AUDIO: The Pixies' Black Francis (1989)
Roy Trakin, Rock's Backpages Audio, 27 March 1989
Black Francis on the telephone, talking about The Pixies' major label debut, his influences ranging from his Pentecostal background to the movies of David Lynch, and his "Black Francis" persona
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