History Trivia / TheBreeders

* EnforcedMethodActing: They couldn't get the right tremolo effect for Carrie Bradshaw's violin on "Mad Lucas" using effect pedals, so eventually she played her part while the Deal sisters held on to her and [[ScreenShake shook her]].

** Apparently if Tanya Donnelly had stayed with the band after ''Pod'', she would have gotten to write more songs for the next album. One telling has it that Tanya was promised more input on the next album, wrote a batch of potential Breeders songs, then grew impatient when Kim then had to go back to the Pixies for ''their'' next album and tour cycle; so she just [[StartMyOwn started her own band]], {{Music/Belly}}.

** Apparently if Tanya Donnelly had stayed with the band after ''Pod'', she would have gotten to write more songs for the next album. One telling has it that Tanya wrote a batch of potential Breeders songs, got impatient when Kim then had to go back to the Pixies for the next album and tour cycle, and just [[StartMyOwn started her own band]], {{Music/Belly}}..

** Apparently if Tanya Donnelly had stayed with the band after ''Pod'', she would have gotten to write more songs for the next album.

* WorkingTitle: An early version of "Cannonball" was titled "Grunggae", as in [[WordPureeTitle a portmanteau of "grunge" and "reggae"]]. A rough demo was released under this title as a BSide.

* CutSong: "Go Man Go" was co-written by Kim Deal and [[{{MusicPixies}}} Black Francis]] and originally was to be included on ''Last Splash'' - it was ultimately kept off due to confusion about the legal publishing rights and replaced with "Divine Hammer", only to finally see release as a single in 2023 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of ''Last Splash''.

* CutSong: "Go Man Go" was co-written by Kim Deal and [[{{Pixies}}} Black Francis}} and originally was to be included on ''Last Splash'' - it was ultimately kept off due to confusion about publishing rights and replaced with "Divine Hammer', only to finally see release as a single in 2023 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of ''Last Splash''.

** Their cover of Sebadoh's "Freed Pig" originally wasn't meant to be recorded, and was something they'd started playing as sort of an ironic joke. The ''Head To Toe'' EP was produced by [[Music/DinosaurJr J Mascis]], and "Freed Pig" was written by Lou Barlow about his troubled relationship with Mascis while he was in Music/DinosaurJr. Mascis walked in on them playing the song; Not being familiar with the song, and thus thinking they wrote it themselves, he insisted they record it, and was confused when they responded by laughing. Once the band explained, he asked to record it anyway.

* WorkingTitle: An early demo for "Cannonball" was titled "Grunggae", as in [[WordPureeTitle a portmanteau of "grunge" and "reggae"]]. A rough demo was released under this title as a BSide.

* WorkingTitle: An early demo for "Cannonball" was titled "Grunggae", as in [[WordPureeTitle a portmanteau of "grunge" and "reggae"]].

* WorkingTitle: An early demo for "Cannonball" was title "Grunggae", as in [[WordPureeTitle a portmanteau of "grunge" and "reggae"]].

** Their cover of Sebadoh's "Freed Pig" originally wasn't meant to be recorded, and was something they'd started playing as something of an ironic joke: The ''Head To Toe'' EP was produced by [[Music/DinosaurJr J Mascis]], and "Freed Pig" was written by Lou Barlow about his troubled relationship with Mascis while he was in Music/DinosaurJr. Mascis walked in on them playing the song; Not being familiar with the song, and thus thinking they wrote it themselves, he insisted they record it, and was confused when they responded by laughing. Once the band explained, he asked to record it anyway.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The earliest idea of the band was Kim and Tanya wanting to start a dance-music duo.

* ThrowItIn: Their cover of Sebadoh's "Freed Pig" originally wasn't meant to be recorded, and was something they'd started playing as something of an ironic joke: The ''Head To Toe'' EP was produced by [[Music/DinosaurJr J Mascis]], and "Freed Pig" was written by Lou Barlow about his troubled relationship with Mascis while he was in Music/DinosaurJr. Mascis walked in on them playing the song; Not being familiar with the song, and thus thinking they wrote it themselves, he insisted they record it, and was confused when they responded by laughing. Once the band explained, he asked to record it anyway.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The earliest idea of the band was Kim an Tanya wanting to start a dance-music duo.

* ThrowItIn: Their cover of Sebadoh's "Freed Pig" originally wasn't meant to be recorded, and was something they'd started playing as something of an ironic joke: The ''Head To Toe'' EP was produced by [[Music/DinosaurJr J Mascis]], and "Freed Pig" was written by Lou Barlow about his troubled relationship with Mascis while he was in Music/DinosaurJr. Mascis walked in on them playing the song; Not being familiar with the song, and thus thinking they wrote it themselves, he insisted they record it, and was confused when they responded by laughing. Once the band explained, he asked to record it anyway.

* Their cover of Sebadoh's "Freed Pig" originally wasn't meant to be recorded, and was something they'd started playing as something of an ironic joke: The ''Head To Toe'' EP was produced by [[Music/DinosaurJr J Mascis]], and "Freed Pig" was written by Lou Barlow about his troubled relationship with Mascis while he was in Music/DinosaurJr. Mascis walked in on them playing the song; Not being familiar with the song, and thus thinking they wrote it themselves, he insisted they record it, and was confused when they responded by laughing. Once the band explained, he asked to record it anyway.

* Their cover of Sebadoh's "Freed Pig" originally wasn't meant to be recorded, and was something they'd started playing as something of an ironic joke: The ''Head To Toe'' EP was produced by [[Music/DinosaurJr J Mascis]], and "Freed Pig" was written Lou Barlow about his troubled relationship with Mascis while he was in Music/DinosaurJr. Mascis walked in on them playing the song; Not being familiar with the song, and thus thinking they wrote it themselves, he insisted they record it, and was confused when they responded by laughing. Once the band explained, he asked to record it anyway.

* Their cover of Sebadoh's "Freed Pig" originally wasn't meant to be recorded, and was something they'd started playing as something of an ironic joke: The ''Head To Toe'' EP was produced by [[Music/Dinosaur Jr J Mascis]], and "Freed Pig" was written Lou Barlow about his troubled relationship with Mascis while he was in Music/DinosaurJr. Mascis walked in on them playing the song; Not being familiar with the song, and thus thinking they wrote it themselves, he insisted they record it, and was confused when they responded by laughing. Once the band explained, he asked to record it anyway.