Editing Kim Deal

{{Short description|American musician (born 1961)}}
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| caption             = Deal performing with [[the Breeders]] in 2018
| alt                 = Kim Deal playing guitar onstage in 2018
| other_names         = {{ubl|Mrs. John Murphy|Tammy Ampersand}}
| birth_name          = Kimberley Ann Deal
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1961|6|10}}
| birth_place         = [[Dayton, Ohio]], U.S.
| alma_mater          = [[Kettering College]]
| occupation          = {{hlist|Musician|singer|songwriter}}
| years_active        = 1986–present
| relatives           = [[Kelley Deal]] (twin sister), Kevin Deal (brother)
| spouse              = John Murphy (1985–1988)
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  | current_member_of = {{hlist|[[The Breeders]]}}
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'''Kimberley Ann Deal''' (born June 10, 1961)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NhnqJL2C06oC&pg=PA63 |title=SPIN |date=September 2004 |magazine=Spin |publisher=SPIN Media}}</ref> is an American musician. She was the original bassist and co-vocalist in the [[alternative rock]] band <!--- WP:THE policy: "If a band is officially known without a definite article, but the members typically refer to their group as "the (Name)" in everyday speech, then the definite article should be included in running prose."" --->the [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] from 1986 to 1993 and again from 2004 to 2013. She is the frontwoman of [[the Breeders]], which she formed in 1989.

Deal joined the Pixies in January 1986, adopting the stage name '''Mrs. John Murphy''' for the albums ''[[Come on Pilgrim]]'' and ''[[Surfer Rosa]]''. Following ''[[Doolittle (album)|Doolittle]]'' and the Pixies' hiatus, she formed the Breeders with [[Tanya Donelly]] of [[Throwing Muses]], [[Josephine Wiggs]] of [[the Perfect Disaster]], and [[Britt Walford]] of [[Slint]]; following the band's debut album ''[[Pod (The Breeders album)|Pod]]'', her twin sister [[Kelley Deal]] replaced Donelly.

The Pixies broke up in early 1993, and Deal returned her focus to the Breeders, who released the [[platinum record|platinum]]-selling album ''[[Last Splash]]'' in 1993, featuring the popular single "[[Cannonball (Breeders song)|Cannonball]]". In 1994, the Breeders went on hiatus after Kelley entered [[drug rehabilitation]]. During the band's hiatus, Deal adopted the stage name '''Tammy Ampersand''' and formed the short-lived rock band [[the Amps]], recording a single album, ''[[Pacer (album)|Pacer]]'', in 1995. After her own stint in [[drug rehabilitation]], Deal eventually reformed the Breeders with a new line-up for two more albums, ''[[Title TK]]'' in 2002 and ''[[Mountain Battles]]'' in 2008. She returned to the Pixies when the band reunited in 2004.

In 2013, Deal left the Pixies to concentrate on the Breeders, after that band's most famous line-up reunited for a new series of tours celebrating the 20th anniversary of ''[[Last Splash]]''. In 2018, the Breeders released their fifth album ''[[All Nerve]]'', the first album to reunite the Deals, Wiggs, and Macpherson since ''Last Splash''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Connell |first=Sharon |date=2023-09-04 |title='I blamed everyone else but I was the problem': The Breeders on fallouts, reunions and 30 years of Last Splash |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/sep/04/the-breeders-last-splash-30th-anniversary-tour-interview |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In 2024, Deal released her debut solo album, ''[[Nobody Loves You More]]''.

