Dude. Spiderland changed my life. Whatever Mortal did as well. Pajo is a hero. Everything he has done has touched my life. Thank you so much for making this video. And thank you Pajo for doing what you do.
Both albums are really cool as well as the project by the singer he did after slint. The For Carnation, it has very similar vibes but darker and kind of romantic
in like 2012, Pajo did a small tour playing Live From A Shark Cage. I was 20 and I emailed him and asked if he could get me into a local 21+ show. he personally replied and invited me to come to soundcheck and he'd get me in. I ended up watching him play in a tiny venue for only about 15 people and it was one of the best shows I've ever been to.
Met him outside the Mayan before the Sunn 0))) show. I had earlier asked him about if he wanted to get some food before his set jokingly. I didn’t think he would actually remember that conversation or my name. We had a nice little chat over a cig. sometimes your heroes are really cool people.
Spiderland, we played that album on repeat in the early 90's in Kansas City. Slint, Rodan, June of 44, Codeine, Gastr Del Sol, Engine Kid, Drive Like Jehu, Palace Brothers, Jawbox, etc... that was such a great time for indie music in general.
Rodan was voted best act in Portland, Oregon, I think, in 93. It's pretty impressive, imo for a small band from the other side of the country.. June of 44 was so epic. Polvo had so really great albums, too. They should do an interview of Eric Bachmann from archers of loaf!
Thanks for this great video. David Pajo is my favorite guitarist and probably one of the most influential guitarist of the 90s, absolute legend and so humble..
I will never forget how touch and go records described slint.... "So far ahead of their time, they are standing behind you" SPIDERLAND is my all-time favorite album. Archers of Loaf next?*
Never heard of him till now. What a brilliantly humble human being. I love his DIY guitar building and experimental noise approach to his sound. It's the sort of thing I do, except he can actually play.
I can’t man. I can’t believe these guys were teenagers coming up with this stuff. I’ve never heard anything other than maybe Failure’s catalog with as unique an approach to guitar composing as David Pajo. And doing it as mere kids. Especially Britt Walford. Where the hell did that guy come from? His work on there is on the level of Bonham or Copeland or Mitchell - just super distinctive.
Saw Papa M play in Bristol, UK, in 2000 I think it was… they did a cracking version of The Byrds’ “Turn, Turn, Turn” that went on for 20 minutes. Then again a decade or so later in Oslo, where he played a flawless solo show. Excellent guitarist and a lovely humble human being. Glad he’s still here.
Got to meet and shake this legend's hand at a Head Wound City show a few years back...i told him my story on how i was given the Spiderland CD by a bandmate and during that time I was working a very depressing job at a drug rehab and listening to that CD going and coming to work for months gave me comfort until I left for another job, i thanked him and David was so humble that he thanked me...dude is a legend 👍
I just wanted to say that I really appreciate your content. Head and shoulders above any of the other music brands with crappy influencer videos. You guys are staying true to your roots and it shows. Not easy to do in this era of social media. Gotta go get myself another EQD pedal soon to support you guys.
I saw him play with Gang of Four last year. I was blown away with his playing and tone. I had never heard of him before. I loved the minimalist playing combined with distortion and feedback.
Pajos a hero of mine he’s played in some of my favourite bands.its amazing I get into some music and then find out he’s been involved, Gang of Four ,Tortoise,Slint,Yeah yeah yeahs,Interpol and that’s just scratching the surface. What a legend.
DAAAMN. Dave plays in Gang of Four? He has so much influence in a lot of music that I like! Slint, Tortoise, Interpol, and now GOF? He's a fucking hero
It's amazing how he played in so many of the coolest bands in the 90's and 2000's and talks as it is no big deal. Almost as it was by accident. Dude! Your work is just so inspiring, that's why the best bands ever search for your fresh ideas and singular tones.
The funny thing is, it probably was basically by accident. That is just how these things work. And they either do or they don't. You cannot force meeting the right people or be at the right spot at the perfect time. So perhaps accident isn't the proper word for it.
I bought Spiderland just because it was on Touch and Go and they had cool stuff. That was before I could presample music. It’s one of a very few albums that I can wear out, but never stops having that intense emotional connection. Like it projects onto my soul and matches something. I don’t know how to make sense of it. There is now a lot “like” it, and I enjoy a lot, but not the same level. I break it out both when I want to be in my head with music and when I just want a musical comfort blanked. Pajo in a lot of was shaped how I hear guitar. He’s never the same, but honest to the music. I have so much awe for that. It sounds like it’s not about showing something with the instrument, but more channeling. I’d never seen an interview before and this really is great. I’m happy that he seems to be in such a place of comfort in his life, still curious. And I relate with his fatherhood there. This video is so excellent. I think I’ll be processing this whole thing for days.
