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    Joey Santiago:
    The Classic Albums: Pixies' 'Surfer Rosa'

    Released in March of 1988, The Pixies' first full length album Surfer Rosa went on to become a musical benchmark. With its lo-fi sparse and dry sounding textures, gritty guitars and unadorned vocals and underscored by a bevy of offbeat lyrical matter, it also went on to lay the ground work for what later became the Seattle grunge sound. Kurt Cobain held the album in such esteem, he used it as a template for Nirvana's Nevermind. Later Cobain also employed the services of Surfer Rosa's producer Steve Albini to produce Nirvana's 1993 outing In Utero. In the UG's continuing classic album series, Joe Matera catches up with Pixies lead guitarist Joey Santiago to discuss the making of the album and its musical legacy.

    UG: Lets start by first discussing the background to the songwriting process for the album, with Black Francis having written most of the material, what sort of input did you have?

    Joey Santiago: He [Black] would present to us the songs and then in our rehearsal space or practice room or Davids garage, we would just bash them out. But everybody would put in their two cents worth. Guitar wise for my parts, I would go home and figure out something really simple and something that had some little trick to it. And then I would present it to the band and hope that they would like it. And if they didnt, then we would change it around. But we would do that with everybody not just with my own parts, like we would do it with Daves [Lovering, drums] parts, and with Kims [Deal, bass] parts. The reason I went home to work out my guitar parts, was that I didnt want to put everybody else through a looping cycle just for me.


    "We had read horror stories out there that said that some people took years to make an album. But the ten days seemed like enough time for us anyway."
    The songs werent your typical pop themes I mean, there is everything referenced from religion to blood lust in there. Was Black very conscious of his lyrical approach?

    I really think Black was very conscious of the lyrics he was writing. Those types of lyrics were certainly not common in the pop world at the time that is for sure.

    Do you remember what the initial budget was for the album?

    It was around $10,000 if I remember correctly, though I know it was shockingly low compared to other album budgets at the time. And even though it was low, we still came right on budget. That is because we had practiced really hard, and had done all our preproduction ourselves prior to entering the studio. Then we just went into the actual studio and basically Steve Albini [producer] went about archiving us in the way that captured us as a band playing in a rehearsal room.

    Were there any other tracks recorded during those same sessions that didnt make it on to the album?

    Im not sure if there were any leftover tracks, but Im pretty sure that we decided to record only what was going to appear on the album.

    How long did this album take to make, recording wise?

    It took us ten days, and that was a very short time. We were doing shows with these songs already, so we had already tried them out in front of the audience. But for us we didnt really have a gauge on how long an album usually took. We had read horror stories out there that said that some people took years to make an album. But the ten days seemed like enough time for us anyway. And the mixing didnt take very long either.

    The album was recorded at Q Division studios. How did you and the band approach the recording sessions?

    I had my Peavey Special which Steve gladly recorded and though we also had some Marshalls, we used the Peavey for the most part. I also had various distortion, overdrive, and delay pedals, and a wah wah. We just tried to bash it out live in the studio and then at some point, Dave and Kim would want to lock in so they would play together and Charles [Blacks real name] and I would add on our stuff later. So we would record it live, and then at times, tighten it up once we got the arrangement down, where we would then fine tune it from there individually. I remember we did do the recording on a 16 track, one inch tape machine. I mainly played a Les Paul Goldtop, a 1960 Classic re-issue, and Charles had a Tele, a blonde 1980s American Standard Telecaster and a Vox AC-30. I also utilized an open E tuning on Oh My Golly because I had to do a slide bit and it was easier to do it in an open tuning than use standard tuning.

    What did producer Steve Albini bring to the recording process?

    Well we didnt know any better when it came to the studio, as whoever we had in studio, we were just glad they were recording us. From that point of view, and having said that, I do remember him being very funny and really easy to get along with. Steve knew the songs were set so didnt really do any song arrangement ideas per se. But the sounds he was capturing and that were coming out, every time we went to the mixing desk, were sounding incredible. So we were just getting psyched on all of that.


    "A lot of people have gotten influenced by it."
    How did Steve go about capturing your guitar tones in the studio?

    Steve had these special mikes. I wasnt into recording back then, and I now wish I was so I could know all his tricks, but really I just showed up and played the guitar. But I do remember these little tiny microphones that he had, they looked like spy microphones, they werent your typical SM-57s. And that was it.

    Did Steve use a lot of experimental miking techniques?

