I am frankly happy that their style is not contrived, like many bands in existance today. For example, the Like may perhaps only have a hype because of the way they style themselvse. Its like, hey lets gather a group of fashionistas and give them some guitars and see where it takes them. the Pixies collected a gathering due to their unique sound, all i was pointing out is that they arent the first band i would become a groupie for haha
I love those bands that can pull a look together and create a sound and vision experience that you cannot forget. That, Pixies will not do for me...but they're still great, just not as great as those few who pull of both sound and vision.