Kim Deal

Kim Deal is one of those musicians who makes everything she touches feel effortlessly cool, and I mean that in the best possible way. She answered a newspaper ad in 1986 — basically a cattle call — and ended up becoming the secret weapon of the Pixies, holding down bass lines and harmonies that gave songs like Gigantic and Where Is My Mind their emotional anchor. Then she went ahead and co-founded the Breeders on the side, because apparently one landmark band wasn't enough. Cannonball alone would cement her legacy. What I love about Deal is that she never chased mainstream validation — she's a Dayton, Ohio kid who stayed weird and warm and utterly herself across four decades, and the indie rock world is genuinely better for it.

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Name (English)

Kim Deal

Name (Japanese)

キム・ディール

Reading

きむ・でぃーる

Born

June 10, 1961 (age 65)

Origin

Dayton, Ohio, United States

Occupation

singer / vocalist / singer-songwriter / guitarist / bass guitarist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Ox

High school

Wayne High School

University

Ohio State University

• Official sitehttps://kimdealmusic.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Deal
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240509

Tags

• Ohio
• singer
• vocalist
• singer-songwriter

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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