# Well, Break My Body! Pixies reunion tour & album? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-break-my-body-pixies-reunion-tour-album/228056 "2004-02-08T00:49:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brown\_Jenkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Brown\_Jenkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Jenkin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-break-my-body-pixies-reunion-tour-album/228056/1 "2004-02-08T00:49:15Z")
There may be another thread on this somewhere, but I couldn’t find it. If so, please provide a link to it and I’ll request this one be closed. A lot of sites, eg [here](http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/04-02/05.shtml) are reporting as fact that the Pixies are reuniting and will be touring in April and following it up with a studio album (and a “Black Francis Black” solo album!). True, false? Good idea, bad idea? Will you go see them? ---
**Author:** ![Nvme77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Nvme77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nvme77)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-break-my-body-pixies-reunion-tour-album/228056/2 "2004-02-08T01:54:28Z")
> [@LMFAP](#): > > True, false? Good idea, bad idea? Will you go see them? Hell yes I’ll go see them!! ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-break-my-body-pixies-reunion-tour-album/228056/3 "2004-02-08T02:10:21Z")
Without a doubt I will go. They remain one on a very short list of bands that I love that I have never seen. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-break-my-body-pixies-reunion-tour-album/228056/4 "2004-02-08T02:11:13Z")
There was indeed a prior thread about this, but I can’t find it. And yes, I’m psyched; the Pixies are my favorite band ever, and I’ve loved Frank Black’s solo stuff as well (though it’s not much like the Pixies). So hell yes, I’ll be there. I had a chance to see the Pixies in '89 in Atlanta. I’d never heard of them, so my friend who had invited me played _Doolitte_ for me. I totally didn’t get it, hated it, and didn’t go. Needless to say, a couple years later when I finally caught on to the Pixies there was much head-slapping on my part. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-break-my-body-pixies-reunion-tour-album/228056/5 "2004-02-08T02:19:52Z")
I’d go. Unless I had a broken face. Uh huh! Uh huh! ---
**Author:** ![GUINNESS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@GUINNESS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GUINNESS)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-break-my-body-pixies-reunion-tour-album/228056/6 "2004-02-08T02:22:18Z")
…saw them twice in 89…once with about 50 others at the historic CITY GARDENS in trenton NJ…and then later on that year at GIANTS STADIUM opening for Love & Rockets and the Cure…good times…i miss the 80’s 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-break-my-body-pixies-reunion-tour-album/228056/7 "2004-02-08T02:42:10Z")
The rumors have been floating around for months. There was a lot of speculation, until the announcement was official just a few days ago… [Press Release](http://www.frankblack.net/news/#133) ---
**Author:** ![Husker\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Husker\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Husker_Dude)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-break-my-body-pixies-reunion-tour-album/228056/8 "2004-02-08T02:51:25Z")
They are even appearing in Norway! At an outdoor festival though (Quart AKA hell on fucking earth), but I’ll be there. Still, I hope they never set foot inside a recording studio. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-break-my-body-pixies-reunion-tour-album/228056/9 "2004-02-08T11:52:53Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > I had a chance to see the Pixies in '89 in Atlanta. I’d never heard of them, so my friend who had invited me played _Doolitte_ for me. I totally didn’t get it, hated it, and didn’t go. Needless to say, a couple years later when I finally caught on to the Pixies there was much head-slapping on my part. Same here. It was around '90 or '91, and they were playing at the Georgia Theater in Athens. I had seen the video for “Here Comes Your Man” on MTV and loved it, so I went out and bought _Doolittle_, and was so anxious to hear it I listened to it in the school library instead of waiting to get home. I remember actually saying out loud, “What the hell is _this_ crap?” It didn’t sound anything like “Here Comes Your Man!” I didn’t buy tickets to the show. Months later, I hear _Trompe Le Monde_ playing in a record store, decide to give them another chance, and become a huge, huge, obsessive fan. Not long after, they broke up. As you say, much head-slapping on my part. I’d love to see them perform now that I’m older and wiser, but I’m too pessimistic about getting tickets. It’s going to be very difficult, I predict. I wonder how much they’re going to go for? At this point I’m figuring that at the very least the new DVD sounds interesting. > [@Husker Dude](#): > > Still, I hope they never set foot inside a recording studio. Why’s that? You didn’t like _Trompe Le Monde_, or you don’t think they could come up with something as good nowadays, or some other reason? ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-break-my-body-pixies-reunion-tour-album/228056/10 "2004-02-08T13:32:11Z")
hell yeah! frank black’s solo stuff is awesome, but i definitely regret never seeing the pixies live. there are so many bands that i figured i’d just “get around to” seeing and never did… the clash, uncle tupelo, nirvana… ☹ the pixies… but wait! now i get a second chance!!! yay! ---
**Author:** ![Husker\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Husker\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Husker_Dude)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-break-my-body-pixies-reunion-tour-album/228056/11 "2004-02-08T22:29:01Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > Why’s that? You didn’t like _Trompe Le Monde_, or you don’t think they could come up with something as good nowadays, or some other reason? No, I like ‘Trompe Le Monde,’ don’t get me wrong, but with the exception of Wire, I can’t think of a single band that has made good music after that many years of being apart. Call me pessimistic. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-break-my-body-pixies-reunion-tour-album/228056/12 "2004-02-08T22:48:39Z")
To hear them play together again will be great. Kim Deal put out a great breeders album in 2002, but i think she played guitar on that. Will she impact the new Pixies as much when she’s back on bass duties?