In an interview with Rolling Stone, Kirt Cobain once said: "I was trying to write the ultimate pop song. I was basically trying to rip off the Pixies. I have to admit it [smiles]. When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily I should have been in that band — or at least in a Pixies cover band. We used their sense of dynamics, being soft and quiet and then loud and hard."

The Pixies had a huge influence on the sound of rock music in the 90s.