    Yeah, he recorded vocals in the studios bathroom to take advantage of the natural reverb and often ran Charles voice through a guitar amp to give it more of a ragged edge. He did a lot of that with the vocals, especially Charles vocals as he loved putting them through a microphone of some sort. He also got us to do another version of Vamos which we really tripped out. For this version, Steve had me hitting the guitar in a different way. It was things like that and then he would splice these experimental ideas together on tape.

    For the guitar tracks, did you do many overdubs?

    We did the typical doubling of the guitars and some of the solos were doubled too like on Where Is My Mind?

    Over the years there have been quite a number of urban myths regarding the sound of your guitar on that album. One of the most common beliefs is that your out-of-phase sound on the record was achieved by the rewiring of the pick-ups on your Les Paul. Is this true?

    No - that is totally untrue. Maybe that myth grew out of all the doubling you can hear on the record which in many cases, does make the guitar sound like it is out of phase.

    Are there any behind the scenes anecdotes from the recording sessions that you can share?

    In the studio, would always watch out for those mistakes, you know, the things that should be kept. I was probably allowed to make more of them more so than the others in the band because my parts were the last sprinkling on the recording. Like with the bass and drums, you really cant make any mistake, you have to have them locked in. Whereas my stuff There are mistakes on Vamos, like on one of the choruses there is this thing I do, where I syncopated the part by accident because my headphones were a little off and so I was tapping my foot wrongly. And it turned it into more of a galloping vibe and some how it worked. It really worked. And it sounds a lot better too.

    What gear did you use for the tour the band undertook for the album?

    We switched to Marshalls because we were playing with these other bands at the time like the Meat Puppets and Soul Asylum, whom we were touring with everywhere at the time. And we would watch these bands and go, shit man, theyre so fuckin loud!, and sound so much richer. So I got rid of my little Peavey and went out and got a Marshall.


    "I really think at the time, it was what was needed in the musical climate."
    Kurt Cobain was once quoted as saying that Surfer Rosa provided the blue print for Nirvanas Nevermind. How do you feel about the influential reverence accorded to Surfer Rosa over the years?

    A lot of people have gotten influenced by it. It is in some ways, the same as how we have a high regard for The Velvet Underground and The Stooges. So it is nice to be part of that same road map into whatever youre trying to do. And in doing that, youre going to cross The Pixies in one way or another along the way. Musically, we wanted to more or less not sound like the stuff that was on the radio at the time. There were a lot of people doing the million miles per hour notes and stuff like that, so obviously I didnt want to go there, and I couldnt, as it was and is not my taste. So I kind of slowed it down a bit and made it a lot dumber. I really think at the time, it was what was needed in the musical climate.

    The album is consistently placed on many lists as one of the best albums of the 1980s in any genre and to this day still sells well.

    Sale wise, the album has sold like a fine jazz album. Where it still has relevance and it will never get taken off the shelf per se. I mean it has a shelf life. And it will never be out of flavor.

    Did it put pressure on you to try and out do the album with each successive release?

    We never had a mentality of trying to top something, as we just went with whatever we had at the moment. You cant really put that much pressure on you, not that making that stuff hasnt got its own pressure, but you cant dwell on the past otherwise youll just never get anywhere

    Interview by Joe Matera
    Ultimate-Guitar.Com 2010



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    1. Come on Pilgrim (1987)
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    - Gigantic 1988 [single]
    - Dancing the Manta Ray 1989 [EP]
    - Here Comes Your Man 1989 [EP]
    - Monkey Gone to Heaven 1989 [EP]
    - Velouria 1990 [EP]
    - Dig for Fire 1990 [EP]
    - Planet of Sound 1991 [single]
    - Alec Eiffel 1991 [EP]

    - Head On 1992 [single]
    - Debaser 1998 [single]
    - The Pixies 1989 [Live]
    - Subbacultcha 1991 [Bootleg]
    - Velouria 1991 [Bootleg]
    - All Over the World 1992 [Bootleg]
    - B-Side File: 2nd Edition 1994 [Bootleg]
    - Rough Diamonds [Bootleg]
    - Timeless Stars [Live]

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    DISC ONE - non-album tracks