I remember wanting intensity in the music I was listening to growing up. My references were either metal or hard rock which came with a lot of silly macho energy. When I heard SLINT I was gifted that intensity, coupled with sincerity, sensitivity and wonder. It was a revelation.
What a wonderful glimpse behind the curtain. He’s such an inspiration to me, and has always seemed like a down to earth humble dude. Thank you for making this.
This was great, love so much of David's music, cool to see his creative process. That tone he got with the Strat and the Life pedal is amazing. It also never fails to amuse me when i hear Americans pronounce Samhain, for about half a second my brain thinks "Who's this Sam Hain guy, i must check him out" 😂
It was so .... i mean, soooo cool, to put on my walkman's headphones as i leave my parents' apartment, walk down the stairs and TORTOISE "MILLIONS NOW LIVING WILL NEVER DIE" started to tickle my eardrums....on my way to our rehearsal space or taking the train to Vienna to buy some Hashish. And also, i still remember when AERIAL M's remix album got played on the one good radio program we used to have in Austria. Must have been 1997 or sth like that....
This was really interesting, thank you. I knew of David through Slint/Zwan mainly but recently I've been getting into Papa M and I love it. He's a very unique player and seems like a really great guy too.
I could watch a whole 90 min documentary about David’s career. I was lucky enough to see Papa M at the mighty Brudenell in Leeds, UK back when they toured the ‘Live from a Shark Cage’ LP and it was magnificent. I still love that record! More power to you David. @martinpaulwright
Thanks for this, David is such an incredible guitar player. He is going to be one of the most influential guitar players in the upcomming guitar players, and this piece of media is inspiring-
One of my fave guitar solos that really cuts deep is horses by palace brothers … it took me probably 10-15 years of asking around the internet who played it … when someone finally mentioned Mr Pajo it blew my skull 🤯🤯🤯🤯28:56 ❤❤❤he does this pinch harmonic while using a whammy at the end epic!! But the noodles that form the solos beginning are so tasty and the emotion of the playing is incredible! Do yourself a favour & have a listen if you don’t know what I’m saying ;) peace ✌️
I wondered the same thing myself for years - and actually had the chance to ask him directly last Friday in Adelaide, Australia. 🤯 It was indeed he! What a solo, what a goddamn song 🙌
I have this memory of seeing Pajo with the Papa M power trio in 2003, it was a great set overall, but I seem to recall he closed with his cover of "Skulls" by the Misfits that gradually morphed into this very lengthy jam and eventually he unleashed this crazy arpeggiated swept fingerpicking thing that was probably one of the most mindbending things I've ever seen anybody do with a guitar, and it just came out of nowhere. Dude is usually so understated and almost never hits you over the head with "chops" or technique, so it was all the more dazzling when he really let fly
I stumbled on the David's song 'Krusty' from his solo stuff, the Papa M record in The Habitat video Mosaic(the skateboarding video cassette). It was on the Alien Workshop segment of the video. It left a big impression on me. I went out and bought the album. Super cool record, that sounds like a how looking an old photo album feels. A lot of different places in time of old, a lot of old friends and family members. Its kind of crazy how it sounds so much like looking at old pictures. Such a unique approach to the instrument but at the same time universally understood approach to the end result of his songwriting.
Dude. Spiderland changed my life. Whatever Mortal did as well. Pajo is a hero. Everything he has done has touched my life. Thank you so much for making this video. And thank you Pajo for doing what you do.
Yours and mine dude. What a fantastic album
I used to play this album to change others lives....
Justin?
@@haterade5137 That's me!
Both albums are really cool as well as the project by the singer he did after slint. The For Carnation, it has very similar vibes but darker and kind of romantic
in like 2012, Pajo did a small tour playing Live From A Shark Cage. I was 20 and I emailed him and asked if he could get me into a local 21+ show. he personally replied and invited me to come to soundcheck and he'd get me in. I ended up watching him play in a tiny venue for only about 15 people and it was one of the best shows I've ever been to.
sickk!
I'm just glad he's still alive.
Man that's exactly what I was thinking throughout the entire video
Eternally grateful. His music is a true gift to humanity.
🙌🏻
💝
What a dude - they say don't meet your idols, but this guy is the real deal. Respect
Met him outside the Mayan before the Sunn 0))) show. I had earlier asked him about if he wanted to get some food before his set jokingly. I didn’t think he would actually remember that conversation or my name. We had a nice little chat over a cig. sometimes your heroes are really cool people.
