Kim Deal (born June 10, 1961 as Kimberly Ann Deal) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and bassist. Deal first joined the Pixies in January 1985 as the band's bassist, adopting the stage name Mrs. John Murphy (after the name of her husband at the time) for the band's releases "Come on Pilgrim" and "Surfer Rosa". After "Doolittle" and the Pixies' resulting hiatus, she formed The Breeders, …

Kelley Deal (born June 10, 1961, in Dayton, Ohio, United States) is the lead guitarist of The Breeders and the identical twin sister of musician Kim Deal.

Tanya Donelly (born July 14, 1966, in Newport, Rhode Island) is an American Grammy-nominated singer songwriter and guitarist based in New England who co-founded Throwing Muses with her stepsister Kristin Hersh. She then went on to work in The Breeders and Belly in the 1990s. In the late 1990s, she settled into a solo recording career, working largely with musicians connected to the Boston music scene.

Kim Althea Gordon (born April 28, 1953) is a musician, vocalist, and artist. She plays bass and guitar in the alternative rock band Sonic Youth. She also plays in the band Free Kitten with Julie Cafritz (of Pussy Galore), and she has collaborated with musicians such as Ikue Mori, DJ Olive, William Winant, Lydia Lunch, Alan Licht, and Chris Corsano.

Jim Macpherson (born June 23, 1966) is a United States percussionist who has played with well-known rock acts, including Guided by Voices, The Breeders,The Moping Swans, The Raging Mantras, Killjoys and The Amps. Jim also played in Kattie Dougherty's and bassist Sharon Gavlick's project band Real Lulu, among a collection of featured Dayton, OH drummers. At the end of Guided by Voices 2000 European tour, Jim left the band to spend more time with his family.

Josephine Wiggs is a lesbian indie/alternative rock musician, noted for parts in Perfect Disaster, The Breeders, and Dusty Trails. In 1988, Wiggs met Kim Deal when Perfect Disaster supported the Pixies in London. Deal, Tanya Donelly and Wiggs got together in December 1989 to form The Breeders, recording their first album, Pod, in 10 days with Steve Albini producing. Their next release was the Safari EP in 1992, followed by the platinum album Last Splash in 1993, …

Jose Medeles is an American drummer for The Breeders. He also briefly played drums in face to face in 1998 as a touring member.

Dave Lovering (born David Lovering, December 6 1961) is an American drummer for the influential alternative rock band Pixies. Following the band's breakup in 1993, Lovering pursued a career as a "The Scientific Phenomenalist", performing experiments on stage, and occasionally opening for Frank Black and Kim Deal's band The Breeders. When the Pixies reunited in 2004, Lovering returned as the band's drummer.

Jesse Peretz is an American bass player and film director. He played bass for The Lemonheads and started out as director by shooting videos for the songs "Mrs. Robinson", "Confetti" and "It's a shame about Ray". He went on to direct videos for bands like Foo Fighters, Jack Black and The Breeders. He's also directed several commercials including spots for Nike, Ikea and Sony PlayStation. In 1998 he directed a feature film called First Love, …

Jaime Legato is one of the more diverse musicians in popular music. He is perhaps best known as a founding member of Giant Jerk, one of the leaders of the American-based improvisational folk movement of the mid-1990s. Legato was born in Toledo, Ohio, on January 24th, 1971. He and his younger brother, Shirc (b.1972), were classically trained in piano and violin respectively. They formed many rock bands together in their early years, …

Reg Vermue, who records as Gentleman Reg, is a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter. His folk-pop style has been compared to Rufus Wainwright, Aimee Mann and The Smiths. Members of Royal City and The Constantines have regularly appeared as Vermue's supporting band on his solo recordings; Vermue has also performed with The Hidden Cameras and Broken Social Scene. He has released three CDs and appeared on the tribute CD for The Breeders, …

Aaron Blitzstein is an American television writer. He has written for shows including the Emmy nominated "The Late Show with David Letterman", "The Andy Milonakis Show", "Crank Yankers" and the FX series, "The Riches". He was also a contributing writer and Vice President of Creative at World Championship Wrestling. Prior to writing, he was part of the management team at Gold Mountain Entertainment that oversaw the careers of musical artists including Sonic Youth, …

Thaxter Elliott Douglas III (b. 31 October, 1957), better known as Thax Douglas, is an American poet based out of Chicago, Illinois. Due to his close relationship to the city's music scene, he is often referred to as a "rock poet." For many years, Douglas has been a fixture at Chicago-area shows, reading poems directly inspired by the music of bands as introductions for their performances. Many of these poems have been compiled in Douglas's books.

Jon Mattock is a drummer and percussionist from Northampton who is/has been a member of, or played with, Spacemen 3, Spiritualized, Lupine Howl, Slipstream, Massive Attack, Freelovebabies, The Breeders, Coffee, Age of Obsession and many more. He is often credited as Jonny, John or Johnny rather than Jon. He is currently a tutor at Northampton College, working with Music Practice and Music Production students.

Kiino Villand is a Los Angeles-based photographer best known for his photographs of high profile personalities from the worlds of film, music, art and culture. His editorial and advertising work has appeared in publications such as Emmy, V-Life, i-D, Res, Tokion, Entertainment Weekly, "ELLE" and W. He has worked with people such as David Lynch, Robin Thicke, Anthony Kiedis, Naomi Campbell, Monica Bellucci, Oliver Stone, Kevin Bacon, Tony Hawk, Beastie Boys, …

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin is the original guitar player and co-songwriter for influential punk/ska band Link 80. After leaving Link 80, he formed Dolores. They released one record, "Of Happiness And Resolution" (Johann's Face Records 047). He is currently a freelance music writer. His interviews with bands such as Blur, Violent Femmes, Sondre Lerche, the Breeders, Phantom Planet, Pennywise, Unwritten Law, Thrice, Sugarcult, …