Kim Deal
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Kim Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American musician.
Deal became a bassist and vocalist for the Pixies, a rock band, in 1986, after answering an advert for a female bassist into Hüsker Dü and Peter, Paul and Mary. Initially she went under the stage name "Mrs. John Murphy." In 1989, frustrated at the lack of creative input she had with the Pixies, she teamed up with Tanya Donelly and Josephine Wiggs to form a band called The Breeders, who released their debut album, Pod, in 1990.
At the height of The Breeders' popularity in the mid-1990s, they scored a number of MTV hits, including "Cannonball" and "Divine Hammer". Although the band went into stasis in 1994, due to lead guitarist and Kim's twin sister Kelley Deal going into rehab for heroin addiction, they never officially split up, and in 2002 returned with a new album, Title TK. During this nearly 10 year hiatus, Kim kept busy by forming, recording, and touring with The Amps. She also produced albums for other groups, most notably fellow Dayton band Guided By Voices.
In 2004, Kim returned to a newly reunited Pixies and headed off on a tour with them around North America through April and May. There are indications that there is work on a new Pixies album at this point.
Although Deal co-wrote only a few of the original Pixies songs, including one of their most notable early songs, "Gigantic", the first new Pixies song to appear since the reunion, "Bam Thwok", was written by her.
The 1997 Dandy Warhols album Dandy Warhols Come Down features the song, "Cool As Kim Deal" as a tribute to Kim.
The 1999 album HAPPY BIVOUAC by the Japanese rock group The pillows also features tribute, "Kim Deal."