== Early life ==
Deal was born in [[Dayton, Ohio]], United States. Both her parents were from coal mining areas of [[West Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_RpvwsGqbw |title=WTF with Marc Maron - Kim Deal Interview |website=YouTube |publisher=WTF with Marc Maron |date=January 2018 |access-date=April 7, 2024}}</ref>{{sfn|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=4}} Her father was a laser physicist who worked at the nearby [[Wright-Patterson Air Force Base]]. Kim and her identical twin sister [[Kelley Deal|Kelley]] were introduced to music at a young age; the two sang to a "two-track, quarter-inch, tape" when they were "four or five" years old,{{sfn|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=5}} and grew up listening to [[heavy metal music|hard rock]] bands such as [[AC/DC]] and [[Led Zeppelin]]. When Deal was 11, she learned [[Roger Miller]]'s "[[King of the Road (song)|King of the Road]]" on the acoustic guitar. Attending [[Wayne High School (Ohio)|Wayne High School]] in suburban [[Huber Heights, Ohio|Huber Heights]], she was a cheerleader and often got into conflicts with authority.{{sfn|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=5}} "We were popular girls," according to Kelley. "We got good grades and played sports." Still, growing up in Dayton was "like living in Russia," according to Kim.<ref name="LesInrocks">{{cite web |last=Beauvallet |first=JD |title=The Amps – L'état de garce |url=http://www.lesinrocks.com/1995/11/22/musique/the-amps-letat-de-garce-11236639/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409184747/http://www.lesinrocks.com/1995/11/22/musique/the-amps-letat-de-garce-11236639/ |archive-date=April 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |work=Les Inrockuptibles |language=fr |date=November 22, 1995 |access-date=July 6, 2016 |quote=Kelley had a girlfriend in California who sent us tapes of James Blood Ulmer, Undertones, Costello, Sex Pistols, Siouxsie... In Dayton, it was like living in Russia, these cassettes were our most treasured possession, the only link with civilization.}}</ref> A friend of Kelley's living in California sent the Deals cassettes of artists such as [[James Blood Ulmer]], [[the Undertones]], [[Elvis Costello]], [[Sex Pistols]] and [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]. "These tapes were our most treasured possession, the only link with civilization," Kim later recalled.<ref name="LesInrocks" />

As a teenager, she formed a [[folk rock]] band with her sister. She then became a prolific songwriter, as she found it easier to write songs than cover them. Deal later commented on her songwriting output: "I got like a hundred songs when I was like 16, 17 ... The music is pretty good, but the lyrics are just like, OH MY GOD{{sic}}. We were just trying to figure out how blue rhymes with you. When I was writing them, they didn't have anything to do with who I was."{{sfn|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=6}} The Deals bought microphones, an eight-track tape recorder, a mixer, speakers, and amps for a bedroom studio. According to Kelley, the two "had the whole thing set up by the time we were 17." They later bought a drum machine "so it would feel like we were more in a band."{{sfn|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=8}}

Deal attended seven different colleges following high school, including [[Ohio State University]]<!-- Wikipedians do not use "The" as part of Ohio State's name; it is considered a marketing gimmick and routinely deleted -->, but did not graduate from any of them. She eventually earned an [[associate degree]] in medical technology from [[Kettering College]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-863-kim-deal |title=Episode 863 – Kim Deal |website=WTF with Marc Maron Podcast |date=November 13, 2017 |access-date=October 19, 2019}}</ref> and took several jobs in [[cellular biology]], including working in a hospital laboratory and a [[biochemistry|biochemical]] lab.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://osumarion.osu.edu/academics/majors.html |title=Academic Majors and Programs |website=The Ohio State University at Marion |access-date=March 21, 2017}}</ref>

== Musical career ==
=== 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>

=== The Breeders ===
[[File:Kim Deal Smoke.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Kim Deal smoking in a dark venue|Deal performing with the Breeders, c. 2002]]
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During a 1988 post-''Surfer Rosa'' tour of Europe with [[Throwing Muses]] as part of the Pixies, Deal began to write new material. As neither band had plans for the short term, Deal discussed possible side projects with Throwing Muses guitarist [[Tanya Donelly]]. After rejecting the idea of creating a dance album together, the pair decided to form a new band.{{sfn|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=105}} Deal named the band [[the Breeders]], after the folk band she formed with Kelley as a teenager, and they recruited [[Carrie Bradley]], violinist and vocalist in [[Ed's Redeeming Qualities]], to record a short demo tape.{{sfn|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=106}}

The Breeders' demo was sent to 4AD head [[Ivo Watts-Russell]], who immediately signed them to the label. The Breeders allowed Deal to become more active in songwriting, and their debut album, ''[[Pod (The Breeders album)|Pod]]'' (1990), written primarily by Deal, was recorded in [[Edinburgh]] by [[Steve Albini]]. ''Pod'' was praised by contemporaries; [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] frontman [[Kurt Cobain]] later named the album one of his favorites and remarked, "I wish Kim was allowed to write more songs for the Pixies."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Kurt Cobain of Nirvana Talks About the Records That Changed His Life |magazine=Melody Maker |date=August 29, 1992 |url=https://kurtcobain.com/interview-with-kurt-melody-maker/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250428014759/https://kurtcobain.com/interview-with-kurt-melody-maker/ |archive-date=April 28, 2025 |url-status=live |access-date=April 27, 2025}}</ref>

