I have been a Pixies fan since the late eighties. I am referring here of course to the band and not the small magical people. This was the group that provided much of the soundtrack for my entry into adulthood and beyond. The first Pixies’ album I listened to was Doolittle, and this is without doubt the most played collection of songs to ever pass my eardrums. The album blew me away from the beginning.

My first taste of the Pixies was hearing ‘Monkey Gone to Heaven’ on the Dave Fanning radio show in Ireland – I had never heard anything like it and loved it at first listen. For years I had been fuming about my bad-luck in missing out on punk by being born too late, yet here was music that was made for my generation. It was like I had found my voice. I was to play this album at least once a day for the next six years, and it still gives me pleasure now.



Dolittle Did a Lot

There were just so many great songs on the Pixies album Doolittle. I loved all their other stuff which came before and after this one, but Doolittle will always have a special place in my heart. There just isn’t one bad track to be found on this album. I started listening to the band at around the same time that I was moving away from my home in Dublin to go live in England. In the late eighties there were hardly any job prospects back in Ireland, so I left with the rest.

I moved to England on my own with only the Pixies album Doolittle playing on my walkman to keep me company- they made me feel brave. I spent the next few years partying hard with alcohol and drugs and the Pixies provided much of the soundtrack for this. Many a night I would be lying in bed with some strange girl I’d just met and insisting that she listen to one more Pixies song before I let her sleep. “Hey, been trying to meet you”. My increasing dependence to alcohol made my life deteriorate to such a level that I ended up homeless on the streets of London and for a while there was no more Pixies.



Pixies in Thailand

Now years later I am living in Thailand and still listening to the Pixies. I could be there number one fan here. I recently saw a documentary about them called, Loud Quiet Loud – A Film About the Pixies . This was film focusing on their reunion concerts. This Pixies documentary sort of shocked me as the four of them appear a bit dysfunctional – in fact, at least two of them seemed close to a nervous breakdown for much of the film. It was a surprise to see my heroes looking so fallible – yet it made complete sense. The pixies were just as messed-up humans like the rest of us, and this is probably what attracted me to them in the first place.

Update: I never thought it would happen but the pixies have released a new song. Here is the video to prove it:

They are letting fans download this song for free from their website.

It would be icing on the cake if they released an album soon.