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 movement that dominated U.S. indie rock in the early '90s. Initially conceived as a studio project between guitarists/vocalists Stephen Malkmusand Scott Kannberg in the '80s, Pavement gradually became a band during the early '90s. Along the way, their initial EPs and debut album, 1992's Slanted & Enchanted, earned a devoted following of musicians, indie fans, and critics.
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Pavement

Well you greet the tokens and stamps
Beneath the fake-oil burnin lamps
In the city we forgot to name
The concourse is four-wheeled shame
And the courthouses double-breast
Id like to check out your public protests
Why youre complaining ta!
You sleep with electric guitars
Range rovin with the cinema stars
And I wouldnt want to shake their hands
cause theyre in such a high-protein land
Because theres 40 different shades of black
So many fortresses and ways to attack
So why you complaining? ta!