Pixies frontman Frank Black has declared that he has given up attempting to write new songs for the band.
Black told Uncut magazine that The Pixies will now only ever be a live band, with he and Kim Deal coming to the realisation that the new tunes failed to capture the spirit of their original late-'80s tunes. He said, “I wish it could go a bit further again and we could make a record. Not all of the band-members are willing to do that. Rather than make a big deal out of it, we've agreed to just continue to play live.”Much of the pressure to abandon the songwriting efforts came from Black's bandmates, who were concerned that the release of any sub-par nouveau Pixies tunes would forever tarnish the legacy of the band.
