band, have been recorded since the band's break-up in 1993. Artists featured on the albums range from American rock bands, such as
, to lesser-known European bands. The first widely-released Pixies tribute album,
, was released in February 1998 as the result of a Pixies cover contest in the Netherlands that was launched by the magazine Oor, the radio station
| Year |
Title |
Track listing |
Length |
Artwork |
| 1998 |
Death to the Pixies—We're Better!
- Record label: Play It Again Sam
[PIAS] Recordings is the recorded music division of the [PIAS] Entertainment Group, a European independent artist and label services company.The record labels that operate under the [PIAS] Recordings umbrella are: Play It Again Sam, Wall of Sound and Different Recordings.Aside from the three London...
(NetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
)
- Released: February 1998
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- "Gigamuffin" (Gigantic
"Gigantic" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, co-written by bassist Kim Deal and lead vocalist/guitarist Black Francis . The song appeared on the band's first studio album, Surfer Rosa, released in 1988...
)
- Crackity Jones - "Where Is My Mind?
"Where Is My Mind?" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies. It is the seventh track on their 1988 album Surfer Rosa. The song was written by frontman Black Francis while he attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, inspired by his experiences scuba diving in the Caribbean....
" - 2:40
- Persil - "Isla De Encanta" - 1:50
- Homer - "I Bleed" - 2:47
- Ed - "Pixies Are Dead" (Ed is Dead
Come On Pilgrim is the debut mini-LP release by the American alternative rock band Pixies, released in September 1987 by 4AD.- Background :...
) - 2:13
- Koos Kreuk - "Waar Is Mijn Hoofd?" ("Where Is My Mind?" in Dutch
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
) - 2:19
- Brotherhood Foundation - "Gigantic" - 3:45
- Miss Universe - "Where Is My Mind?" - 4:18
- Seedling - "Is She Weird" - 4:14
- Telefunk - "Hey" - 3:57
- Jonus - "I've Been Tired" - 3:43
- Zea - "Here Comes Your Man
"Here Comes Your Man" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, written and sung by the band's frontman Black Francis. Produced by Gil Norton, it was released as the second single from the group's second album Doolittle in June 1989....
" - 4:05
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41:05 |
| 1999 |
Pixies Fuckin' Die!
- Record label: LifeLike Records
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- Hard Candy - "Bone Machine"
- An April March - "Alec Eiffel
"Alec Eiffel" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, and is the third track on their 1991 album Trompe le Monde. The song was written and sung by frontman Black Francis, produced by Gil Norton and recorded during the album's recording sessions...
"
- Underwater
Underwater is a band formed in the late 1990s with Jeremy Wilkins on keyboard and guitar and Melissa Mileski on vocals. The band eventually added Alec Irvin on drums and a programmer, Matthew Jeanes....
- "Where Is My Mind?"Where Is My Mind?" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies. It is the seventh track on their 1988 album Surfer Rosa. The song was written by frontman Black Francis while he attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, inspired by his experiences scuba diving in the Caribbean....
"
- Mollycuddle - "U-Mass"
- Twinkie - "Dead"
- Twelve24 - "Velouria
"Velouria" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, written and sung by the band's frontman Black Francis. "Velouria" is featured on their album Bossanova, was the first single to be released from it and was the band's first UK Top 40 hit. The song features extensive use of theremin...
"
- Moth Wranglers - "No. 13 Baby"
- Garageland
Garageland was an indie rock band on New Zealand's Flying Nun record label. Influenced by Pixies, Pavement, The Clean and The Velvet Underground, they were critically acclaimed in the UK and US for their well-crafted and catchy pop songs...
- "Allison"
- Allison With One - "Gigantic
"Gigantic" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, co-written by bassist Kim Deal and lead vocalist/guitarist Black Francis . The song appeared on the band's first studio album, Surfer Rosa, released in 1988...
