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What came next (alt-rock, grunge) is a bit easier to define—but what were the Pixies? That loud-quiet-loud approach and oddball mixture of thrash, surf, flamenco, Biblical imagery…the Pixies sounded like no one else, yet wielded vast influence on the Cobains and other future rockers and punkers of the world. This triple-disc set (3 CDs or triple bronze vinyl with download) pairs the Pixies’ revered 1988 debut album "Surfer Rosa" with their 1987 mini-LP "Come On Pilgrim" and "Live from the Fallout Shelter" performance that first aired on WJUL in Lowell, Massachusetts in late ’86. The early cuts "Caribou," "Ed Is Dead," "Levitate Me" and "Vamos (Pilgrim)" join "Where Is My Mind?," "Bone Machine," "Tony’s Theme," "Gigantic" and the rest of "Surfer Rosa" plus the live tracks "I’m Amazed," "Rock A My Soul," "Build High," "Broken Face," "In Heaven" and the rest of this deluxe celebration of 30 years of "Surfer Rosa"! 4AD.