Pixies On Beeb
Found this on the Pixies Myspace blog:
I’m writing to tell you about a new BBC documentary series that features a section about the Pixies and interviews with Charles Thompson and Kim Deal.
I’m a TV producer/director on the BBC’s landmark ‘Seven Ages of Rock’ music documentary series. The film I made about American Alternative Rock is being broadcast on Saturday 23rd June and looks at the contrasting fates of Nirvana and REM and the music and influence of the Pixies. The film also includes interviews with Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic from Nirvana, Michael Stipe and Mike Mills from R.E.M., Henry Rollins from Black Flag and producers Scott Litt, Jack Endino and Butch Vig.
The Pixies section features Charles Thompson explaining the ‘quiet/loud’ sound through the song ‘Gouge Away’ and Kim Deal talking about the simplicity of her bass playing and her contribution to ‘Where Is My Mind?’
You might also be interested to know that Dave Grohl from Nirvana talks very candidly in the programme about just how big an influence the Pixies had on the song ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’!
I’d be grateful if you could mention the programme on your website so Pixies fans in the UK can tune in! The programme will also be shown later this summer in America on VH1.
The Seven Ages of Rock – Programme 6
‘Left of the Dial: American Alternative Rock’
BBC 2, Saturday 23rd June, 9.30pm
BBC 1, Sunday 24th June, 11.00pm
The series website also includes two short films about the Pixies featuring material that didn’t make it into the TV series, including Charles and Kim on ‘Here Comes Your Man.’
Visit: bbc.co.uk/sevenages
Best wishes,
Robert Murphy