"
- Engine - "Subbacultcha"
- J Stroke Featuring La Loba - "Distance Equals Rate Times Time"
- Jarboe
Jarboe is an American singer, songwriter, and keyboardist.Jarboe is a solo artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with the New York City based group Swans. With founder Michael Gira, the duo was the core of Swans until the group broke up in 1998...
And The Trepaners - "Tame"
- Bethany Curve
Bethany Curve is a shoegaze and alternative rock band from Santa Cruz, California.-Biography:Founding members Richard Millang, Ray Lake, Chris Preston and David Mac Wha formed the band in 1994. Ray Lake and Chris Preston saw a local street sign reading "Bethany Curve" and decided amongst themselves...
- "Gouge Away"
- Melon - "Ed Is Dead"
- Drekka - "Into The White"
- Bonfire Madigan - "Monkey Gone to Heaven
"Monkey Gone to Heaven" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies and is the seventh track on their 1989 album Doolittle. The song was written and sung by frontman Black Francis and was produced by Gil Norton. Referencing environmentalism and biblical numerology, the song's lyrics...
"
- The Interstellars - "River Euphrates"
- Bluebottle Kiss
-History:Formed in the mid '90s, Bluebottle Kiss took their influences from the late '80s American indie scene, which included artists such as Sonic Youth and the Afghan Whigs, singer-songwriters of the '70s, such as Neil Young and Van Morrison, as well as the very creative Australian independent...
- "Silver"
- Glass Candle Grenade - "The Holiday Song"
- No Wings Fins Or Fuselage - "Wave of Mutilation"
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46:18 |
| 1999 |
Where Is My Mind? A Tribute to the Pixies
- Record label: Glue Factory Records
|
- Eve 6
Eve 6 is an American rock band from Southern California, who are most well known for their hit singles "Inside Out", "Leech", and the slow anthem "Here's to the Night". They disbanded in 2004, returned in 2007 with a new lineup, and finally reunited with all three original members in March 2011...
- "Allison"
- The Get Up Kids
The Get Up Kids are an American alternative rock band from Kansas City, Missouri. Formed in 1995, the band was a major player in the mid-90's emo scene, otherwise known as the "second wave" of emo music...
- "Alec Eiffel"
- Weezer
Weezer is an American alternative rock band. The band currently consists of Rivers Cuomo , Patrick Wilson , Brian Bell , and Scott Shriner . The band has changed lineups three times since its formation in 1992...
- "Velouria"
- Far
Far is a band from Sacramento, USA.-Releases :After a number of local releases including their first demo tape Sweat A River, Live No Lies and two independent albums Listening Game and Quick they signed to Epic/Immortal Records and released their first major record, Tin Cans With Strings To You...
- "Monkey Gone to Heaven"
- Braid
Braid is an influential emo/post-hardcore band from Illinois that formed in 1993. After forming, the band went through several line-up changes but eventually settled on: Bob Nanna on guitar/vocals, Todd Bell on bass, Chris Broach on guitar/vocals and, Roy Ewing on drums. Roy was replaced in 1997 by...
- "Trompe Le Monde"
- Superdrag
Superdrag is an alternative rock band from Knoxville, Tennessee. The band had a hit with its 1996 single "Sucked Out" off their album Regretfully Yours, for which a video clip was broadcast regularly on MTV...
- "Wave of Mutilation"
- Teen Heroes - "Manta Ray"
- Local H
Local H is an American rock duo, formed by Joe Daniels and Scott Lucas in Zion, Illinois in 1987. Local H's 1996 album, As Good as Dead, includes the top 10 hit "Bound for the Floor" Author, rock critic and Rolling Stone contributor Greg Kot and the Chicago Tribune named the band its 2008 Chicago...
- "Tame"
- Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California, best known for the 1997 hit "Sell Out". The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s, during the third wave of ska with the release of the gold certified album Turn the Radio Off. Soon after, the band...
- "Gigantic"
- The Siren Six!
