Finding out that one of your heroes is just as down-to-earth as anyone else can be a refreshing moment.
"I'm in Los Angeles and I'm getting new glasses," says Joey Santiago, lead guitarist with the Pixies. "I'm gonna look like a senator in one (pair), and in the other one I'm gonna look like a badass."
Proof perhaps that, despite having influenced a generation of musicians, Santiago is, at heart, just like the rest of us.