History Music / Pavement

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The video for "Painted Soldiers" had a plot where the band members got word that they were fired from the group, one by one - it's eventually revealed that [[spoiler: The entire band have been replaced with members of VerucaSalt, who then mime the end of the song]]. The original idea they had for this cameo would be [[spoiler: {{Weezer}}]] [[note]]This was probably meant as a joke about Pavement fans of the time first hearing Weezer and declaring TheyCopiedItSoItSucks[[/note]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The video for "Painted Soldiers" had a plot where the band members got word that they were fired from the group, one by one - it's eventually revealed that [[spoiler: The entire band have been replaced with members of VerucaSalt, who then mime the end of the song]]. The original idea they had for this cameo would be [[spoiler: {{Weezer}}]] [[hottip:*: This was probably meant as a joke about Pavement fans of the time first hearing Weezer and declaring TheyCopiedItSoItSucks]]

* ShoutOut: ''Wowee Zowee'' is named after an early FrankZappa song ("Wowie Zowie") and its cover art is reminiscent of ''[[http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drm400/m425/m42564cf3zd.jpg Känguru]]'' by the {{Krautrock}} band Guru Guru. The back cover showing a wizard with the speech bubble [[GratuitousGerman "Pavement Ist Rad!"]] is probably an additional nod to the origin of the cover.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: One of these for "Cut Your Hair" is the theme song for American sports talk show ''Series/PardonTheInterruption''.
* TropeMaker: For the genre known as lo-fi, along with Guided by Voices. By the time of their first album however, they stopped completely relying on lo-fi recording equipment.

* CarefulWithThatAxe: According to the liner notes of the ''Sordid Sentinels Edition'' of ''Wowee Zowee'', the reason Stephen Malkmus screams "My God, I can't believe I'm still going" in "Half A Canyon" was out of genuine disbelief; he recalled feeling lightheaded recording the track and thinking he was going to faint or at least lose his voice after all the screaming.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The video for "Painted Soldiers" had a plot where the band members got word that they were fired from the group, one by one - it's eventually revealed that [[spoiler: The entire band have been replaced with members of VerucaSalt, who then mime the end of the song]]. The original idea they had for this cameo would be [[spoiler: {{Weezer}}]] [[hottip:*: This would probably a joke about Pavement fans of the time first hearing Weezer and declaring TheyCopiedItSoItSucks]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The video for "Painted Soldiers" had a plot where the band members got word that they were fired from the group, one by one - it's eventually revealed that [[spoiler: The entire band have been replaced with members of VerucaSalt, who then mime the end of the song]]. The original idea they had for this cameo would be [[spoiler: {{Weezer}} [[hottip:*: This would probably a joke about Pavement fans of the time first hearing Weezer and declaring TheyCopiedItSoItSucks]]

* VisualPun: At one point in the "Cut Your Hair" video, Mark Ibold coughs up a live cat and gives it away to the barber he was about to get a haircut from. This is a reference to his involvement with the band Free Kitten.

They guest-starred in the ''SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' episode "Pavement", where they were misidentified as "TheBeatles" and played a noisy cover of the show's theme song while Space Ghost attempted to interview another guest.

First formed as a studio project for Malkmus and Kannberg, Pavement became a full-fledged band around 1992. While their initial material was marked by low recording quality and NoisePop and PostPunk influences (especially from TheFall), the band became more accessible, at least sonically, starting in TheNineties - their albums ''Slanted and Enchanted'' and ''Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain'' established them as indie rock heroes and brought them a degree of popularity. They moved away from outright indie into NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly territory starting with ''Wowee Zowee'' (a change Malkmus attributed to excessive marijuana smoking), without losing their trademark messiness, while their last two albums are noticeably mellower and spacier (''Terror Twilight'' verging on the ''[[{{Radiohead}} OK Computer]]''ish at times due to being produced by Nigel Godrich).

* TheJimmyHartVersion: One of these for "Cut Your Hair" is the theme song for American sports talk show ''Series/PardonTheInterruption''.

First formed as a studio project for Malkmus and Kannberg, Pavement became a full-fledged band around 1992. While their initial material was marked by low recording quality and NoisePop and PostPunk influences (especially from The Fall), the band became more accessible, at least sonically, starting in TheNineties - their albums ''Slanted and Enchanted'' and ''Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain'' established them as indie rock heroes and brought them a degree of popularity. They moved away from outright indie into NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly territory starting with ''Wowee Zowee'' (a change Malkmus attributed to excessive marijuana smoking), without losing their trademark messiness, while their last two albums are noticeably mellower and spacier (''Terror Twilight'' verging on the ''[[{{Radiohead}} OK Computer]]''ish at times due to being produced by Nigel Godrich).

