Kim Deal
Kimberley Ann Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American musician. She was the original bassist and co-vocalist in the alternative rock band the 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 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, her twin sister Kelley Deal replaced Donelly and Jim Macpherson replaced Walford.
The Pixies broke up in early 1993, and Deal returned her focus to the Breeders, who released the platinum-selling album Last Splash in 1993, featuring the popular single "Cannonball". In 1994, the Breeders went on hiatus after Kelley entered drug rehabilitation. During the hiatus, Deal adopted the stage name Tammy Ampersand and formed the short-lived band the Amps, recording a single album, Pacer, in 1995. After her own stint in drug rehabilitation, Deal reformed the Breeders with a new lineup for Title TK in 2002 and Mountain Battles in 2008. The Pixies reunited in 2004.
In 2013, Deal left the Pixies to concentrate on the Breeders, who toured for the 20th anniversary of Last Splash. In 2018, the Breeders released their fifth album, All Nerve, their first to reunite the Deals, Wiggs, and Macpherson since Last Splash. In 2024, Deal released her debut solo album, Nobody Loves You More.
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