They may have invented the loud-quiet-loud template that went on to define the early-'90s alt-rock explosion, but the Pixies were so much more than a formula. Over the course of four albums and a clutch of EPs and B-sides, Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago, and David Lovering created a spiky, quirky, post-post-punk world filled with surreal imagery and unexpectedly catchy tunes.