* OneHitWonder: The only really successful single they had was 1994's "Cut Your Hair" (#10 Billboard Modern Rock Tracks). In the UK, their equivalent big hit was 1999's "Carrot Rope" (#27). To add to the fun, "Cut Your Hair" is a snarky criticism of selling out and prioritising one's image over actual musicianship.

* ShoutOut: ''Wowee Zowee'' is named after an early FrankZappa song, "Wowie Zowie", and its cover art is reminiscent of ''Känguru'' by the {{Krautrock}} band Guru Guru.

First formed as a studio project for Malkmus and Kannberg, Pavement became a full-fledged band around 1992. While their initial material was marked by low recording quality and NoisePop and PostPunk influences (especially from The Fall), the band became more accessible, at least sonically, starting in TheNineties - their albums ''Slanted and Enchanted'' and ''Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain'' established them as indie rock heroes and brought them a degree of popularity. They moved away from outright indie into NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly territory starting in 1995 (a change Malkmus attributed to excessive marijuana smoking), without losing their trademark messiness, and later mellower, spacier territory.

* DreadfulMusician: Nastanovich was said to have been hired as percussionist because Young's drumming on ''Slanted'' was shaky.

* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Spit on a Stranger" and "Box Elder"

Pavement were a CultClassic indie rock band from Stockton, California, initially active between 1989 and 1999. They were known as the figureheads of the indie rock movement in the USA during the 1990's and one of the {{Trope Maker}}s for the lo-fi genre alongside Music/GuidedByVoices and Music/{{Sebadoh}}. The band was one of the first indie rock bands to gain moderate success on AlternativeRock radio with their sole big hit "Cut Your Hair" in 1992.

* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Spit on a Stranger"

* TheJimmyHartVersion: One of these for "Cut Your Hair" is the theme song for American sports talk show ''[[{{Series/PardonTheInterruption}} Pardon the Interruption]]''.

* TheJimmyHartVersion: One of these for "Cut Your Hair" is the theme song for American sports talk show ''PardonTheInterruption''.

First formed as a studio project for Malkmus and Kannberg, Pavement became a full-fledged band around 1992. While their initial material was marked by low recording quality and NoisePop and PostPunk influences (especially from The Fall), the band became more accessible, at least sonically, starting in TheNineties - their albums ''Slanted and Enchanted'' and ''Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain'' established them as indie rock heroes and brought them a degree of popularity. They moved away from outright indie into NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly territory starting in 1995 (notable for some single choices Malkmus attributed to excessive marijuana smoking), without losing their trademark messiness, and later mellower, spacier territory.

* ExecutiveMeddling: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMN6pZ1lh-Y The original version]] of the video for "Rattled by the Rush" features the band performing, as the camera makes sudden movements and pans. Their label was totally fine with this video, but MTV was not, and it was banned from the network on the grounds that the camera effects caused viewers to become nauseous. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAVLkn-4B9o The second version]] of the video contains the same footage, except its being [[LeaveTheCameraRunning projected onto a single ceramic tile on the wall next to a bath-tub]].

Pavement were a CultClassic indie rock band from Stockton, California, initially active between 1989 and 1999. They were known as the figureheads of the indie rock movement in the USA during the 1990's and one of the {{Trope Maker}}s for the lo-fi genre alongside GuidedByVoices and Music/{{Sebadoh}}. The band was one of the first indie rock bands to gain moderate success on AlternativeRock radio with their sole big hit "Cut Your Hair" in 1992.

Pavement broke up in 1999 due to intra-band conflict (especially between the others and Malkmus), and reunited pretty epically in 2010.

Pavement were a cult favorite indie rock band from Stockton, California, initially active between 1989 and 1999. They were known as the figureheads of the indie rock movement in the USA during the 1990's and one of the {{Trope Maker}}s for the lo-fi genre. The band was one of the first indie rock bands to gain moderate success on AlternativeRock radio with their sole big hit "Cut Your Hair" in 1992.

First formed as a studio project for Malkmus and Kannberg, Pavement became a full-fledged band around 1992. While their initial material was marked by low recording quality and NoisePop and PostPunk influences (especially from The Fall), the band became more accessible, at least sonically, starting in TheNineties - their albums ''Slanted and Enchanted'' and ''Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain'' established them as indie rock heroes and brought them a degree of popularity. They moved away from outright indie into NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly territory starting in 1995 [[hottip:*:a shift Malkmus attributes to excessive marijuana smoking]], without losing their trademark messiness, and later mellower, spacier territory.

* CoolOldGuy: Gary Young