33 1/3 CLASSIC ALBUM LISTENING SESSION
SURFER ROSA - THE PIXIES
4AD, 32min5sec, released: 21 March 1988
Please note that this is not a concert but a Listening Session!
These days, it's difficult to still imagine how revolutionary, freaky and futuristic Surfer Rosa sounded at its release in 1988 and what an influence the album had upon the (guitar) bands that surfaced at the end of the ’80's, early ’90's.
May we summarise very simply?
No Nirvana without Surfer Rosa.
(So no Foo Fighters without Surfer Rosa either.)
No PJ Harvey without Surfer Rosa.
No dEUS without Surfer Rosa.
No Radiohead without Surfer Rosa.
No Smashing Pumpkins without Surfer Rosa (but would we mind?).
This list could easily be extended by at least ten bands that would not have existed if they hadn't bought the Pixies' debut album in 1988.
Surfer Rosa may certainly be seen as a milestone in rock history and meant the breakthrough for the Pixies, who later reached an even broader audience with a more pop sound (Doolittle, Bossanova).
So it's high time to dedicate a Classic Album Listening Session in the cosy Huis 23 to it and listen together, at our leisure, to a vinyl copy of this impressive album. The session will be introduced (in Dutch) by Marnix Peeters, author, ex-music journalist for the likes of RifRaf, Oor, Deng and Humo, and right-from-the-start Pixies fan.
You can attend this listening session free-of-charge by registering via reservationshuis23@abconcerts.be (making mention of ‘Surfer’ in the subject title)