    1. Boom Chickaboom [1987 - WERS 1/18/87]
    2. Gigantic (single version) [1988 - Gigantic single]
    3. River Euphrates (single version) [1988 - Gigantic single]
    4. In Heaven (The Lady in the Radiator Song) (live) [1988 - Gigantic single]
    5. Manta Ray [1989 - Monkey Gone To Heaven single]
    6. Weird at My School [1989 - Monkey Gone To Heaven single]
    7. Dancing the Manta Ray [1989 - Monkey Gone To Heaven single]
    8. Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf) [1989 - Here Comes Your Man single]
    9. Into the White [1989 - Here Comes Your Man single]
    10. Make Believe [1990 - Velouria single]
    11. I've Been Waiting For You [1990 - Velouria single]
    12. The Thing [1990 - Velouria single]
    13. Dig For Fire (single mix) [1990 - Dig For Fire single]
    14. Allison (video version) [1990 - Dig For Fire video]
    15. Velvety Instrumental Version [1990 - Dig For Fire single]
    16. Winterlong [1990 - Dig For Fire single]
    17. Born in Chicago [1990 - Rubaiyiat: Elektra's 40th Anniversary]
    18. Head On (video version) [1991 - Head On video]
    19. Planet of Sound (single mix) [1991 - Planet of Sound single]
    20. Theme From Narc [1991 - Planet of Sound single]
    21. Build High [1991 - Planet of Sound single]
    22. Evil Hearted You [1991 - Planet of Sound single]
    23. I Can't Forget [1991 - I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen]
    24. Head On (remix) [1991 - Head On promo single]
    25. Letter to Memphis (instrumental) [1992 - Alec Eiffel single]
    26. Debaser (remix) [1997 - Debaser single]
    27. In Heaven (The Lady in the Radiator Song) (live) [2004 - Eugene, OR 4/28/04]
    28. Bam Thwok [2004 - download-only single]
    29. Ain't That Pretty At All [2004 - Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon]
    30. Been All Around The World (live 8/05) [2006 - Acoustic: Live in Newport]

    DEFINITIVE PIXIES DISC TWO - radio sessions

    1. Here Comes Your Man [1st BBC session - 1987]
    2. Subbacultcha [1st BBC session - 1987]
    3. Down To The Well [1st BBC session - 1987]
    4. Break My Body [1st BBC session - 1987]
    5. Hey [2nd BBC session - May 1988]
    6. Levitate Me [2nd BBC session - May 1988]
    7. In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song) [2nd BBC session - May 1988]
    8. Wild Honey Pie [2nd BBC session - May 1988]
    9. Caribou [2nd BBC session - May 1988]
    10. Dead [3rd BBC session - October 1988]
    11. Tame [3rd BBC session - October 1988]
    12. There Goes My Gun [3rd BBC session - October 1988]
    13. Manta Ray [3rd BBC session - October 1988]
    14. Down To The Well [4th BBC session - 1989]
    15. Into The White [4th BBC session - 1989]
    16. Wave of Mutilation [4th BBC session - 1989]
    17. Allison [5th BBC session - June 1990]
    18. Hang On To Your Ego [5th BBC session - June 1990]
    19. Velouria [5th BBC session - June 1990]
    20. Is She Weird [5th BBC session - June 1990]
    21. Monkey Gone to Heaven [6th BBC session - August 1990]
    22. Ana [6th BBC session - August 1990]
    23. Allison [6th BBC session - August 1990]
    24. Wave of Mutilation [6th BBC session - August 1990]
    25. Palace of the Brine [7th BBC session - 1991]
    26. Letter to Memphis [7th BBC session - 1991]
    27. Motorway to Roswell [7th BBC session - 1991]
    28. Subbacultcha [7th BBC session - 1991]
    29. Break My Body [acoustic]
    30. Brick Is Red
    31. I Bleed [acoustic]
    32. I'm Amazed [acoustic]
    33. Wave of Mutilation [acoustic]

    DEFINITIVE PIXIES DISC THREE - demos

    1. Keeping In Time [1984]
    2. Draw Attention [1984]
    3. Gemini (Fight With Honor) [1984]
    4. Silhouetta (Silhouette) [1984]
    5. Build High [1986]
    6. Down to the Well [1986]
    7. Here Comes Your Man [1986]
    8. Ed Is Dead [1986]
    9. Brick Is Red [1986]
    10. Weird at My School [1986]
    11. Rock A My Soul [1986]
    12. I'm Amazed [1986]
    13. Broken Face [1987]
    14. In Heaven (The Lady in the Radiator Song) [1987]
    15. Build High [1987]
    16. Rock A My Soul [1987]
    17. I'm Amazed [1987]
    18. Silver (Breeders version) [1988]
    19. Tame [1988]
    20. Debaser [1988]
    21. I Bleed [1988]
    22. Wave of Mutilation [1988]
    23. Crackity Jones [1988]
    24. Bailey's Walk [1988]
    25. Mr. Grieves [1988]
    26. Dead [1988]
    27. Gouge Away [1988]
    28. Manta Ray [1988]
    29. Santo [1988]
    30. No. 13 Baby [1988]
    31. La La Love You [1988]
    32. There Goes My Gun [1988]
    33. Silver [1988]
    34. Monkey Gone To Heaven [1988]
    35. Palace of the Brine (clip) [1991]
    36. Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons (clip) [1991]
    37. Brackish Boy (clip) [1991]

