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“People like a story that has a lot of blood, sweat and tears. But I don't think the Slint story really has that.”

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David Pajo, born on June 25, 1968, is a talented musician known for his career that began in the 1990s, distinguished by his unique musical style and diverse creative output. more

“On a musical level, I do find it rewarding. It's not like I want to blow my brains out while I'm playing these songs from so long ago. I am still surprised by the way the songs are constructed - note choices, the way the arrangements are made, the way these songs are assembled. I'm still amazed at times.”

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Author:David Pajo

“Most people found out about Slint in the mid or late 90s, but we were an '80s band. We started in 1986 and broke up at the end of 1990.”

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Author:David Pajo

“Louisville was also good place for being able to make whatever kind of music you wanted to. You didn't have to worry about renting a practice space or figure out when another band would be in there or worry about if your stuff is going to get stolen.”

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Author:David Pajo

“We made basement practice songs.To have them presented in such a huge fashion today - like at Primavera, where it's thousands of people in a festival environment - is surreal. I never thought some of the songs would ever need to be projected at such a volume or to such a wide span of people.”

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Author:David Pajo

“Drugs are fine for you alone at home, but when it comes to being a family, which a band is, it just messes everything up.”

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Author:Zachary Cole Smith

“Justin Bieber stole my haircut. And Axl Rose stole my dance!”

Rose Haircuts Justin

Author:Davy Jones

“It's this funny thing now: You sign up to be a musician because you want to write music, but you don't spend your time writing music. Instead, you go around the world selling the music you've already made.”

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Author:Zachary Cole Smith

“There's all these people involved, and it becomes this huge machine - it stops being just me making my own little songs for myself, or for the world. And it's hard to stop the machine. If you want to take time to write a record, they're like, "OK, tour through March, April, and June, then you can take a few weeks off to record in July before getting back on the road for the European festival circuit." After a while, I had to put my foot down.”

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Author:Zachary Cole Smith

“It's not like I had a breakdown, though it kind of felt like it at the time. I agreed to everything that happened. You can't really be at work and be like, "That's it. I've had too much. I'm going home."”

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Author:Zachary Cole Smith

“I spent my life working before I started band. I worked construction, landscaping. I worked in kitchens, cleaned dishes. I worked demolition.”

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Author:Zachary Cole Smith

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