Kim Deal, the longtime bassist and singer for the Pixies, has left the band. The other three members â€" Black Francis, Joey Santiago and David Lovering â€" released a statement on Friday confirming her decision and wishing her well. “Despite her decision to move on, we will always consider her a member of the Pixies, and her place will always be here for her,†the statement posted on the band’s Facebook site said.
In recent years, Ms. Deal has been spending more time on the Breeders, a band she formed with her sister Kelley after the Pixies first split up in the early 1990s.
The Pixies have become a nostalgia act; they last toured in 2011 and have not released new songs since “Bam Thwok,†in 2004, a download only single
Formed in Boston in 1986, the Pixies released their first full-length album “Surfer Rosa†two years later, going on to do three more influential albums â€" “Doolittle,†“Bossanova†and “Trompe le Monde†â€" before breaking up in 1993. They reunited in 2004, and have toured several times since then.
