08:16:24
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actually, it was the pixies that made me want to play guitar. i bought surfer rosa/come on pilgrim several summers ago and was rather taken by it all. i ended up buying a crappy acoustic guitar from argos and i the first song i learnt to belt out along to was 'vamos'.
Join my Cult of ~P~ / I have a logo and everything.... |
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mrgrieves1971
= Cult of Ray =
USA
544 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2004 : 09:08:36
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| I started to play guitar after geting that album, simply so I could learn how to play those songs. I play guitar today because of the Pixies. Period. |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2004 : 10:04:51
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starting playing guitar summer 2002
starting listening to pixies summer 2002
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pixie punk
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Posted - 02/25/2004 : 10:42:53
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| I was already playing when I was introduced to the Pixies in 1988.I play mostly bass but I'm a guitarist at heart! Jamming Pixies songs in rehearsals and just playing guitar along with the records built my confidence and improved my playing abilities.Frank's solo material and The Breeders and The Amps also helped.Add to that playing along the Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks,Ramones,The Stooges and The Misfits.I play punk,death metal and classic alternative.I never got the chance to play Pixies songs live but besides my hardcore/punk band and metal bands my project alternative band was named Dry Cleaners. |
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Steak n Sabre
* Dog in the Sand *
Uzbekistan
1013 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2004 : 11:16:37
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I always liked to think the Pixies started after hearing my band...
 The Cult of Frank: 14 Wins in a row!! ..  |
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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1058 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2004 : 11:20:03
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I used to be in a band but me and the other people in it had musical differences.they liked all stuff like metallica,him,the white stripes etc
"I joined the Cult of Frank / 28:06:42:12" |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2004 : 11:25:18
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Originally posted by Steak n Sabre
The Cult of Frank: 14 Wins in a row!! ..
LOL!
 The Cult of Byron / How many rings does Lawrence Frank have? |
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prozacrat
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1186 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2004 : 11:48:59
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I heard my first Pixies when my cousin got me Doolittle for Christmas of '93. I was in love with the band before Debaser had played a minute, and by the time I got half way through I Bleed I knew I was going to be a musician and furthermore, doing what I damn well pleased as a musician, just like the Pixies. My band, Prozac Rat, sadly, doesn't reflect too much of my heavy Pixies influence, taking more from our collective love, They Might Be Giants, Ween, and Camper van Beethoven. But the Pixies gave me the attitude of "if the Pixies can make it, I can make it." And I know I'll never be able to rock as much as the Pixies, but hey, they give me something to strive for.
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prozacrat
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1186 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2004 : 11:53:06
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And our mp3 page really doesn't reflect my Pixies influence, since the only songs we have on there right now are taken from our 100% synth album Bridezillaville. But we like to think those tracks are fun. prozacrat.iuma.com
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Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1158 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2004 : 13:38:55
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It was probably the Pixies who influenced me to become a musician a few years ago. Now I play with a band called Willum and the Works. We play a mean version of Cactus, and still like to jam at practice to Pixies material. If it were not for the Pixies, I probably would be spending all my time sitting in front of a TV rather than a bass.
"You start a conversation you can't even finish it.
You're talkin' a lot, but you're not sayin' anything."
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DeBased
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USA
118 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2004 : 22:24:43
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First song I played on bass was 'Where is my Mind.' Pixies stuff is still mostly what I play. Other classic alternative stuff too, but the Pixies are the biggest influence on my playing.
the method...of stop tap spin, no talkin'... |
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Domestiques
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
503 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2004 : 06:40:28
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the pixies made me want to play guitar, hefner made me think I could be in a band.
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surfer rosa and all the pilgrims
