Name	Kim Deal (Kimberly Ann Deal)
Other Name(s)	Tammy Ampersand Mrs. John Murphey
Age	48
Height	5' 5"  (165 cm)
Build	Average
Eye Color	Brown - Light
Hair Color	Brown - Light
Date of Birth	June 10, 1961
Birthplace	Dayton, Ohio
Star Sign	Gemini
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	White
Occupation	Musician
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Claim to Fame	bass guitar, secondary vocals for The Pixies, frontwoman for the Breeders
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I wanted to be a cellular biologist. I liked cells. I went to college for a couple of years. I graduated with an associate`s degree and was asked to work in a laboratory at a hospital. Then I worked at a biochemical lab doing tests on urine, even sperm counts; sperm was the worst. I mainly worked with blood, though. Then I started getting away from that. I`m hepatitis-positive just because of working with blood. I`d open a vial and get sprayed right across the face and then I`d just wipe it off. I wasn`t as careful as I should have been.

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I remember one of the guys` mothers coming to see us, and it was just when Madonna was breaking. She was telling me, `Well, all you need to do is get yourself a nice bustier, a lot of bracelets and some big earrings, and you`ll look real alternative rock`.

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Bass still doesn`t feel like my instrument. But I think I`m good at it.

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Trivia

Twin sister of Kelley Deal.

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She was credited as "Mrs. John Murphy" on the first two Pixies records. When she divorced her husband in 1988 she went back to her real name. Another stage name she used was "Tammy Ampersand" when she was in the Amps.

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She was the only one to answer the band ad in the Boston Phoenix wanting a "female bassist/vocalist for high harmonies, no chops". When she joined The Pixies, she played her sister Kelley Deal's Aria Pro bass. She used the Aria to record Come On Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa. Before recording Doolittle, producer Gil Norton told her she had to buy a better sounding bass. It was then she bought her 1962 Fender Precision Bass reissue. That is her main bass today.

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Ranked #98 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll.

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Guitars she uses include: Fender Stratocaster, two Seagull acoustic guitars, 1962 Fender Precision bass reissue, Musicman Stingray, and sister Kelley's Aria Pro bass. She has recently bought a Gibson Thunderbird bass.

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A fan of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997), she and her band, The Breeders, appeared live on the show.

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See also Trivia Index (K) :: Quotes Index (K) :: Connections Index (K)

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