    DEFINITIVE PIXIES DISC FOUR - more
    1. I'm Amazed [1987 solo demo]
    2. Broken Face [1987 solo demo]
    3. The Holiday Song [1987 solo demo]
    4. Rock A My Soul [1987 solo demo]
    5. Isla De Encanta [1987 solo demo]
    6. Caribou [1987 solo demo]
    7. Build High [1987 solo demo]
    8. Nimrod's Son [1987 solo demo]
    9. Ed Is Dead [1987 solo demo]
    10. Subbacultcha [1987 solo demo]
    11. Boom Chickaboom [1987 solo demo]
    12. I've Been Tired [1987 solo demo]
    13. Break My Body [1987 solo demo]
    14. Oh My Golly [1987 solo demo]
    15. Vamos [1987 solo demo]
    16. Bone Machine [1988 VPRO radio session]
    17. Gigantic [1988 VPRO radio session]
    18. Isla De Encanta [1988 VPRO radio session]
    19. Vamos [1988 live b-side]
    20. Gigantic [1988 with J Mascis]
    21. Cactus [1989 live]
    22. Interview [1990 VPRO radio session]
    23. The Happening [1990 VPRO radio session]
    24. Into The White [1990 VPRO radio session]
    25. Planet of Sound [1991 live b-side]
    26. Tame [1991 live b-side]
    27. Trompe Le Monde [1992 on Letterman]
    28. Monkey Gone To Heaven [2004 on Letterman]
    29. Paranoid [1991 - 120 Minutes jam]
    30. Velvety [2002 - Frank Black version]

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    The Pixies Finally Begin Contemplating New Album

    'We're gonna go slowly and see what will happen,' says David Lovering

    In the seven years since the Pixies reformed for a series of highly successful series of reunion tours, they've managed to resist fans' pleas for a new album. But now, according to drummer David Lovering, the band is beginning to crack. "It's definitely a stronger possibility than it was a few years ago," he tells Rolling Stone. "It's going to be baby steps, though. We have the formula and we know we can do it. But if we put something out, it has to be good. Period. We don't want to break the legacy. It's much more of a free subject to talk about now though. We're gonna go slowly and see what will happen."

    In the meantime, the group has been spent the last two years on the road playing their 1989 classic Doolittle in its entirety. They just announced a "Lost Cities" leg that will hit U.S. markets they missed during the initial go-rounds. "I didn't think it was going to last this long," says Lovering. "I thought it would be maybe a year in the United States, and then it just kept going and going. The demand keeps coming for the Doolittle thing. I can't believe it. I actually really like playing the album. It keeps me busy and off the streets, so that's good."

    The show hasn't changed much since they started in late 2009. "We're doing pretty much the same set starting with the B-sides and then going though the album and then doing B-sides again," says Lovering. "The only difference I can think of is that our proficiency might be better. A lot of kids that weren't even born when Doolittle came out are seeing the shows. So it's just a different perspective on it when I'm playing it and looking into the audience. It's just amazing."

    The reunion phase of the Pixies' career has now lasted longer than the band's original incarnation. "It's really bizarre," says Lovering. "I don't know if there is an end in sight with the way things are going. We can still play shows and people still want to see us. When we got back together in 2004 I wasn't looking at the long run. I think we're very fortunate and really enjoying it, so it keeps going and going." The group famously feuded during their initial run, but Lovering says those days are long behind them. "We definitely appreciate things being older and wiser," he says. "It makes us mind our Ps and Qs a little more."

    Surfer Rosa, the band's 1988 debut LP, will turn 25 in 2013. Might they celebrate that year with a Surfer Rosa tour? "That would be great," says Lovering. "I love Doolittle, but I think that I like Surfer Rosa a little better. I think that's because that was the one we cut our teeth on when we were a baby band. If we don't have any new material, I think that's what we'll do . . . We could possibly just tour forever off our catalog, but it seems like we've been playing a lot more casinos now. So I don't know about that road."


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