For awhile fans clung to the hope that the band was indeed on "hiatus", but in 2000, as Malkmus worked on a solo project and Kannberg reunited with banished drummer Gary Young in a project called the Preston School of Industry, it became clear that the band wasn't going to come together again. Both toured separately in 2001; rumor has it they were no longer getting along. Neither explicity said the band was finished, but hinted at it a lot. In a sense, it was the ultimate slacker-style breakup; and it frustrated their fans.
![Pavement: Slow Century [DVD] (2002)](http://img232.echo.cx/img232/1746/pavementslowcentury9je.jpg)
They leave behind a fine legacy; all five of their albums are good, if challenging, listening, and two of them are great. There are still those who say the band was more a sum of their influences than influential themselves; however, it's hard to conceive of many late 90's lo-fi bands existing without them. Their music was challenging, fun, and didn't rely on technical ability; it showed the average slacker that you can make music, and complex music at that, with a minimum of resources.
In 2002 Slow Century, a DVD of all their videos, some live performances, a 90-minute documentary, and assorted other goodies was released, Slanted and Enchanted has also been re-released in "deluxe" format, as a double CD with bonus tracks, including live ones.
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1 - Jennifer Robinson
Great site..It has a lot of information
Jennifer Robinson
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2 - Rodney Welch
uao,
I'm late in saying so, but this is a terrific article that blends both scholarship and trenchant commentary. I've never really understood Pavement or why Crooked Rain is considered a great album -- nonetheless, the band fascinates me at some level. I bought Slanted and Enchanted today in hopes that it will inform my dim sense of what the band is all about. This article, likewise, was a great help and gives me a clear path.
3 - uao
Rodney; don't worry about being late, I'm glad the spammer didn't get the last word.
A lot of people I think never really "got" Pavement (and Pavement didn't exactly make it easy all the time), but I've always liked them and their attitude.
Historically, they deserve credit for popularizing lo-fi, and musically, their whimsy and humor and experimentation really is pretty good, and even poppy, in a non-pop kind of way.
Anyway, thanks for the read!
4 - josephine
anyone out there know where i can get a copy of the pavement reverb concert video done in san diego at canes aired on nov. 30, 99?
[Personal contact info deleted] thanks
josephine