Pixies

The Pixies is an awesome band. I think they lost most of their potential audience because their music is so dissonant. But therein lies the brilliance of the Pixies. They juxtapose so many contrasting notes against each other and turned out a sound that no one had ever heard before. I can't go to a Caribou Coffee (I hate Caribou, but when I'm deperate, it'll do) without humming their song "Caribou."