Former, and brief, Pixies bassist Kim Shattuck has spoken for the first time about what led to her being dismissed by the band, revealing she was told by over the phone by the band's manager.
Shattuck was fired from the band back in November, only a few months after joining as replacement for founding member Kim Deal. She revealed in an interview with NME that she wasn't expecting to be dismissed and had agreed to continue to tour with the band into 2014.
"I was surprised", Shattuck told NME. "Everything had gone well, the reviews were all good and the fans were super-nice about everything. They were like, 'We love you, new Kim!'" We said goodbye at the airport and the following morning the manager called me and said: 'The band has made the decision to go with another bass player.' I was shocked."
Shattuck, who was part of the Pixies line-up which played two dates in Dublin's Olympia Theatre earlier in November, continued by speculating that she may have been removed from the band because of differences in their personalities.
"I get the feeling that they're more introverted people than I am. Nobody really talked about deep issues, at least out loud. There was a show at the Mayan in Los Angeles where I got overly-enthusiastic and jumped into the crowd, and I know they weren't thrilled about that. When I got offstage the manager told me not to do that again. I said, 'Really, for my own safety?' And he said, 'No, because the Pixies don't do that.'"
She added: "I would have preferred it if they told me face to face as a group, but they're nice people. I'm still a fan of the Pixies."
Shattuck has since been replaced in the Pixies line-up by former A Perfect Circle four-stringer Paz Lenchatin.
