Pixies reunion?

[Bags]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Who are Pavement and Sebadoh? They must have come after my affair with alt-rock ended.

This is just before the alt-country dance heated up??

[bearman🐻]

I'm so glad I discovered those guys...they really made my quality of life better.  That's the beauty of music.  Anyone that seriously loves music probably has at least one band or performer that they will ALWAYS have a soft spot in their heart for.  For me, the Pixies was the soundtrack for adolesence...the highest of highs, the lowest of lows.  Anyone else here remember seeing the Pixies at the Citadel Center in Adams Morgan in November of 1991 with Pere Ubu opening?  They came out onto a stage filled completely with fog, with strobe lights flashing to look like lightning and the sound of rolling thunder over the PA.  They opened with "Wave of Mutilation" (the UK surf version) and played for a good 90 minutes. It was one of those nights I'll never forget.  I guess if you think they are selling out, that's cool...you're entitled to your opinion.  But personally, I can't imagine a band I'd rather see reform more except maybe Husker Du (or Joy Division, if they brought Ian Curtis back from the dead).  A while back there was a great article on the Pixies' breakup in some Brit mag (Uncut or Q or one of those).  It mentioned that some promoter offered a huge sum of money if the Pixies ever reformed and toured Europe (where they were MUCH more commercially succesful). However, I remember the band selling out the Riviera in Chicago and would imagine they could probably do some dates at the Aragon or Roseland in NYC.  But I won't hold my breath.

[Bags]

Originally posted by bunnyman:
  Anyone that seriously loves music probably has at least one band or performer that they will ALWAYS have a soft spot in their heart for.  
 
 But personally, I can't imagine a band I'd rather see reform more except maybe Husker Du (or Joy Division, if they brought Ian Curtis back from the dead).  

You're spot on.  Ditto for me -- Husker Du and the Replacements.  The bands with huge impact on me, but I missed by just a coupla years in order to see live (okay, I saw the Replacements in Phillie on their last tour, but I mean in their heyday, at a hole in the wall -- with Bob back from the dead).

[jadetree]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Who are Pavement and Sebadoh? They must have come after my affair with alt-rock ended.

Not sure if you are serious or not but Sebadoh is Lou Barlow from Dinosaur Jr. and now Folk Implosion (or New Folk Implosion) and Pavement, how could you have not heard of pavement.  Stephen Malkmus, recently played here, was the front man.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Of course I have heard of them, but I had gotten outo listening to most indie/alt rock by they time they became popular. I dated someone who loved Sebadoh maybe 8 years ago, but I can't recall any of their songs. I know that Pavement song "Cut Your Hair"...it sounds like it could be a Wilco song.
 
 

Originally posted by Bob Pollard:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Who are Pavement and Sebadoh? They must have come after my affair with alt-rock ended.

Not sure if you are serious or not but Sebadoh is Lou Barlow from Dinosaur Jr. and now Folk Implosion (or New Folk Implosion) and Pavement, how could you have not heard of pavement.  Stephen Malkmus, recently played here, was the front man. [/b]

[mankie]

If I think of some of my all time favourite bands that I would like to do a "reunion tour", Smiths, Stranglers, Clash etc. Then the more I ponder on the issue I come back to the same conclusion....let it be. If they came back and sucked it would spoil the memory of them in their heyday. Sex Pistols take note!
 
 Some reunion shows I have enjoyed but some bands need to be left in the memory. Sex Pistols take note!

[bearman🐻]

The funny thing is that just because a band does a reunion doesn't mean that they'll suck. The bands that I can think of off the top of my head that prove that theory are X, the Buzzcocks, Echo & the Bunnymen, Roxy Music, and the Damned. I've seen all of them in recent years and they have all been no less than excellent.  Some shows are better than others, true, but it's pretty cool to be able to go to a place like the 9:30 Club and watch the Buzzcocks play over 90 minutes to 300 people and see them put on a set that leaves you completely on a high for a week.

[kosmo vinyl]

I never thought of you having limited imagination before.
 
 How about they all fall out and hate each other , they sulk on stage and are bitter and bored of doing the greatest hits tour and so put no energy or effort into doing it. they play for 45 pathetic minutes looking underenthused then walk off.
 
 The reunion tour is just like admitting your a failure.

this from someone eager to see The Fall... oh wait they never actaully broke up, just went on long hiatuses and retain probably only one orginial member.

[Sir HC]

I didn't see the Pixies at the Citadel, but in B-more that same tour.  Was pretty darn cool.  Missed them at the old club, but did see them open for Love and Rockets on the "So Alive" tour.  That was a weird show, they opened with Bone Machine saying "This is our soundcheck".  Love and Rockets were a mess that show.  The Pixies kicked their asses big time.
 
 I have seen many reunion shows, some great (Mission of Burma, B-52s, Camper Van, Bauhaus) some horrible (Book of Love, Jackson Browne).  I guess it depends on:
 
 (1) why they broke up
 (2) who is left
 (3) why did they get back together
 (4) can they still play
 
 If they broke up because of infighting, sometimes they can get it back together sometimes not.  If there are key members not in the reunion then why bother.  If they are doing the motions and not really liking to play that is way bad.  And if they can not play well or are doing some new interpretation of their classics, f-em.

[mankie]

Oh I totally agree..Echo were great. Psycadelic Furs at 930 were also excellent...the double header that Echo and the Furs did at that place in SE was a bit disapointing. Echo sounded great but the Furs had some major problems with the sound.
 
 I'm just saying that bands I put on a higher pedestal I would rather live in my memory than take a chance on them sucking.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Who did Jackson Browne reunite with? Daryl Hannah?
 
 

Originally posted by Sir HC:
  I didn't see the Pixies at the Citadel, but in B-more that same tour.  Was pretty darn cool.  Missed them at the old club, but did see them open for Love and Rockets on the "So Alive" tour.  That was a weird show, they opened with Bone Machine saying "This is our soundcheck".  Love and Rockets were a mess that show.  The Pixies kicked their asses big time.
 
 I have seen many reunion shows, some great (Mission of Burma, B-52s, Camper Van, Bauhaus) some horrible (Book of Love, Jackson Browne).  I guess it depends on:
 
 (1) why they broke up
 (2) who is left
 (3) why did they get back together
 (4) can they still play
 
 If they broke up because of infighting, sometimes they can get it back together sometimes not.  If there are key members not in the reunion then why bother.  If they are doing the motions and not really liking to play that is way bad.  And if they can not play well or are doing some new interpretation of their classics, f-em.

[bearman🐻]

Some bands should just never reform...Husker Du being one of them.  The Velvet Underground reunion was a bad idea...but then there's X, who was brilliant.  And honestly, that Rollins Band doing Black Flag songs was killer too.  I love the Pixies, but I think they still ended things a bit prematurely.  Husker Du ran its course and so did the Replacements.

[mankie]

...and some bands should never have formed in the first place.

[ggw]

Originally posted by mankie:
  ...and some bands should never have formed in the first place.

Beautiful South for instance.....

[markie]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  this from someone eager to see The Fall... oh wait they never actaully broke up, just went on long hiatuses and retain probably only one orginial member.

they never seemed to go on that long a hiatus, but then its hard to work out at a quick glance if albums are real or live/B sides/ or compilations. The Fall are Mark E Smith, like The the is Matt Jonson they can never split up.
 
 And I said I would go to the pixies and have low expectations.... I think the fall will be rather good.