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