Pavement

Pavement
Formed: 1989 in Stockton, CA
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Disbanded: 1999
Genre: Rock
Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie Rock, Noise Pop
Group Members: Steve West, Gary Young, Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich, Mark Ibold, Scott Kannberg
Biography: With their fractured songs, unexpected blasts of feedback, laconic vocals, cryptic literate lyrics, and defiant low-fidelity, Pavement were one of the most influential and distinctive bands to emerge from the American underground in the '90s. Pavement, along with Sebadoh, were the leaders of the lo-fi ...Read full biography
Slanted & Enchanted
Released: 1992
Label: Matador
Critics' Rating:
Slanted & Enchanted is a left-field classic, a record that came out of nowhere to help establish a new subgenre of rock & roll. Pavement had already sketched out their sound, as well as their amateurish ...Read full review
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Released: 1994
Label: Matador Records
Critics' Rating:
It may be a bit reductive to call Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain the Reckoning to Slanted & Enchanted's Murmur -- not mention easy, considering that Pavement recorded a song-long tribute to R.E.M.'s second ...Read full review
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