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THE BREEDERS
The Breeders are an alternative rock band that formed in 1988 by Kim Deal of the Pixies and Throwing Muses' Tanya Donelly. They have experienced a number of line-up changes. The current line-up consists of Kim Deal (lead vocals and guitar), her twin sister Kelley Deal (guitar and backing vocals), Jose Medeles (drums and percussion), Mando Lopez (bass guitar) and Cheryl Lyndsey (guitar). Kim Deal has been the band's sole continual member.
The Breeders began when Kim Deal, bassist of the Pixies, began writing new material while the Pixies were on a post-Surfer Rosa tour of Europe with Throwing Muses. Neither band had plans for the short term so Deal discussed possible side-projects with Throwing Muses guitarist Tanya Donelly.
Their first album, Pod (1990), received critical acclaim but was not commercially successful. It has been credited by Nirvana's Kurt Cobain as being one of the most influential albums of his life. According to Cobain, "it’s an epic that will never let you forget your ex-girlfriend. The main reason I like [The Breeders] is for their songs, for the way they structure them, which is totally unique, very atmospheric. I wish Kim was allowed to write more songs for the Pixies, because "Gigantic" is the best Pixies song, and Kim wrote it."" - "Kurt Cobain of Nirvana Talks About the Records That Changed His Life". August 29, 1992.
Their most famous song is Cannonball.
I found out about this band actually when I was flipping through Cobain's Journals. I was reading his Top 50 Favorite albums and saw this on there, checked this band out and fell in love with them.
If you are a fan of the Pixies you should like them. Very cool and Cobain does hit the nail right on the head when describing their sound and song structures.
I highly recommend this band to anyone who is a fan of alternative/ indie and rock and good music in general.
Members
Kim Deal
Kelley Deal
Jose Medeles
Mando Lopez
Cheryl Lyndsey
Former members
Tanya Donelly
Josephine Wiggs
Jim MacPherson
Carrie Bradley
Richard Presley
Nate Farley
Britt Walford
Jon Mattock
Discography
Pod (1990)
Safari EP (1992)
Last Splash (1993)
Head to Toe EP (1994)
Title TK (2002)
Mountain Battles (2008)
Fate to Fatal EP (2009)
All the albums are great. I have not listen to Fate To Fatal or Head to Toe so I can not recommend those, but go with the ones in bold. Start of with Pod. That is their best.