Spiderland, we played that album on repeat in the early 90's in Kansas City. Slint, Rodan, June of 44, Codeine, Gastr Del Sol, Engine Kid, Drive Like Jehu, Palace Brothers, Jawbox, etc... that was such a great time for indie music in general.
Classic
Rodan was voted best act in Portland, Oregon, I think, in 93. It's pretty impressive, imo for a small band from the other side of the country.. June of 44 was so epic. Polvo had so really great albums, too. They should do an interview of Eric Bachmann from archers of loaf!
Dont worry man we're still listening to the same stuff in KC now
Thank you so much now I have a bunch of new stuff to listen to
The approach that David had towards playing guitar in Slint is phenomenal, especially when you consider his age at the time.
Aerial M self-titled is one of my favorite albums ever. Very cool
Me too! It’s been a big influence on how I approach my own music too. Absolutely brilliant.
Thank you so much for ' whatever, mortal ', David.
Thanks for this great video. David Pajo is my favorite guitarist and probably one of the most influential guitarist of the 90s, absolute legend and so humble..
🤘❤️
Grandissimo
I will never forget how touch and go records described slint.... "So far ahead of their time, they are standing behind you"
SPIDERLAND is my all-time favorite album.
Archers of Loaf next?*
Never heard of him till now. What a brilliantly humble human being. I love his DIY guitar building and experimental noise approach to his sound. It's the sort of thing I do, except he can actually play.
Check out every thing he has done. He has the Midas touch in my humble opinion.
Totally agree.
Go listen to spiderland by slint immediately!!
you never heard of slint? jesus christ the world is doomed
@@gimmigimmigimmi yes,the world is doomed. But not because someone hasn't heard of Slint. People discoving cool bands is a GOOD thing!
David's anti solo at 11.20 is one of my favourite guitar bits of all time. Just killer.
I can’t man. I can’t believe these guys were teenagers coming up with this stuff. I’ve never heard anything other than maybe Failure’s catalog with as unique an approach to guitar composing as David Pajo. And doing it as mere kids.
Especially Britt Walford. Where the hell did that guy come from? His work on there is on the level of Bonham or Copeland or Mitchell - just super distinctive.
@@severebash9153 from what I can tell from the Spiderland documentary, Britt is just an anomaly sent to earth from some planet
Slint changed my whole conception of rock music. Great to see that David Pajo is such a sweetheart
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Saw Papa M play in Bristol, UK, in 2000 I think it was… they did a cracking version of The Byrds’ “Turn, Turn, Turn” that went on for 20 minutes. Then again a decade or so later in Oslo, where he played a flawless solo show. Excellent guitarist and a lovely humble human being. Glad he’s still here.
Got to meet and shake this legend's hand at a Head Wound City show a few years back...i told him my story on how i was given the Spiderland CD by a bandmate and during that time I was working a very depressing job at a drug rehab and listening to that CD going and coming to work for months gave me comfort until I left for another job, i thanked him and David was so humble that he thanked me...dude is a legend 👍
"Spiderland changed my life , and changed the way I look at music" 100% correct. Thanks
David Pajo is a legend and an inspiration. Spiderland meant a lot to me and I’ve followed him ever since.
What an unassuming, thoughtful person. Wonderful to see a happy musician. Thanks for putting this out Earthquakers!
Our pleasure!
everything david does is absolutely worth hearing 🙌🙌🙌
I just wanted to say that I really appreciate your content. Head and shoulders above any of the other music brands with crappy influencer videos. You guys are staying true to your roots and it shows. Not easy to do in this era of social media. Gotta go get myself another EQD pedal soon to support you guys.
Wow thank you! Appreciate the kind words ❤️🙏
David Pajo feels like home.
Fantastic! You guys should visit his friend Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai) too
Slint can be one of the few artist who can say they have an original sound. Incredible. Spiderland is an untouched masterpiece.
well said
I saw him play with Gang of Four last year. I was blown away with his playing and tone. I had never heard of him before. I loved the minimalist playing combined with distortion and feedback.
Spider land is to this day still one of my go to inspirations whenever I write a new song. So glad dude is still around!
Pajos a hero of mine he’s played in some of my favourite bands.its amazing I get into some music and then find out he’s been involved, Gang of Four ,Tortoise,Slint,Yeah yeah yeahs,Interpol and that’s just scratching the surface.
What a legend.
DAAAMN. Dave plays in Gang of Four? He has so much influence in a lot of music that I like! Slint, Tortoise, Interpol, and now GOF? He's a fucking hero
Such an absolute legend. Brilliant guitar player.
