Paz Lenchantin: Floating On Pixie Dust

Paz Lenchantin discusses her hefty writing role on Beneath the Eyrie, how she finally achieved her favorite bass tone of all time, and her real-life transformation into a pixie

Paz Lenchantin: Floating On Pixie Dust

Paz Lenchantin discusses her hefty writing role on Beneath the Eyrie, how she finally achieved her favorite bass tone of all time, and her real-life transformation into a pixie

“When I first joined The Pixies, I was about to turn the doorknob to enter my first rehearsal ever with the band, and I waited outside the door for probably about five minutes, maybe longer. I knew that right when I turned that knob, I was going to physically turn into a little fairy pixie and go into this totally new life and my whole world would change. I stared at that door and focused on the knob and when I finally turned it, that’s exactly what happened. I turned into a pixie. And now every time I leave to go home from a tour or a recording session, I stand outside of my door, turn the knob, walk into my house, and return to my normal form as Paz. That is my fairytale life now.” Paz Lenchantin lounges in her Los Angeles home ruminating about the past whirlwind six years of her life and how joining The Pixies ended her lifelong search for her perfect band. Her gratitude is evident and her happiness infectious, as she gushes about her role in the iconic lineup of a band tha
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Jon D'Auria   By: Jon D'Auria

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