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標題: Pavement Breaks Up
時間: Sat Nov 18 02:35:19 2000
Pavement Breaks Up
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ws/20001116/en/pavement_breaks_up_1.html
Thursday November 16 07:01 PM EST
How solid is Pavement these days? Not very, according to an interview
with Stephen Malkmus, frontman for the celebrated indie rock outfit.
Although the band, best known for its 1994 underground hit "Cut Your
Hair," has claimed for months that it is merely on hiatus, Malkmus'
comments in a new interview indicate the group has no intentions of
reassembling. "Pavement is definitely finished," he tells Britain's
NME.
Malkmus says he isn't sure why fellow Pavement founder Scott Kannberg
was reluctant to come out and confirm the split in an earlier chat
with the U.K. music tabloid. "Maybe he hadn't figured out how to say
it the right way."
Apparently, neither has Pavement's U.S. label, Matador Records. In a
post on the Matador Records message board, label chief Gerard Cosloy
reiterates the official position that the band is "on a very extended
break.
"The reason we have not announced a formal 'breakup' is because we
have never been asked or authorized to do so by anyone in the band."
However, Cosloy concedes that recent comments from Malkmus and
Kannberg in the press "would indicate that Pavement are all done."
"Steve told Spin and the NME that they've broken up, and Scott
doesn't deny it, so you do the math," admitted Matador publicist
Nils Bernstein to Wall of Sound today. "Neither they nor us are
really the 'official statement' type."
Malkmus' debut solo album, Swedish Reggae, is slated for U.S.
release in early 2001. But don't look for it to stray too far from
Pavement's signature sound. "I wish it was a big departure, but
it's hard to depart from yourself without being a poseur," he tells
NME.
According to Cosloy, Kannberg is working on new recordings with a
number of collaborators, including original Pavement drummer Gary
Young.
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