=== ''Bossanova'' and ''Trompe le Monde'' ===
Deal returned to the U.S. after finishing recording ''Pod'' in Edinburgh, but was then fired from the Pixies. Regardless, she flew out to Los Angeles, where the other members of the band had moved, to meet them, and was accepted back into the band to record ''[[Bossanova (Pixies album)|Bossanova]]'' (1990).<ref name="Kim Deal bio on BreedersDigest" />

The band's final studio album was ''[[Trompe le Monde]]'' (1991). The recording sessions were fractious, and the whole band was hardly ever together during the process.{{sfn|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=149}}

Deal rarely sang on the band's songs during this time; one of the few tracks she sang on was a cover of [[Neil Young]]'s "[[I've Been Waiting for You (Neil Young song)|I've Been Waiting for You]]" ({{audio-nohelp|IveBeenWaiting.ogg|sample}}). Deal did sing on ''Trompe le Monde'', on songs such as "[[Alec Eiffel]]", but did not write any material for the album.{{sfn|Frank|Ganz|2005|p=152}}

=== ''Last Splash'' ===
A year after the Pixies' breakup, Kelley Deal joined the Breeders on lead guitar, replacing Donelly, and the band released ''[[Last Splash]]'' to critical acclaim and considerable commercial success. The record went platinum within a year of its release.

At the height of the Breeders' popularity in the early to mid-1990s, the band scored a number of hit music videos featured heavily on [[MTV]], including "[[Cannonball (The Breeders song)|Cannonball]]", "Safari", "Divine Hammer", and "Saints." The band also released the [[gramophone record|vinyl]]-only "Head to Toe" 10-inch EP during the summer of 1994, when they appeared on the main stage of [[Lollapalooza]]. Although the band went into stasis in 1994 when Kelley Deal entered [[Drug rehabilitation|rehab]] for a [[heroin addiction]], they never officially split up, and in 2002 released ''[[Title TK]]''.{{efn|TK is a copyediting mark meaning "to come" and is often used when editing drafts to indicate missing information.}}

=== 1995–2004: The Amps and other projects ===
[[File:Kim Deal playing guitar with The Amps.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Kim Deal playing electric guitar onstage in 1995|Deal in concert with the Amps in 1995]]
Deal formed [[the Amps]] in 1995 under the sobriquet "Tammy Ampersand". Their lone album, ''[[Pacer (album)|Pacer]]'' (1995), was generally well-received but sold poorly.

She also produced music for other groups, most notably fellow Dayton band [[Guided by Voices]] (one of the songs on ''Pacer'', "I Am Decided", was co-written by the band's lead singer, [[Robert Pollard]]).

Deal has contributed her voice to numerous projects, including [[This Mortal Coil]]'s 1991 version of [[Chris Bell (American musician)|Chris Bell]]'s "[[You and Your Sister]]" (a duet with [[Tanya Donnelly]]); the 1995 [[Sonic Youth]] single "[[Little Trouble Girl]]"; and [[the For Carnation]]'s "Tales (Live from the Crypt)" in 2000.

=== Pixies reunion and beyond ===
[[File:KimDeal~ATP.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Kim Deal playing guitar and singing on stage at All Tomorrow's Parties festival, 2009|Deal performing in 2009]]

In 2004, Deal returned to the newly reunited Pixies, releasing the single "[[Bam Thwok]]" and touring North America. One notable performance included a live taping for the [[public television]] program ''[[Austin City Limits]]'' in October 2004. The Pixies also played the [[Coachella Festival]] in 2004 and headlined [[Lollapalooza]] in 2005 at Chicago's [[Grant Park (Chicago)|Grant Park]]. The Pixies also toured the UK to critical acclaim, including a headline appearance at the [[Reading and Leeds Festivals]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://celebrityaccess.com/caarchive/pixies-foo-fighters-and-iron-maiden-to-headline-readingleeds-festival/ |title=Pixies, Foo Fighters and Iron Maiden to Headline Reading/Leeds Festival |website=CelebrityAccess |date=February 3, 2005 |access-date=October 7, 2021}}</ref>

