BLACK: ‘PIXIES REUNION IS ABOUT MONEY’
The PIXIES frontman FRANK BLACK only reformed the band for the bumper pay= cheque - insisting the group’s music career is "not about art" any more.
The legendary group first split in 1993 and re-grouped in 2004 before p= arting ways once again in 2008.
Last year (09) the band returned to the music scene with an appearance = at the Isle of Wight festival in Britain in June (09), followed by a stri= ng of autumn (09) dates.
And Black admits their ongoing reunion was staged purely for financial = reasons.
He tells The Quietus, "We’re interested in anything that’s going to ear= n us a fair wage. It’s not to say it’s not about art, but we made that ar= t f**king twenty years ago. So forget the f**king goddamn art.
"This ain’t about the art anymore. I did the arty farty part. Now it’s = time to talk about the money."
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