1. Kimberley Ann Deal was born on June 10,1961 and is an American musician.
31 Facts About Kim Deal
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Kim Deal was the original bassist and co-vocalist in the alternative rock band the Pixies from 1986 to 1993 and 2004 to 2013.
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Kim Deal is the frontwoman of the Breeders, which she formed in 1989.
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The Pixies broke up in early 1993, and Kim Deal returned her focus to the Breeders, who released the platinum-selling album Last Splash in 1993, featuring the popular single "Cannonball".
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Kim Deal returned to the Pixies when the band reunited in 2004.
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In 2013, Kim 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.
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In 2024, Kim Deal released her debut solo album, Nobody Loves You More.
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When Kim Deal was 11, she learned Roger Miller's "King of the Road" on the acoustic guitar.
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Kim Deal then became a prolific songwriter, as she found it easier to write songs than cover them.
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Kim Deal attended seven different colleges following high school, including Ohio State University, but did not graduate from any of them.
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Kim Deal eventually earned an associate degree in medical technology from Kettering College and took several jobs in cellular biology, including working in a hospital laboratory and a biochemical lab.
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Kim Deal borrowed her sister Kelley's bass guitar to use in the band.
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For Surfer Rosa, Kim Deal sang lead vocals on the album's only single, "Gigantic", which she co-wrote with frontman Black Francis.
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Doolittle followed a year later, with Kim Deal contributing the song "Silver".
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Kim Deal commented that the sessions "went from just all fun to work".
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Kim 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.
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The Breeders allowed Kim Deal to become more active in songwriting, and their debut album, Pod, written primarily by Kim Deal, was recorded in Edinburgh by Steve Albini.
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Kim Deal returned to the US after finishing recording Pod in Edinburgh, but was then fired from the Pixies.
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Kim 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".
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Kim Deal formed the Amps in 1995 under the sobriquet "Tammy Ampersand".
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Kim Deal produced music for other groups, most notably fellow Dayton band Guided by Voices.
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In 2004, Kim Deal returned to the newly reunited Pixies, releasing the single "Bam Thwok" and touring North America.
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In 2003, Kim Deal moved back to Dayton to care for her mother, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
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On June 14,2013, it was announced that Kim Deal had left the Pixies.
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Kim Deal has since posted new solo music on her website.
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In December 2012, Kim Deal played a solo set at the All Tomorrow's Parties "Nightmare Before Christmas" festival in the UK, debuting several new songs.
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Kim Deal reunited with Kelley Kim Deal, Josephine Wiggs, and Jim Macpherson for a Last Splash anniversary tour of North America, Europe, and Australia.
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Kim Deal generally plays four-string solid-body bass guitars and always uses a pick, particularly the "green Dunlops with the little turtle on them", although since the Pixies' reunion she has been using custom green Dunlops with "KIM" written on them.
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Kim Deal has noted that she prefers to amplify acoustic guitars through Marshall electric guitar amplifiers.
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Kim Deal eschews digital equipment entirely for recording and mixing.
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Kim Deal commissioned the "All Wave" logo in an effort to identify recordings that follow this method of recording, and possibly start a movement.