In 2003, Deal moved back to Dayton to care for her mother, who had been diagnosed with [[Alzheimer's disease]]. In early April 2008, the Breeders released their fourth full-length studio album, ''[[Mountain Battles]]'', followed by the EP ''[[Fate to Fatal (EP)|Fate to Fatal]]'' a year later. On June 14, 2013, it was announced that Deal had left the Pixies.<ref name="facebook">{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/pixiesofficial/posts/10151715659192442 |title=We are sad to say that... |date=June 14, 2013 |website=Facebook |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/22939707441/10151715659192442 |archive-date=February 26, 2022}}</ref> She has since posted new solo music on her website. {{As of|2023}}, she has no contact with her former Pixies bandmates, according to Joey Santiago.<ref name="amgint">{{cite web |last=Prato |first=Greg |url=https://www.allmusic.com/blog/post/the-pixies-joey-santiago-talks-tour-recording-with-steve-albini |title=Pixies' Joey Santiago Talks Tour, Recording With Steve Albini, Alt-Rock's Early '90s Explosion |date=February 6, 2023 |website=AllMusic |access-date=February 9, 2023}}</ref>

=== Solo releases, ''LSXX'', and ''All Nerve'' ===
In December 2012, Deal played a solo set at the [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] "Nightmare Before Christmas" festival in the UK, debuting several new songs. At the same time, she released her first solo single, "Walking with a Killer", and continued to issue further solo releases throughout 2013 and 2014.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pedder |first=Alan |url=http://wearsthetrousers.com/2012/11/kim-deal-solo-interview-2012-part-1/ |title=Kim Deal interview • Part I: "You would freak the fuck out if you were me!" |website=Wears the Trousers |date=November 27, 2012 |access-date=August 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201110009/http://wearsthetrousers.com/2012/11/kim-deal-solo-interview-2012-part-1 |archive-date=December 1, 2012}}</ref>

In April 2013, 4AD released ''LSXX'', a 20th anniversary edition of the Breeders album ''Last Splash''. Deal reunited with Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs, and Jim Macpherson for a ''Last Splash'' anniversary tour of North America, Europe, and Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://4ad.com/news/7/12/2012/lastsplashturns20thebreedersreuniteforshowsintheusandeurope |title=Last Splash Turns 20. The Breeders Reunite for Shows in the US and Europe |website=4AD |access-date=August 1, 2013}}</ref> In August 2014, it was reported that the same lineup was working on new material.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/kim-and-kelley-deal-talk-new-breeders-songs-20140828 |title=Kim and Kelley Deal Talk New Breeders Songs: There Are 'Five That We Can Play' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 28, 2014 |access-date=September 14, 2014}}</ref>

A new single, "[[Wait in the Car]]", was released on October 3, 2017. On March 2, 2018, the reunited lineup released ''[[All Nerve]]'', their first studio album in ten years, to widespread critical acclaim.<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web |title=All Nerve by The Breeders |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/all-nerve/the-breeders |website=Metacritic |access-date=March 5, 2018}}</ref> In the following months, the Breeders also collaborated on multiple tracks of [[Courtney Barnett]]'s May 2018 album ''[[Tell Me How You Really Feel]]'', with Kim and Kelley singing backing vocals on the singles "Nameless, Faceless" and "Crippling Self-Doubt and a General Lack of Confidence".

In August 2024, Deal announced the pending November 22 release of her debut solo album, ''Nobody Loves You More'', noting it contains several collaborations.<ref>{{cite web |last=Taylor |first=Sam |date=August 28, 2024 |title=Kim Deal has announced her debut solo album, 'Nobody Loves You More' |url=https://readdork.com/news/kim-deal-debut-solo-album/?feed_id=7955 |website=Dork |access-date=August 28, 2024}}</ref> ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' and ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' listed the album in their year-end rankings of the best albums of 2024, respectively placing it at number six and number forty-two.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 11, 2024 |title=MOJO's 75 Best Albums of 2024 |url=https://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/2292-mojos-75-best-albums-of-2024/2 |website=Album of the Year |access-date=November 13, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Pearis |first=Bill |date=November 8, 2024 |title=List Season comes early with Uncut's Top 80 Albums of 2024 |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/list-season-comes-early-with-uncuts-to-80-albums-of-2024/ |website=BrooklynVegan |access-date=November 12, 2024}}</ref>

== Discography ==

=== Pixies ===
* ''[[Come on Pilgrim]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Surfer Rosa]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Doolittle (album)|Doolittle]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Bossanova (Pixies album)|Bossanova]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Trompe le Monde]]'' (1991)

