Kelley Deal

b. 10 June 1961, Dayton, Ohio, USA. Guitarist Kelley Deal, a semi-active member of the Breeders, often suffers in media comparisons with her twin sister Kim Deal, former member of Pixies and widely regarded as the thinking woman's thinking woman in US alternative rock circles. Before setting out on a solo path Kelley Deal nearly joined the Amps, set up home in Minneapolis, started a new record label and attempted to conquer a long-standing heroin addiction. She originally intended to call her new band, formed in 1995, Solid State, a name derived from the beliefs of the Arica c...