Editing Kim Deal (section)

=== The Pixies ===
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Deal became the bassist and backing vocalist for the Pixies in January 1986, after answering an advertisement in the ''[[Boston Phoenix]]'' that read, "Band seeks bassist into [[Hüsker Dü]] and [[Peter, Paul and Mary]]. Please – no chops." Deal's was the only response, even though her main instrument was guitar. She borrowed her sister Kelley's bass guitar to use in the band.<ref name="Kim Deal bio on BreedersDigest">{{cite web |url=http://breedersdigest.net/about/kim-deal |title=Kim Deal biography |website=Breeders Digest |publisher=breedersdigest.net |access-date=February 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100320013737/http://breedersdigest.net/about/kim-deal |archive-date=March 20, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> To complete the lineup, she suggested they hire [[David Lovering]], a friend of her husband whom she'd met at their wedding reception, as drummer.{{sfn|Sisario|2006|pp=8–9}} For the release of the band's first recording, ''[[Come on Pilgrim]]'' (1987), Deal used the ''nom de disque'' "Mrs. John Murphy" in the liner notes, chosen as an ironic [[feminist]] joke, after conversing with a woman who wished to be called only by her husband's name.{{sfn|Frank|Ganz|2005|pp=56–57}}
[[File:Pixies in Kansas City, October 1, 2004.jpg|alt=Kim Deal playing bass at a 2004 Pixies concert in Kansas City alongside Black Francis, under pink lighting|left|thumb|Deal (right) and Black Francis performing in a 2004 Pixies concert]]

For ''[[Surfer Rosa]]'' (1988), Deal sang lead vocals on the album's only single, "[[Gigantic (song)|Gigantic]]", which she co-wrote with frontman [[Black Francis]]. ''[[Doolittle (album)|Doolittle]]'' followed a year later, with Deal contributing the song "Silver". By this time, however, tensions began to develop between her and Francis, with bickering and standoffs between the two marring the album's recording sessions.{{sfn|Sisario|2006|p=53}} Deal commented that the sessions "went from just all fun to work."{{sfn|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=115}} Exhaustion from releasing three records in two years and constant touring contributed to intra-band friction, particularly between Francis and Deal.

The tension and exhaustion culminated at the end of the US "Fuck or Fight" tour, where they were too tired to attend the end-of-tour party. The band soon announced a hiatus.<ref name="allmusic-bio">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/pixies-mn0000294633/biography |title=Pixies – Biography |website=AllMusic |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |access-date=September 10, 2006}}</ref>