10 Messiest Band Splits In Rock Music History

10. The Pixies

There's no real right way to break up a band. If you're all having a good time and trying your best to create the best music you can, it's not always a walk in the park deciding to break everything apart. As for the Pixies though, they did have one of the more unique tactics by bringing a fax machine into the program.

Yeah, unlike most of the other massive blowups, Frank Black actually quit the band by sending the rest of the band a fax that he could no longer continue. You could say that it was passive aggression, but maybe he just wasn't sure that this version of the band was going to go the distance anymore. After making some of the best indie rock on Earth, it's only a matter of time before you decide to just call it a day.

The people that were really hurt in this scenario though were the fans. Since this was before the Internet was really a thing, the Pixies could have been broken up for months and none of their devotees would have been the wiser about it. No big press release...no gimmicks...just one little fax and the world's most interesting indie band was gone in an instant.