What a lovely guy ❤
Love his music. Also so humble and chill
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It's amazing how he played in so many of the coolest bands in the 90's and 2000's and talks as it is no big deal. Almost as it was by accident. Dude! Your work is just so inspiring, that's why the best bands ever search for your fresh ideas and singular tones.
The funny thing is, it probably was basically by accident. That is just how these things work. And they either do or they don't. You cannot force meeting the right people or be at the right spot at the perfect time. So perhaps accident isn't the proper word for it.
David Pajo is amazing! Soooooooooo underrated!!! One of my favorite post-90's musicians along with J mascis and others
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One Of Louisville's finest! David Pajo..Tim Ruth..Ricky Feathers...The Trinity of Louisville innovators...
What a wonderful person. I will forever love him and his music
Pajo, your solo albums are so amazing, especially the ones where you sing. Your voice is amazing. Please do more!
absolutely legendary player. love everything he's ever done
So amazingly humble. 🤘❤️🤘
yessssssss one of the absolute best
💯
you can tell how much love and respect Dave has for his son
@byorkfan this video made my day. a true blue working artist in the home zone. The low key ones always leave the lasting impressions.
Can’t capture in words how much Slint and D. Pajo mean to me. Could listen to Spiderland forever and ever…Amazing episode!
Thanks so much🫶
I bought Spiderland just because it was on Touch and Go and they had cool stuff. That was before I could presample music. It’s one of a very few albums that I can wear out, but never stops having that intense emotional connection. Like it projects onto my soul and matches something. I don’t know how to make sense of it. There is now a lot “like” it, and I enjoy a lot, but not the same level. I break it out both when I want to be in my head with music and when I just want a musical comfort blanked.
Pajo in a lot of was shaped how I hear guitar. He’s never the same, but honest to the music. I have so much awe for that. It sounds like it’s not about showing something with the instrument, but more channeling.
I’d never seen an interview before and this really is great. I’m happy that he seems to be in such a place of comfort in his life, still curious. And I relate with his fatherhood there.
This video is so excellent. I think I’ll be processing this whole thing for days.
thank you for this everyone let everyone know who made this know that I absolutely love and adore them for putting this together, wonderful.
Whoa, his neck looks great. I'm glad, he look so much better now and I'm always happy to see his fun little stories on Instagram during the week.
I want 3 more hours of this, please
After watching this I revisited Tweez. What a fantastic record.
I remember wanting intensity in the music I was listening to growing up. My references were either metal or hard rock which came with a lot of silly macho energy. When I heard SLINT I was gifted that intensity, coupled with sincerity, sensitivity and wonder. It was a revelation.
What a wonderful glimpse behind the curtain. He’s such an inspiration to me, and has always seemed like a down to earth humble dude. Thank you for making this.
Couldn't agree more!
More of these please and thanks.
more to come!
This is a fantastic interview for anyone who loves pajo or guitars and especially if you like both.
glad you're alive man. We love you.
This was great, love so much of David's music, cool to see his creative process. That tone he got with the Strat and the Life pedal is amazing. It also never fails to amuse me when i hear Americans pronounce Samhain, for about half a second my brain thinks "Who's this Sam Hain guy, i must check him out" 😂
It was so .... i mean, soooo cool, to put on my walkman's headphones as i leave my parents' apartment, walk down the stairs and TORTOISE "MILLIONS NOW LIVING WILL NEVER DIE" started to tickle my eardrums....on my way to our rehearsal space or taking the train to Vienna to buy some Hashish.
And also, i still remember when AERIAL M's remix album got played on the one good radio program we used to have in Austria. Must have been 1997 or sth like that....
Very cool video! I was first introduced to him through his touring with Sunn and Big Brave. What a concert!
Sick! Thanks for watching
Absolute legend
HELL YESSSS!!!! David is AMAZING.
This was really interesting, thank you. I knew of David through Slint/Zwan mainly but recently I've been getting into Papa M and I love it. He's a very unique player and seems like a really great guy too.
nice!
Love love love how much he respects intonation!!!
MUCH Love for David! Instant like for this vid.
He's a very thoughtful, and sweet human 💗
That acoustic Misfits photo is hilarious!
He does a misfits cover that’s out there
That Scream With Me record is phenomenal. It’s up on his Bandcamp page.
@@hippywolf I know, that's why it was so funny to me. I almost feel like that should've been the cover art, but that doesn't seem like his style.
Wonderful video, DP is a huge inspiration for me
Such a warm hearted individual!
❤️
A wonderland of sounds! Cool.. and a cool mix of retro futurism.. def cool!