The Siren Six! were an American ska band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, who were active from 1994 to 2000.-Biography:The Siren Six! initially formed under the name Stinkfish in Minneapolis around 1994, consisting of vocalist/guitarist Nate Bott, keyboardist Frank Staniszewski, drummer Jeff...
- "The Holiday Song"
- Nada Surf
Nada Surf is an American alternative rock band. Formed in 1992, the New York band consists of Matthew Caws , Ira Elliot and Daniel Lorca .-Early years:...
- "Where Is My Mind?"
- The Promise Ring
The Promise Ring is an American emo band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In their early years, their music was usually classified as emo, but their later albums could be described more accurately as indie pop. They split up in 2002 and temporarily reunited in 2005...
- "Gouge Away"
- Samiam
-Biography:Samiam was formed in late 1988 after the breakup of the Gilman club mainstay Isocracy. Their first show was in January 1989 with Christ on Parade. They released records through New Red Archives and Hopeless Records in the US and Burning Heart Records in Europe. In the mid-'90s, the band...
- "Here Comes Your Man"
- Weston
Weston are a punk rock band hailing from Bethlehem, PA. Founded in 1990, they took their name from singer Dave Weston's family, since his parents allowed them to practice in their basement. The band never found mainstream success but their energetic and irreverent live shows earned them legendary...
- "La, La, Love You"
- Sense Field
Sense Field was an American indie rock band from California, formed in 1991 out of the ashes of hardcore punk band, Reason to Believe.Sense Field has been largely credited with bringing their sound from emo circles to a more mainstream audience alongside contemporaries like Sunny Day Real Estate,...
- "Caribou"
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| 2000 |
Tribute to the Pixies
- Record label: Invisible Records
Invisible Records is a Chicago based record label founded by Martin Atkins to support and distribute the works of artists who preferred to work with a smaller, artist driven label.-Artist Roster:* Ashtrayhead* Attrition* Bagman* Bizarre Sex Trio...
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- Ca-p - "Trompe le Monde"
- Beat Crusaders
were a Japanese rock band. During all promotional appearances, their faces are masked by drawings resembling themselves as printed by a dot-matrix printer.-History:...
- "Debaser"
- Penpals - "Here Comes Your Man"
- Feed
Feed may refer to:In animal foodstuffs:* Compound feed, feedstuffs that are blended from various raw materials and additives* Fodder , any foodstuff that is used specifically to feed domesticated livestockIn computing:...
- "Debaser"
- Mo'some Tonebender - "Planet Of Sound"
- Naht - "Wave Of Mutilation"
- Drumkan - "Alec Eiffel"
- Radio Active - "Dead"
- Seafood
Seafood is any form of marine life regarded as food by humans. Seafoods include fish, molluscs , crustaceans , echinoderms . Edible sea plants, such as some seaweeds and microalgae, are also seafood, and are widely eaten around the world, especially in Asia...
- "Levitate Me"
- Cowpers - "Bone Machine"
- Wakusei - "Gigantic"
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| 2003 |
Hey: A Pixies Tribute
|
- Mother Universe - "Debaser"
- bison 6 - "Allison"
- Ledergeist - "Mr. Grieves"
- Avelimp - "Blown Away"
- New Retros - "I've Been Tired"
- Grozio - "Subbacultcha"
- The Dale Nixons - "Planet of Sound"
- Jim McLuckie - "Bailey's Walk"
- Nunyeit - "Bone Machine"
- Dave Noisy vs The Claw Machine - "Broken Face"
- zenEQ - "River Euphrates"
- Jeff America - "Palace of the Brine"
- Cameron Brown - "Alec Eiffel"
- Prion - "Manta Ray"
- Asterid - "There Goes My Gun"
- Big Big Love - "Isla De Encanta"
- Nam June Robot - "All Over The World"
- Derek Olson - "Where Is My Mind"
- The Cut*off - "Monkey Gone To Heaven"
- Mike DiSanto - "Silver"
- Clootie - "The Holiday Song"
- Perfume & Cigarettes - "Levitate Me"
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| 2004 |
La La Love You Pixies!
