Background
Kelley Deal was born in Dayton, Ohio, United States, 11 minutes before her sister. The Deal twins grew up in Huber Heights, a suburb of Dayton, Ohio.
Kelley Deal was born in Dayton, Ohio, United States, 11 minutes before her sister. The Deal twins grew up in Huber Heights, a suburb of Dayton, Ohio.
The identical twin sister of Kim Deal, she is the lead guitarist of The Breeders, besides having a solo career. They both had an opportunity to join the Pixies in the mid-"80s, with Kim on bass and Kelley on drums. Kim followed through while Kelley opted to move to California.
While Kim made her mark as an indie musician, Kelley worked in computer programming.
In 1989, Kim Deal and Tanya Donelly (lead guitarist of Throwing Muses) formed the next incarnation of The Breeders. Kelley was asked to play on the band"s debut, Pod, but could not get time off from work.
The Breeders Safari (European Parliament) (1992) Last Splash (1993) Title TK (2002) Mountain Battles (2008) Other Projects After Last Splash, Kelley started. The band released two albums on Deal"s Nice Records label, Go To The Sugar Altar in 1996 and in 1997, and went on hiatus when The Breeders were reunited.
Kelley also joined the with Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach, Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, and Jimmy Flemion of The Frogs.
She played bass for them and they recorded an eponymous album in 1997, which was released in a limited edition on Deal"s own label, Nice Records, and in 2001 on Spitfire Records. With a new line up, they released Title TK in 2002. Title TK features three songs recorded in 1999, where the Deal sisters played all the instruments.
In April 2008, The Breeders released Mountain Battles.
She has been knitting in recent years. She specializes in knitted handbags, which she sells on her website, and appeared on the DIY Network knitting show Knitty Gritty, and in 2008 released a book of her knitting handbag patterns, One of her patterns is included in the DIY Network"s book Knitty Gritty Knits: 25 Fun & Fabulous Projects".
She co-wrote and played guitar on Magnetophone"s "Kel"s Vintage Thought". She has also performed duets with Kris Kristofferson and Supersuckers, and lately has been playing in the band R. In 1994, Kelley was arrested for heroin possession.
She had been using since she was a teenager.
She went through drug rehabilitation throughout the following year, and has been drug free ever since.