Pixies

Scenes from Un Chien Andalou, the 1929 surrealist film by director Luis Buñuel and artist Salvador Dali were shown on a screen above the stage just prior to the Pixies coming on stage. (The film is referenced in the Pixies’ song “Debaser.”) As the scenes went on, the cheering inside the Hammerstein Ballroom grew louder and louder until the Pixies took the stage. When the band hit the stage, they were greeted by a deafening roar from the New York City crowd.