Thanks to her work with Pixies, The Breeders and The Amps, Kim Deal is indie rock royalty. Earlier this year, as a token of her respect and admiration for the 63-year-old Dayton, Ohio-born singer/songwriter, alt.rock-loving pop star Olivia Rodrigo invited The Breeders to open for her at her April 5 GUTS World Tour show at New York's iconic 20,000-capacity Madison Square Garden. Deal was quite touched, and impressed, by the reception her band received.
“I go to rock shows,” she tells The Irish Times. I have never had to hold my ears because of that screaming and the ear-shredding loudness. It’s quite something, isn’t it? It was really exciting. Evidently, I think [The Breeders' brilliant 1993 single] Cannonball blew Olivia Rodrigo’s mind when she heard it. She talks about her time in life before hearing Cannonball and then after having heard Cannonball.”
