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Deal became the bassist and backing vocalist for the Pixies in January 1986, after answering an advertisement in the Boston Phoenix for a bassist who was into hardcore punk band Hüsker Dü and folk music icons Peter, Paul and Mary.

Deal was the only person to respond, even though her main instrument is guitar.

She borrowed her sister Kelley's bass guitar to use in the band.

To complete the lineup, Deal suggested they hire David Lovering as drummer, a friend of her husband, whom she met at her wedding reception.

For the release of the band's first recording Come On Pilgrim ( 1987 ), Deal used the nom de disque " Mrs. John Murphy " in the liner notes.

She chose the name as an ironic feminist joke, after conversing with a lady who wished to be called by her husband's name only as a form of respect.