CAST OF CHARACTERS

STEVE ALBINI: recording engineer; former singer/guitarist for Big Black, Rapeman, and Shellac

JOHNNY ANGEL: born Johnny Carmen; Boston musician, journalist

JUDD APATOW: executive producer of the television series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared; director of The 40 Year-Old Virgin

STEVEN APPLEBY: cartoonist, contributed illustrations to Trompe Le Monde

CHAS BANKS: former Pixies European tour manager

ANDY BARDING: former co-editor of the English Pixies fanzine Rock A My Soul

BECK: musician

MITCH BENOFF: cofounder, Downtown Recorders

NORMAN BLAKE: Teenage Fanclub guitarist

BONO: U2 singer

CARRIE BROWNSTEIN: Sleater-Kinney guitarist/singer

STEVEN CANTOR: cofounder, Stick Figure Productions

BILLY CORGAN: former Smashing Pumpkins singer/guitarist; former Zwan singer/guitarist; musician

JEFF CRAFT: Pixies international booking agent

KELLEY DEAL: Kim Deal’s twin sister; member of the Breeders, the Kelley Deal 6000

KIM DEAL: a.k.a. Mrs. John Murphy; Pixies bassist; the Breeders singer/guitarist; the Amps singer/guitarist

LILLI DENNISON: former employee at the Rat; former manager of the Del Fuegos; former owner of Boston club Lilli’s

JON DOLAN: senior associate editor, Spin magazine

TANYA DONELLY: former Throwing Muses guitarist/singer; former the Breeders guitarist/singer; Belly founder/former singer/guitarist; musician

PERRY FARRELL: Jane’s Addiction singer

ERIC DREW FELDMAN: former Pere Ubu keyboardist; former Captain Beefheart keyboardist/bassist; played keyboards and synths on Trompe Le Monde

JOHN FLANSBURGH: They Might Be Giants cofounder/singer/guitarist

MATTHEW GALKIN: producer, Stick Figure Productions

MARC GEIGER: Pixies agent; cofounder, Lollapalooza

RICH GILBERT: Frank Black and the Catholics guitarist; alumnus of several Boston bands, including the Zulus and Human Sexual Response

CLAUDIA GONSON: Magnetic Fields drummer/keyboardist; Future Bible Heroes singer

STEVE HAIGLER: mixing engineer, Doolittle, Bossanova, Trompe Le Monde

JOE HARVARD: born Joe Incagnoli; cofounder, Fort Apache studios

PJ HARVEY: musician

KRISTIN HERSH: Throwing Muses singer/guitarist; 50 Foot Wave singer/guitarist; musician

ROBIN HURLEY: former CEO, 4AD records

JAMES IHA: former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist; A Perfect Circle guitarist; musician

PAUL KOLDERIE: cofounder, Fort Apache studios; producer of albums by Pixies, Hole, Radiohead

SIMON LARBALESTIER: photographer, contributed pictures to all Pixies albums

COURTNEY LOVE: former Hole singer/guitarist; musician

DAVID LOVERING: Pixies drummer; scientific phenomenalist

PETER LUBIN: former A&R representative, Elektra records

JOHN LUPNER: studio assistant, Surfer Rosa; cofounder, Q Division

IAN MacKAYE: former Minor Threat singer; Fugazi singer/guitarist; the Evens singer/guitarist; co-owner, Dischord Records; musician

SHIRLEY MANSON: Garbage singer

BEN MARTS: former Pixies American tour manager

J MASCIS: Dinosaur Jr. singer/guitarist

MARC MAZZARELLI: a.k.a. Mazz; Mente bassist

TED MICO: former editor, Melody Maker

JOHN MURPHY: Kim Deal’s ex-husband; Mente leader; life-long Bostonian

GIL NORTON: producer, Doolittle, Bossanova, and Trompe Le Monde

STEPHEN PERKINS: Jane’s Addiction drummer

LIZ PHAIR: musician

BURT PRICE: former studio assistant, Downtown Recorders

JOEY SANTIAGO: Pixies guitarist; Martinis guitarist

SEAN SLADE: cofounder, Fort Apache studios; producer of albums by Pixies, Hole, Radiohead

GARY SMITH: current owner/manager, Fort Apache studios; first person to record Pixies

KURT ST. THOMAS: former program director, WFNX, Boston; coauthor of Nirvana: The Chosen Rejects

JIM SUPTIC: The Get Up Kids guitarist

COURTNEY TAYLOR: The Dandy Warhols singer/guitarist

DAVE THOMAS: Pere Ubu singer

CHARLES THOMPSON: a.k.a. Black Francis and Frank Black; Pixies singer/guitarist/primary songwriter

PAUL TOLLETT: president, Goldenvoice concert promotions, which presents the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

JEAN WALSH: Charles Thompson’s ex-wife; childhood friend of John Murphy

IVO WATTS-RUSSELL: cofounder, 4AD records

TED WIDMER: Mente guitarist; former member of the Upper Crust