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Pavement is tagged as: indie, indie rock, lo-fi, alternative, rock

Pavement are an American indie rock band. Although they experienced only moderate commercial success, they achieved a significant cult following, and their music has been a major influence on many bands of the late 1990s and beyond. For most of the band’s career, they consisted of Stephen Malkmus (vocals, guitar), Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg (guitar, vocals), Mark Ibold (bass), Steve West (drums) and Bob Nastanovich (percussion, vocals).
Beginnings and Slanted and Enchanted|Pavement formed in Stockton, California, in 1989 as a studio project of guitarists and vocalists Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg, known originally only as “S.M.” and “Spiral Stairs”, respectively. Their debut EPs were extremely lo-fi releases titled Slay Tracks (1933-1969), Demolition Plot J-7, and Perfect Sound Forever. They were recorded at Louder Than You Think, the home studio of infamous Stockton local and former hippie Gary Young. The eccentric and aging hipster also provided drums. Upon first hearing the duo’s songs, Young was quoted as saying, “this Malkmus idiot is a complete songwriting genius”.|Pavement’s most obvious influence during this time was English rock band The Fall, although Kannberg stated in a 1992 interview that ...
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Top 10 Pavement Songs
Cut Your Hair
Gold Soundz
Range Life
Stereo
Unfair
Here
Elevate Me Later
In the Mouth a Desert
Heaven Is a Truck
Summer Babe (Winter Version)
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Top 10 Pavement Albums
Stuff Up the Cracks
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Brighten the Corners
Slanted & Enchanted
Terror Twilight
Watery, Domestic
Wowee Zowee
Westing (By Musket and Sextant)
Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe (disc 2)
Slanted and Enchanted
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