- Record label: Düsseldorf (Sweden)
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- Doktor Kosmos
Doktor Kosmos is a pop band best characterized by the unique style of their humorous lyrics. The lyrics often have social or political themes, and the band is socialist, although not above making fun of their own opinions....
- "Distance Equals Rate Times Time"
- Mattias Alkberg BD
Mattias Alkberg , sometimes known as Matti Alkberg, is a Swedish poet, songwriter and musician. He has released four poetry books and more than a dozen records with his two bands The Bear Quartet and Mattias Alkberg BD.-Books:...
- "Here Comes Your Man"
- Hell on Wheels - "The Holiday Song"
- Quit Your Dayjob
Quit Your Dayjob is a Swedish dance-punk band originating from Malmö/Scania, Sweden made up of Jonass , Marcass and Drumass . They were signed to Bad Taste Records in Sweden.-Albums:*2004: Quit Your Dayjob...
- "Broken Face"
- Radius - "Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons"
- Hamell on Trial
Hamell on Trial is the one-man band of Ed Hamell of Syracuse, New York. Hamell typically describes his style as punk rock. Righteous Babe Records explains the use of the term as "loud, fast music informed by politics, passion, energy and intelligence, played by a guy with a sharp tongue and a...
- "Monkey Gone to Heaven"
- Laakso - "Bone Machine"
- Nathan Larson - "Velouria"
- It's a trick, it's a trick - "The Happening"
- Hello goodbye - "Gigantic"
- David Fridlund och Sara Culle - "Wave of Mutilation"
- Doktor Kosmos - "Distance Equals Rate Times Time"
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| 2007 |
Dig for Fire - a tribute to PIXIES
- Record label: American Laundromat Records
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- Morning Theft - "Ana"
- The Rosebuds
The Rosebuds are an indie rock band from Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Its current members are Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp...
- "Break My Body"
- Dylan in the Movies - "Down To The Well"
- Joy Zipper
Joy Zipper is an American indie pop duo from Long Island, New York, made up of Tabitha Tindale and Vincent Cafiso, who are also a married couple. The duo has been playing dream pop since the late 1990s...
- "Wave of Mutilation"
- OK Go
OK Go is a rock band originally from Chicago, Illinois, USA, now residing in Los Angeles, California, USA. The band is composed of Damian Kulash , Tim Nordwind , Dan Konopka and Andy Ross , who joined them in 2005, replacing Andy Duncan...
- "Gigantic"
- Bedroom Walls - "Stormy Weather"
- Mogwai
The word mogwai is the transliteration of the Cantonese word 魔怪 meaning "monster", "evil spirit", "devil" or "demon".-Mogwai/Mogui in Chinese culture:...
- "Gouge Away"
- Knife & Fork - "Motorway To Roswell"
- They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants is an American alternative rock band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell. During TMBG's early years Flansburgh and Linnell were frequently accompanied by a drum machine. In the early 1990s, TMBG became a full band. Currently, the members of TMBG are...
- "Havalina"
- Bunnies - "Alec Eiffel"
- Elk City
Elk City may refer to:Places in the United States:*Elk City, Kansas*Elk City, Idaho*Elk City, Oklahoma*Elk City, West VirginiaIn music:*Elk City , an American art pop band...
- "Monkey Gone To Heaven"
- Fashion Victims - "Hey (Double Dragon Redux)"
- The Commons with Elizabeth Harper - "Here Comes Your Man"
- John Strohm - "Where Is My Mind?"
- British Sea Power
British Sea Power are an indie rock band based in Brighton, England, although three of the band members originally come from Kendal in Cumbria. Critics have likened their sound to a variety of groups, from The Cure and Joy Division to the Pixies and Arcade Fire. The band are famed for their live...
- "Caribou (Instrumental)"
- Superman's Wheelchair - "Subbacultcha"
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