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Kim Deal
Bassist with Pixies from 1986 to 1993 and again from 2004 to 2013, Kim Deal
formed The Breeders with her sister Kelley Deal in 1989 and The Amps in 1995.
Born Kimberley Ann Deal in Dayton, Ohio, on June 10, 1961, she taught herself
guitar and began composing and singing with her sister. It was through an
advertisement that she became bassist for Pixies, led by Frank Black, who went
on to establish themselves as one of the major bands on the American alternative
scene, with the albums Come On Pilgrim (1986), Surfer Rosa (1987) and Doolittle
(1989). During a hiatus in 1988, she for...
