Kim Shattuck explains Pixies departure


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Soon to be a collector's item - Kim Shattuck onstage with the Pixies in London, November 2013 (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever Media)




Recently departed Pixies bass player Kim Shattuck has told NME she believes she may have been asked to leave the band due to her tendency to get overexcited during gigs.

“I was surprised,” she said of her abrupt departure. “Everything had gone well, the reviews were all good and the fans were super-nice about everything. They were like, ‘We love you, New Kim!’. We said goodbye at the airport and the following morning the manager called me and said: ‘The band has made the decision to go with another bass player.’ I was shocked.”

Shattuck has since been replaced by Paz Lenchatin after she in turn joined up following Kim Deal‘s decision to leave the band earlier this year.

“I get the feeling they’re more introverted people than I am,” Shattuck continued. “Nobody really talked about deep issues, at least out loud. There was a show at the Mayan in Los Angeles where I got overly enthusiastic and jumped into the crowd, and I know they weren’t thrilled about that. When I got offstage the manager told me not to do that again. I said, ‘Really, for my own safety?’ And he said, ‘No, because the Pixies don’t do that’.”

With Paz Lenchatin on board the Pixies have a busy year of live duties ahead of them, including a headline appearance at Field Day and a spot supporting Arcade Fire in Dublin.


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