David Pajo

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

— David Pajo

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

— 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…

— David Pajo

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

— David Pajo

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

— David Pajo

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

— David Pajo

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

— David Pajo

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

— David Pajo

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

— 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…

— David Pajo

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

— David Pajo

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

— David Pajo

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

— David Pajo

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

— David Pajo

Personally, I love the cookie monster grunts. I like how they alienate listeners. We sound the way we sound. We're individuals. We…

— David Pajo

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

— David Pajo

The thing I like about the band [Dead Child] is that there's no pretense. We aren't even trying to be artists or…

— David Pajo

I'm still in the Midwest, but I'm in Columbus, Ohio, so I'm three and a half hours away from everybody. That's one…

— David Pajo

I was into the music, but the idea of showing up places on time or having to tell people when you're not…

— David Pajo

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…

— David Pajo

There are so many things that kept forcing metal back down to the underground. It survives everywhere on the planet.

— David Pajo

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

— David Pajo

We just have to plan everything in advance and concentrate it so that we get everything done in time. It's not as…

— David Pajo

Now since I've gotten back into it, I've been listening to a lot more of the 1990s death metal type stuff.

— David Pajo

There are five of us. We've all played in various bands together, in different combinations. I know that Todd [Cook] and Tony…

— David Pajo