=== The Breeders ===
* ''[[Pod (The Breeders album)|Pod]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Safari (EP)|Safari]]'' (EP, 1992)
* ''[[Last Splash]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Live in Stockholm 1994]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Head to Toe (EP)|Head to Toe]]'' (EP, 1994)
* ''[[Title TK]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Mountain Battles]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Fate to Fatal]]'' (EP, 2009)
* ''[[All Nerve]]'' (2018)

=== The Amps ===
* ''[[Pacer (album)|Pacer]]'' (1995)

=== Solo ===
* ''[[Nobody Loves You More]]'' (2024)

=== Solo singles ===
* "Walking with a Killer" b/w "Dirty Hessians" (2012)
* "Hot Shot" b/w "Likkle More" (2013)
* "Are You Mine?" b/w "Wish I Was" (2013)
* "The Root" b/w "Range On Castle" (2014)
* "Biker Gone" b/w "Beautiful Moon Clear" (2014)
* "Coast" (2024)
* "Crystal Breath" (2024)

== Equipment ==

=== Bass guitars ===
Kim Deal generally plays four-string solid-body bass guitars and always uses a [[plectrum|pick]],<ref name="gp1991-04">{{cite magazine |title=Interview with Kim Deal |magazine=Guitar Player |date=April 1991}}</ref> particularly the "[[Dunlop Manufacturing#Tortex|green Dunlops with the little turtle on them]]",<ref name="bp2004-11">{{cite magazine |last=Leigh |first=Bill |title=The Pixies' Kim Deal Turns a Modest Approach into a Big, Big Sound |magazine=Bass Player |date=November 2004}}</ref> although since the Pixies' reunion she has also been using custom green Dunlops with "KIM" written on them. She prefers having old strings on a bass.<ref name="bp2004-11" />

* [[Aria (guitar company)|Aria]] Pro II Cardinal Series – the Pixies' first bass belonged to Kelley and was loaned to Kim upon her joining the band.<ref name="bp2004-11" /> It was used on ''Come on Pilgrim'' and ''Surfer Rosa'' and seen in the "Town & Country" live video.
* 1962 [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]] [[Fender Precision Bass|Precision]] Reissue<ref name="gp1991-04" /> – Acquired for use on ''Doolittle'' on producer Gil Norton's insistence.<ref name="bp2004-11" /> It appears in the video for "[[Here Comes Your Man]]". On ''Bossanova'', the Precision was used on "Dig for Fire" for its "lazier, growlier sound" that was "not as boingy-boingy-sproingy."<ref name="gp1991-04" />
* [[Music Man StingRay]] – Acquired during the ''Bossanova'' sessions "because it was active and had a different sound," and became her main live bass "because it was a little less [[country music|country]]-sounding than the Fender."<ref name="bp2004-11" /> The instrument was afterwards played by [[Josephine Wiggs]] in the Breeders, and by Luis Lerma in the Amps.
* [[Steinberger]] headless bass – Bought during the recording of ''Trompe le Monde'' due to intonation issues on her other instruments. Deal described it as having a "weird, organ-y sound."<ref name="bp2004-11" />
* [[Gibson Thunderbird]] – More recently her favorite bass, although she did not use it during the Pixies' reunion, feeling she had to "sound like the records."<ref name="bp2004-11" /> It is seen played upside-down (left-handed) by Mando Lopez in the Breeders, and by Kim Deal herself in the video for "Biker Gone" (2014).

=== Guitars ===
Deal has noted that she prefers to amplify acoustic guitars through [[Marshall Amplification|Marshall]] electric guitar amplifiers.<ref name="gp1993-11">{{cite magazine |title=Interview with Kim Deal |magazine=Guitar Player |date=November 1993}}</ref>

