Pavement

Pavement formed in Stockton, California in 1989 as a recording project between Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg, and became one of the defining acts of 1990s indie rock. Their debut album Slanted and Enchanted established the lo-fi aesthetic that defined a generation — recordings that sounded deliberately unpolished, built on Malkmus's oblique, literary lyrics and jangly guitar interplay. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain and Wowee Zowee followed, deepening a catalog that critics and musicians still cite as foundational. Malkmus played a Fender Jazzmaster and Stratocaster through Orange and Fender amplifiers, using a ProCo Rat and T-Rex Replica delay as his primary tools. Pavement dissolved in 1999 and has reunited periodically since.