Kelley Deal and her twin sister, Kim Deal, grew up in Dayton, Ohio. When they were teenagers, they formed their own folk-rock duo, The Breeders, playing at local truck stops. When Kim moved to Boston in 1986 and joined a new band, The Pixies, Kelley moved to Los Angeles, where she was a computer programmer, and rumored to also being a caterer. She...
Ed Deal, Ann Deal, Where Is My Mind?, Here Comes Your Man, Gigantic
Siblings
Kim Deal
Music Groups
The Breeders, The Amps, The Kelley Deal 6000, The Frogs, Cannonball, Divine Hammer, Off You
Star Sign
Gemini
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Quote
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I hate the misconception that I joined a band and became a heroin addict. I started shooting up when I was a teenager. I was a practicing alcoholic in my day job; I was working in a computer company, I had top-secret clearance for what I was doing, and I was turning up for work in the same clothes I had worn the day before, having stayed up all night on ecstasy.
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Fact
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With twin sister Kim Deal on the Pixies reunion tour. They are filming their tour. [2004]
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Before joining The Breeders, she could not play guitar.
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Played drums in high school. She was asked to be the drummer for the Pixies, along with Kim, but the position went to David Lovering instead.
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Guitars she uses include: two Les Pauls, one Fender Stratocaster, one Fender Mustang, and one Aria Pro bass.
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She originally wanted to call The Kelley Deal 6000 "Solid State" but another band already had rights to the name.
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Is eleven minutes older than her twin sister, Kim Deal.
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She and her identical twin sister, Kim Deal, performed in the alternative rock group, The Breeders, together.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lil Bub's Big Show
2013
TV Series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2002
TV Series
The Breeders
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies
2006
Documentary associate producer
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
May
2002
writer: "Do You Love Me Now?" 1992, "Where Did the Home Team Go" 1997, "When He Calls Me Kitten" 1997
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Girl in a Band
2015
TV Movie documentary
Herself
The Joy of the Guitar Riff
2014
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig
2006
Documentary
Herself
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
2003
Video documentary
Herself (segment "Cannonball") (uncredited)
Known for movies
May (2002) as Soundtrack
Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig (2006) as Herself
loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies (2006) as Producer
$14 Million