* [[Seagull (company)|Seagull]] acoustic<ref name="musician1993-09">{{cite magazine |title=Seagull |magazine=[[Musician (magazine)|Musician]] |date=September 1993}}</ref>
* 1958 [[Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson]] [[Gibson Goldtop|Les Paul Goldtop]] Reissue – Also played by [[Joey Santiago]] up through ''Surfer Rosa'' (before he acquired his own) and then by Kelley Deal in the Breeders.<ref name="gw1994-01">{{cite magazine |title=Gear Notes |magazine=Guitar World |date=January 1994}}</ref>
* 1991 [[Fender Stratocaster]] Ultra<ref name="musician1993-09" /> – Kelley Deal also has the same model, which she received as a Christmas present from Kim in 1991.<ref name="gp1993-11" />
* [[Fender Telecaster]] – Occasionally played in the Breeders' live performances since at least the ''Last Splash'' era. She was also shown using the guitar on the tour bus in the Pixies documentary film ''loudQUIETloud'' (2006).
* Gibson hollowbody – Borrowed for use on ''Last Splash''.<ref name="gw1994-01" />

=== Amplification ===
* Peavey 300 Combo, 1×15" speaker<ref name="guitargeek-pixies">{{cite web |url=http://guitargeek.com/rigview/342/ |title=Kim Deal of the Pixies |website=Guitar Geek |access-date=December 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021109170218/http://www.guitargeek.com/rigview/342/ |archive-date=November 9, 2002}}</ref>
* [[Trace Elliot]] bass head<ref name="guitargeek-pixies" /> – "It's the new series and I don't know what the number is or if there even is a number on there."<ref name="musician1990-12">{{cite magazine |title=Trace Elliot |magazine=Musician |date=December 1990}}</ref>
* Trace Elliot 1048H bass cabinet, 4×10" speakers<ref name="guitargeek-pixies" />
* [[SWR Sound Corporation|SWR]] heads<ref name="gp1991-04" />
* Marshall JCM 900 head<ref name="gw1994-01" /><ref name="musician1993-09" />
* Marshall cabinets
* [[Gallien-Krueger]] cabinet, 4×10" speakers<ref name="gp1991-04" />
* "Joe's Light" cabinet, 1×18" speaker – Of this and the Gallien-Krueger she commented: "I hate my cabinets."<ref name="gp1991-04" />
* Sears Tremolo amp with the word "Marshall" pasted on it.<ref name="musician1993-09" />

=== Effects ===
* [[dbx, Inc.|dbx]] 160X Compressor – "I use a compressor live, but only because sound guys seem to like it when I have one onstage, even if it's on bypass."<ref name="gp1991-04" />
* [[Boss DS-1]] Distortion pedals – Used by both Kim and Kelley.<ref name="gp1993-11" />

== Recording ==
Kim Deal eschews digital equipment entirely for recording and mixing. Deal commissioned the "All Wave" logo in an effort to identify recordings that follow this method of recording, and possibly start a movement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://breedersdigest.net/2008/ |title=The Breeders |publisher=Breedersdigest.net |access-date=May 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100320013737/http://breedersdigest.net/2008/ |archive-date=March 20, 2010 }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Deal married John Murphy on [[Memorial Day]] in 1985. In January 1986, they moved to Boston, Murphy's hometown. Murphy co-wrote the Breeders song "Hoverin'" with Deal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/1907261/The+Breeders/Hoverin%27 |title=The Breeders – Hoverin' Lyrics |website=Lyrics.com |access-date=April 27, 2025}}</ref> The couple divorced in 1988.

When asked if she had a "gay bone" in her body, Deal responded, "You know what? I'm just so...[[asexuality|asexual]], I wish I had a gay bone."<ref>{{cite web |last=Stewart |first=Jenny | url=http://daily.gay.com/entertainment/2009/05/kim-deal-breeders-interview-pixies.html |date=May 2009 |archive-url=https://jennystewartsf.typepad.com/jenny-stewart/2009/11/catching-up-with-kim-deal.html |title=Catching Up with Kim Deal |archive-date=November 1, 2009 |website=Jenny Stewart SF |access-date=April 27, 2025}}</ref>

== References ==
=== Notes ===
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===Citations===
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
* {{cite book|last1=Frank|first1=Josh|last2=Ganz|first2=Caryn|date=2005|title=Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies|publisher=Virgin Books|isbn=0-312-34007-9|title-link=Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies}}
* {{cite book|last=Sisario|first=Ben|date=2006|title=Doolittle|publisher=Continuum|series=33⅓|isbn=0-8264-1774-4}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Kim Deal}}
{{Wikiquote}}
* {{Official website|http://www.kimdealmusic.com/}}
* [http://www.breedersdigest.net/ The Breeders]
* [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p69845|pure_url=yes}} Kim Deal] at [[AllMusic]]
* {{IMDb name|id=1645859}}

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