Thanks for this. I live on Bardstown Road in Louisville KY and as cliche as it sounds, Spiderland is one of my favorite albums.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a wonderful guy!!!!
the coolest!
I've been a fan of David's music for years now, thank you for doing this deep dive video, Earthquaker!
So happy to have him, thanks for watchin!
Glad to see David alive and hopefully in good health behind closed doors. Loved his work on Spiderland and early Tortoise. Stand up guy.
Awesome! Been inspired by David Pajo for many years. Thanks E.D.
You bet!
Hey boys, chicos and ragazzi this video is gold
Thank you for all of the musical memories ✨ @ThePipesOfDrone
This is awesome.
There’s been a few video game music bands (playing guitars). The Advantage was big for a minute in Sacramento in the early 00s.
An absolute legend!
David effin' Pajo! This is so cool. Thanks for putting this together!
Yes!! Thanks for watching!
I could watch a whole 90 min documentary about David’s career. I was lucky enough to see Papa M at the mighty Brudenell in Leeds, UK back when they toured the ‘Live from a Shark Cage’ LP and it was magnificent. I still love that record! More power to you David.
@martinpaulwright
That sounds amazing
Never heard of him, but he seems to be such an interesting guy! Thank you for this video!
He's a legend.
Listen to Slint
Great guitarist and a really cool guy. Love to see it. And yes, like many people, Spiderland was totally mind-blowing for me.
Rock on!
Saw papa m open up for sunn. Was the best night ever
it's good to see him seem happy. i hope he is. much love david.
Thanks for this, David is such an incredible guitar player. He is going to be one of the most influential guitar players in the upcomming guitar players, and this piece of media is inspiring-
You bet!
Love his work, brilliant guitarrist! Hope for new creations!! Stay good!!
🙏
Amazing and inspiring, so good to hear him in long form talk about his instruments
This was really cool! I’m a big fan of his Papa M albums. It’s fun to see how enthusiastic he is about modding guitars.
loved this, thanks for posting!
Glad you enjoyed it!
David is awesome, love his sound. Thanks for this!
thanks for watching!
One of my fave guitar solos that really cuts deep is horses by palace brothers … it took me probably 10-15 years of asking around the internet who played it … when someone finally mentioned Mr Pajo it blew my skull 🤯🤯🤯🤯28:56 ❤❤❤he does this pinch harmonic while using a whammy at the end epic!! But the noodles that form the solos beginning are so tasty and the emotion of the playing is incredible! Do yourself a favour & have a listen if you don’t know what I’m saying ;) peace ✌️
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I wondered the same thing myself for years - and actually had the chance to ask him directly last Friday in Adelaide, Australia. 🤯 It was indeed he! What a solo, what a goddamn song 🙌
Your content is always just what I need! Thank you.
Thanks! Glad you enjoy it!
I have this memory of seeing Pajo with the Papa M power trio in 2003, it was a great set overall, but I seem to recall he closed with his cover of "Skulls" by the Misfits that gradually morphed into this very lengthy jam and eventually he unleashed this crazy arpeggiated swept fingerpicking thing that was probably one of the most mindbending things I've ever seen anybody do with a guitar, and it just came out of nowhere. Dude is usually so understated and almost never hits you over the head with "chops" or technique, so it was all the more dazzling when he really let fly
Saw him open for Sunn once. Great show
Amazing video. Just watched the breadcrumb trail documentary recently too. Completely unique and inspirational.
this guy is a complete genius, his solo music in particular is insanely underrated.
This is awesome, what a humble and intelligent legend.
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Half of the bands he's been in are some of my favorites. I need to check out the rest.
Legend!
This is beautiful.
Always an inspiration! Going to put on Whatever, Mortal right now...
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Engine kid were an amazing, quiet to loud band. Got introduced to them in Portland in the 90s.
Great stuff Dave. You're a beast.
I stumbled on the David's song 'Krusty' from his solo stuff, the Papa M record in The Habitat video Mosaic(the skateboarding video cassette). It was on the Alien Workshop segment of the video. It left a big impression on me. I went out and bought the album. Super cool record, that sounds like a how looking an old photo album feels. A lot of different places in time of old, a lot of old friends and family members. Its kind of crazy how it sounds so much like looking at old pictures. Such a unique approach to the instrument but at the same time universally understood approach to the end result of his songwriting.
Spiderland is fantastic. Dig the lush & heavy tones.
such a great dude! thankyou and greetings from Sydney
Hey, thanks!
The first solo record, Aerial M, and also Live From the Shark Cage, were exactly what I wanted music to be.
Pajo's cover of "Where Eagles Dare" is genius. 💯⚡