Song Quotes by David Pajo

13 Song quotes by David Pajo

Pajo’s short set of thoughts gives a glimpse into his experimental approach to songwriting. The quotes are concise, yet they hint at the textures and structures he explores in his work.

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Punk came along and grunge made guitar solos uncool.

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I was into Metallica when they first started, like when Kill Em All came out.

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As I got older, it turned into hardcore punk. I started getting into more aggressive music.

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It was pretty common to form bands that only lasted a few years. Slint was my favorite band that I was in…

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To be honest, just trying to get everybody together in one room to get our picture taken for the back of the…

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Most people found out about Slint in the mid or late 90s, but we were an '80s band. We started in 1986…

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My kids don't really like when I sing for some reason...but they like when I play guitar. So I started writing songs…

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We aren't trying to make poetry or anything beautiful. It's just a rock show. We just want to enjoy playing loud. That's…

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I was young, but to me that was underground music. I had never heard anything like Venom or any of that stuff…

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We made basement practice songs.To have them presented in such a huge fashion today - like at Primavera, where it's thousands of…

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On a musical level, I do find it rewarding. It's not like I want to blow my brains out while I'm playing…

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I think the majority of the people in the band still play in other bands, because we're not that active. But for…

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I don't know if it was related to the type of music that we were doing at that time or what, but…

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I was young, but to me that was underground music. I had never heard anything like Venom or any of that stuff growing up…

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Most people found out about Slint in the mid or late 90s, but we were an '80s band. We started in 1986 and broke…

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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…

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In my entire life I never set out to do anything ground-breaking or pioneering, and I'm not going to start anytime soon.

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We were pretty normal - suburban kids having a good time playing in bands. We were silly. We weren't dark, intense, humorless people. Humor…

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You can go to any small town in America, there's going to be a metal fan there. You can't say that about post-rock.

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To be honest, just trying to get everybody together in one room to get our picture taken for the back of the album, it…

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As I got older, it turned into hardcore punk. I started getting into more aggressive music.

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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…

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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…

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When I was younger and bands were formed that way, out of friendships rather than anything else. It wasn't like we put up want…

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I listen to every type of metal under the sun. I'm not very discerning.

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I don't know if it was related to the type of music that we were doing at that time or what, but Todd Cook…

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As far as specific bands from the 90s death metal era, I love Death, Carcass, Possessed, Morbid Angel, Gorguts, Autopsy, Atheist, etc.

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Personally, I love the cookie monster grunts. I like how they alienate listeners. We sound the way we sound. We're individuals. We don't all…

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